I can't be the only one planning to go back to Phase One in the new year. These past few months have just killed me health-wise, lack of sleep from a toddler, busy at work and grad school, running and exercise being pushed to the back burner, and far too much gross food consumed. I'm up at least 10 pounds from September (yikes).

Who is with me!?? A full two weeks of Phase One?

I'm sure I'll be phase I'ing it for at least 3 days after the New Year starts. Count me in.

Hey Everyone... I am brand new here and brand new to South Beach. My husband and I are starting together and we will pretty much have our son on Phase 2 (with little treats here and there). I need to lose at least 75 lbs. and my husband wants to lose around 25-30.

I am looking forward to the support of the board in our new journey!

I'm in starting Jan. 1. That will give me time to get the junk out of my house!

Welcome to the Beach, Lees3!

I'm in too but starting January 2 (we have parties and a chinese meal out on Jan. 1). Let's do it!

I'm in. I'll be starting on the second as well- we have our family Christmas on the first and dinner is homemade gnocchi. The last few months have been rough, and I've gained back more weight than I really care to think about. I'm hoping that sticking to phase one and adding rowing to my routine will get me back on track until I get this sleep apnea junk figured out. I'm planning on adding fruits back in after two weeks, but staying completely grain free for the month of January.

I have been on the WW Core forum for a long time , but want to try South Beach. My cousin and I both are starting with phase one Jan 1st or 2nd.
I went overboard with food shopping for the kids that all came home from college. I lost my husband in March and I needed this Chrismas to be filled with all the comfort foods that are familiar to us.

My plan is to send as much food as possible home with all the kids. Then its just me at the house and it will be easier to stick to a plan. I also have just joined a gym so I need to make that a habit.

to the newbies and yay for jumping on it anew!

I will pop in from time to time but am doing fairly well on PH2 - never hurts to get a day of Ph1 in every so often.

lees3rwe - LOL...don't get mad when your husband drops 2-3 lbs with barely even trying!!!

I'm with greeneyedmustang - at least a few days. I'll probably do the 1.5 (no grains, with fruit) especially if my work outs are on well...

I've done a better job staying on plan this last hospital stay but my exercise has been non-existent. I'm hitting 1.5 hard with a solid exercise/fitness plan in the new year. Time to put that FitBit to use!

Welcome, new chicks

Thanks for the warm welcome... yes... he will drop a lot faster than me. Years ago, when I did weight watchers for the first time, he dropped 25 lbs. by the time I dropped 8.

I will try not to get mad. LOL.

Yay!

I find SBD in general - whether phase one or phase two - really labour intensive in preparing food. But that's the way eating should be - eating real foods that you've made yourself. I love cooking and prepping healthy meals but I struggle with finding enough time to do it all. I've been stocking up my freezer with P1 friendly foods over the past few weeks: soup, curries, meatballs, meat marinades etc. in the hopes that it will keep me on track!

I am cutting out all wheat for January too. When I move to P2 I will go to quinoa, brown rice etc. I find they are much less likely to lead to a binge!

My husband and me are starting Jan. 1. I want to lose 30 lbs and he is wanting to lose 40 lbs. I am hypothyroid so it can be hard to lose. I know he will lose more quickly than me but as long as I start to lose and keep losing. He wants to do weigh ins every Sunday. I want to add measurements to it. I want to stick with this and am writing up a few menus that follow SBD. I also have a few exercises in mind through the week. My favorite is my Zumba class I take on Mondays. That is the only one I can make. I also have Zumba on the Wii and Dance Party 3, a couple yoga DVDs and strength training. I do want to take pix of us starting and through it to goal. Maybe is we can see the changes we will stick with it. Hoping to hit my first goal in 2 months. My, I am quite chatty today.

Hi, I originally started sbd last summer and was very happy with the results. I expected it to be much more difficult than it was to not eat bread. After a few weeks I came up with my on plan of sbd and counting ww points plus. Long story short, I lost a total of 15 pounds. Since the end of November, I have not really been trying so it is time to "reboot" my system. I have not weighed in for the last couple of weeks and my last weigh in was 148. I am planning to start again with phase 1 on jan 2 as we have one more event on New Years Day. I will weigh in on Monday morning and face the music. To be accountable to myself, I commit to posting the damage done. Looking forward to feeling empowered again.