South Beach Diet "shenanigans" GRRRRRRR!

Honestly, I commute 100 miles a day, and I'm a high school teacher. I hate cooking, and I hate shopping even more. I have "simple tastes." I do not know, or even care, what some of these ingredients are that I see listed in the recipes for the meals of the day. I live in a small town, and let's face it, some of this stuff isn't even available.

I've lost weight with Weight Watchers before, and except for the weights and measures (or exchanges), really, it was a pretty simple diet to follow, and I lost 40 pounds in a little under three months. With WW, almost anything could be substituted.

I chose to sign-up for a trial offer of this South Beach Diet because I had heard so many positive things about it, but honestly, I can't see this diet working for me at all. Even if I weren't disgusted with all the "wierd stuff" that is listed on my shopping list, the lists are SO LONG that it would cost a small fortune to purchase and it would take way too long to find all of that stuff. I just HATE walking around in the grocery store to even find wheat germ (different stores really hide that stuff!). In short, I'd bet it'd take at least an hour to find all the stuff on my suggested meal plan's shopping list.

I have simple tastes and no time (or interest) to fool around with whatever Tempeh, Shallots, or whatever all that other 'wierd stuff' is...

Why can't I just get someone to be available on weekends here so that I can just cancel this WHOLE THING (I signed up for all the "trial offer" specials). Better yet, since I decided to get all of this online, why can't I just as easily say "forget the whole thing" and CANCEL online?

By the time my credit card gets hit with all of the trial offers I had signed up for, which have "four week minimum commitment" requirements, I won't even be able to AFFORD to go shopping for all the "wierd stuff" that these daily meals require in the first place!

I'm VERY disappointed, and I AM going to have ribs and a beer for lunch this afternoon, and ALL of it is "cilantro and shallot and tempeh"--free!

PS: In the interests of trying to keep an "open-mind" (but NOT "open-wallet" on this website), I HAVE contacted my specially assigned dietician (who is costing me $2.99 a week for my introductory period).

Let's just see what happens...

Skeptically yours,
"That meat and potatoes girl in Ohio"