Hi, My name is Joan and I just found this site today when I was surfing for information on this new diet. I'm so glad to be here.

DH and I bought two books. Atkins for Life and The South Beach Diet. In reading the two books, it appears that they are very similar. DH is going to start Atkins tomorrow and I started today with just counting my carb intake and learning what I can and can't have. Everything went okay today, but I'm feeling hungry tonight and don't know what to eat. We need to go to the grocery store and get some things tomorrow. I also need to concentrate on learning what I can and can't have.

I'm looking forward to being a member here and I've learned so much from the posts I've already read. There's so much valuable information and help here that I may be up all night reading.

I'm also going back to aerobics class on Monday. I went last winter, but quit this summer when it got hot. I'm an avid gardener and thought I was getting a good amount of excersize that way anyhow. I may have been wrong though, because I haven't lost an ounce all summer.

Last winter I lost 25 pounds but all I was doing was keeping tract of my calorie intake, and then I hit a plateau that I could do nothing about. I'm hoping that this diet will get me started on the losing cycle again.

Joan