I've taken a few days off from posting but it's not because I haven't been following the diet. Diet is going well, though I have been cheating. I've been getting on the scale each morning to see my progress. At Day 5, I'm down 7 pounds. I'm really happy about that. I haven't worked in any exercise yet but I imagine my weight loss would be even higher had I been exercising those 5 days as well. I need to find the motivation and time to work it in.
I tried one of the recipes in the book, Vigorous Vegetable Soup. It was VERY good, easy to make and definitely did not feel like I was on a diet eating it. I plan on trying a few of the other recipes as well.