Hello everyone! My name is Bekka Baker and I am 22 years old. I have been in Iraq since January and I started the south beach diet as soon as i got here. I was also in Iraq last summer for 4 months and we got home and they told us that we would have to come back in January. Well I love to eat and always have, so of course in my head I thinking that since I had to come back here in 3 months I would eat whatever I wanted b/c I knew i wouldn't be able to eat good food in Iraq. I went overboard!!!! I gained alot of weight. I was up to 145 and I am only 5'3. I used to do the Weight watchers thing but i was always thinking about food and i felt so hungry all the time. Over christmas i saw my brothers sister-n-law and i hardly recognized her b/c she was so thin. i met her about 6 months before that and she was alot bigger!!! she said she was doing the south beach diet so i decided to do it when i got here and i have lost 15 pounds since january. i really love this diet! i dont feel hungry and i can eat until i am full. i work out alot too so i am sure that helps me alot. i am at 130 right now and my goal weight is 120. hopefully i will get there soon!