Hi there... wanted to introduce myself to you all. I'm Deb, 44 years old, married with two kids who are 18 and 20. A friend introduced me to the South Beach Diet a couple days ago, after I saw a picture of myself with my younger son. It had been taken that day before his graduation ceremony, and I was disgusted at how plump I'm getting. I'm 5'3" and currently weigh 165 pounds. No matter what I've done in the past, the weight hasn't budged one bit. I'm on day #2 of Phase 1, and have been good so far about avoiding all the foods that were listed. I'm usually not real good about having structured meals, so this will be hard to get into the swing of it. I'm feeling a little shaky cuz of staying away from the carbs for the past two days, and it seems like my stomach is constantly growling. LOL But, I'm drinking plenty of water.

Any how... my goal is to get down to 130 pounds. I was wondering how I can include that cute little weight tracker graphic that you all have at the bottom of your signature?

Looking forward to getting to know you all.

Deb

Hi Deb...welcome to the boards. I have heard so many good things about SB diet.

You can add your weight tracker by going to the User CP section, edit signature and then click on the weight tracker...then make your own.

Oh and feel free to join the Curvy Vixens support group. Im on WW but there are several girls that are doing SB.

Love,
Deanne

hi Deanne,
Well I'm proud to say that I figured out how to add the weight tracker thingie. LOL You mentioned "Curvy Vixens" support group. How do I find where that's at? Do you have some kind of a link that you can email to me privately? Or maybe post it here for me?
I didn't go to see a doctor before starting this SB diet, and am wondering if maybe I should. I'm feeling kind of shakey and wondering if it's a hypoglycemic thing. But, I really hate to give myself some sugar, cuz once I feed the beast, there's no stopping it. LOL
Again, thanks for the welcome!

Deb