[SIZE=3][COLOR=blue]Hey Stargrrl & everyone else. I'm new here, also. I've had HG for about 2 years now, and what a pain it is. Anyway, I tried Atkins a few months ago and lost 5 lbs or so, but I was at a loss for new foods to try, & in the midst of getting ready for my wedding, so I quit. Bad move. Carbs pack on the pounds faster than the speed of light! Now, I'm trying the Suzanne Somers Somersize diet and it seems to be more my type of diet. She doesn't exclude carbs or make you count carb grams, but you have to group foods together. I end up always eating more protein & fats than carbs anyway becuz those are the foods that keep me from being hungry, but the option is always there if I want to eat carbs. I do know this: Splenda is the bomb! It's made from sugar, tastes like sugar, but has no calories and is ok'd by the low carb people. I'm so glad. I guess I'll go scan through the recipes now. Be back laterz!