Hey guys, thought I'd chime in. Good stuff already. My wife and I started in January with the South Beach diet as it was recommended by the wife's doc. I lost about 45 pounds in the process of about 4 months, and over the last month and a half, put back on about 15 pounds. So, now we're going back to phase 1, and really getting back into the habit. I still want to get off another 30 pounds from where I'm at now by October because my younger sis is getting married on the beach in Florida. It's really a matter of getting off the couch, being active, drinking lots of water, and making the right food choices. I will never forget the first time I went shopping after we started the South Beach diet. It's SO hard to eat healthy, as there are many quick, easy choices that aren't healthy. But we are now it the routine of making better choices, so we'll keep plugging away. Good luck!