just over three months, and i've lost 25 pounds. i've got a pretty good grasp on the diet and have been relying on other recipes for dinner. (i've found a lot of really good ones to try from everyday food.) just this week, the new south beach diet cookbook came out. i've looked through it and am excited at the prospect of so many new recipes to try. the ones in the original book were good and easy, and the cookbook version follows suite. it will be nice to have something different to add to the menu.

we hadn't cheated at all on the diet, until yesterday. jon's bday celebration involved eating what he wanted, and that included sandwiches for lunch and pizza for dinner. after eating i didn't think, "oh my god i have missed this!" well, the only thing i did really miss was the convenience of it. but, i'll have no problem going back to living without it. so i guess that's the best thing!

in other news... cravings have been replaced with sugarfree gum. and, it's not exactly a craft project, but i found a new use for cd spindle cases: