Cindi - Uh oh!! Swallowed quarters?? That's what I have to look forward to?? I think I'm in for some big trouble lol ;) Girly I hope you are feeling better now that the weekend is over :) You never need to apologize for "whining" as you put it, we are here to listen and help and enjoy doing so, if we didnt we wouldn't be here ;) Way to go with keeping the eating sensible!! You are doing wonderful!!

Spryng - I have noticed that my arms look a bit slimmer but aren't by any means thin but look better than they did :) Yeah I should write her a letter once I reach goal maybe she would want me in her videos LOL totally kidding :lol3:

Ok I'm off to make dinner since I can't make it to Spryngs house in time ;)
Catch you girls later
Michelle

I've started a new thread - see ya'll there :)

Hi Deanna, welcome to the group! I saw your question about the South Beach Diet, and Penny really gave you the best explanation of it. The only thing I would add is that if you choose to follow the meal plans in the book, you better have a HUGE grocery budget! If you plan to just use the approved foods list, you can do a little better, but you'll sacrifice variety for budget. I had been using the south beach plan, and was seeing some success, but it was just too expensive, our grocery budget didn't stretch far enough to accomodate it. ( This was with both hubby and I eating the same foods, no short order cooking in this house! lol)

Good luck with whatever you choose. I have found the motivation here alone has been enough to help me make the choices I know are right for my body, this is a great group.

Lisa