Great summary!

I am not as new as some (2 months) and I completely agree. I would like to emphasize the warning about phase II. I didn't eat any really forbidden foods but went overboard with allowed phase II stuff (peas and some allowed carb in soup, more than 1 glass of my weakness, red wine, whole grain bread, whole grain pasta, fruits), and suddenly I am going up again in weight - oh-oh, back to phase I. It isn't as simple as good carb good fats, you really need to pick and choose from the phase II items.