Hi! I started out on South Beach and credit it with getting me to goal. It was the perfect plan at just the right time, for me. I hope it will be for you too. Since then I morphed over to Paleo and Primal, which I love and which are keeping me in maintenance, but I would never have been able to make that leap straight from a lifetime of extra-high-carb-SAD eating. Congratulations on starting your journey and keep posting your progress.