"Damsel in dis Dress" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:48:13 -0600, "MaryL"
> -OUT-THE-LITTER> wrote:
>
>> Follow-up to the lengthy messag I just posted: You can also go to the SB
>> web page and sign up for "The Daily Dish." They would like for you to
>> sign
>> up for their *paid* newsgroup, but "The Daily Dish" is a free daily
>> message
>> from SB that contains tips and often some recipes. In addition, there is
>> a
>> newsgroup specifically intended to provide recipes for diebetics
>> (alt.food.diabetic). The recipes often are not as low-carb as I want,
>> but
>> you can pick-and-choose.
>
> Thank you very much for both posts. South Beach sounds much more
> sane than the Atkins approach. I'll miss some of my fatty meats, but
> I'm absolutely filled with joy at the larger list of acceptable fruit.
> Open face sandwiches are no problem, either. I'd been used to eating
> only the filling.
>
> We've decided to skip over the chocolate covered cherries and caramels
> that we'd been planning on making for Sunday, when Crash's daughter
> and her other family come here for Christmas. <G> Instead, we're
> making an apple pie and a cheesecake. Not perfect, but better choices
> than candy.
>
> So my serious dieting will begin after that. I've been signed up for
> the Daily Dish for some time. I have over 100 of them in their very
> own folder. )
>
> Thanks so much, Mary. Did you get my e-mail?
>
> Carol

I have been gone for the afternoon, and now I'm off to visit my mother in
the nursing home. I'll check my e-mail as soon as I get back and send you a
response.

MaryL