Hi Beth and Patty,

This forum doesn't get a lot of hits, but the best way to keep up is reading and posting in journals of others that eat whole foods, a la SP.

I have a loooooong winded and quite opinionated journal, but in between all the junk, you will find a 6 year journey of weight loss, with things learned, things changed, things celebrated, etc. Reading through it, you will find a lot of answers to your ?s.

When you have a few hours to read, I suggest reading through my journal and seeing if that helps, at all.

Also, I highly recommend reading her latest book, which is entitles THE PROGRAM. It touches on amounts and all the things that she missed in the first and second (her worst in my opinion) book.

To get to my journal, simply click on the little button at the bottom of my post JOURNAL and it will take you there. From there, you can bookmark it so you receive notice when a posting is made.

Great to meet you. Eat well (most of the time at least).

--Betty