hi cpretty, I,m kinda new here too. but I think everyone will say the same thing . Do you have a book? I know that for me I couldn,t have a meal with out reading what was okay and what wasn,t. Juice of any kind isn,t okay in the inducton phase , sorry to say. It was something that Took me along time to get use to too. water water water, It gets better with time!cottage cheese is not good intill you are near you goal .SF jello is great ,try it with some whip cream and splenda yummy!