Thanks so much! I love my pasta so this will be a great substitute.

I want to try spaghetti squash with no-sugar-added spaghetti sauce thinking that it was approved during Phase 1 of the SBD. But on the southbeachdiet.com website, I think it is listed as a phase 2 food. Does anyone know for sure - I could have sworn I saw it in the Supercharged book as phase 1 but now I can't find it. Thanks!

Thank you all for your input! I took the plunge and started the diet yesterday using only the book. Went to Barnes and Noble Friday night hoping to find a SBD cookbook that would use more convenience foods but the recipes were just as complicated as the ones in the main book. I find it to be a little too vague regarding portion sizes for most things but will limp along and if I don't lose weight, I will figure that I am eating too much.

I am thinking about doing the Southbeach Diet because belly fat is my problem - I think all 15 pounds that I have lost on my own diet have come from my face - lol. Anyway, I am purchasing the book tomorrow and wondered if a membership in the Southbeach.com website was worth it. Any thoughts?

I know. I love chocolate too. The chocolate flavored Fiber One bars help get me through a strong craving. They are like candy bars for me now except that is usually what I have for breakfast.

I look closely at the calories that are in the food I am craving and make a decision if it is worth it to "undo" the calories burned doing whatever exercise I have done (like my spinning class that kicks me in the butt). My answer is usually "no" and I find a low-calorie alternative to what was tempting me. 100 calories of roasted/salted almonds instead of chips, fat-free yogurt instead of pudding or ice cream, my homemade pizza using Flat-Out wraps for a crust instead of Pizza Hut (okay that one isn't the greatest replacement but I've decided it is worth it). I also stop myself and make sure I am really hungry and not just bored.

I am trying to find the exact nutritional information for a new item on Applebee's menu. I had the Teriyaki Chicken Pasta today. I see someone has entered the Teriyaki Shrimp Pasta into the Fatsecret database so the information must be out there somewhere. However, my searches on the web have been fruitless. :?

"Like a G6" by Far East Movement is a popular one in my spinning class and almost anything by the Black Eyed Peas.