[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

"...you are supposed to have two cups of salad greens and one cup of other vegetables daily."

That's for the induction phase, which is just the first couple of weeks. After that you can load up on the veggies. My wife and I regularly feast on steamed broccoli with homemade Hollandaise slathered all over it-- yum.

Done right, the 'diet' institutes wonderful long-term eating habits. You won't be hungry, you won't feel sleepy after lunch, and you'll look forward to new ways to avoid carbs and maximize nutrition.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

For such a small amount of weight I thought it was likely they would not have gotten much beyond the induction phase.

By the time you are in phase 3 you can have almost everything except foods high in sugar and most grains.

I have a baked yam a couple of times a week and some sort of berry with a second low sugar fruit on a daily basis. Cottage cheese and other cheeses and a glass of whole milk along with assorted veggies for calcium