As of Saturday, I'd lost 4 pounds (after 6 days on South Beach). After these first 2 weeks, which will end on Saturday, it really does seem to be a healthy lifestyle diet. There's no fruit for the first 2 weeks, which seems a bit odd, but it's supposed to reset your body somehow. The dr. doesn't seem to realize that tomatoes are fruit, because tomatoes are allowed. Regardless, the diet emphasizes healthy fats and healthy carbs. Whole wheat breads, healthy cereals, sweet potatoes and some other foods can come back next week, too. G and I really eat healthy foods--we like all kinds of veggies, and we eat a lot of chicken and fish, but we eat red meat too. I think portion size is our main downfall. That and a lack of aerobic exercise. I'm not fat, but am too big, and am hoping to lose about 25 pounds altogether. G needs to lose more than that. He's not doing the diet, but will probably benefit from me doing it, since he's eating the same dinners, although he has a potato every now and then. I'm really hoping to get back into the size 10 I was before we got married. I wear a 12 now, 14 in some things. It's not an unreasonable goal, and I certainly felt better when I was a 10. It felt good for me, and I never had the desire to be any smaller than that.