South Beach Diet?

[AnnaNova]

i officially started it today. i cannot cannot keep going like this anymore, gaining and gaining weight and looking like a freaking mountain... my dr recommended south beach, she said the only thing in there she doesnt like is their use of sugar substitutes, such as aspartame, succharose, etc... i dont use those anyway, so im not gonna be using them at all on this diet too.
so has anyone tried it? any luck?
i was thinking of using stevia as a sweetener for the times ill really really want sth sweet. i know it has aftertaste, but its better than aspartame.
anyway, wish me luck!

[e.naomisandoval]

I am not specifically familiar with it but I have heard good things about it. I agree with you on the stevia instead of chemicals.

[St. Margaret]

SBD is what got my entire family (of origin) to a healthy weight. It is the ONE diet that worked for me. I lost 40-50 lbs in less than a year easily. It really helps reset your ideas of food and what tastes good and becomes a real "way of eating"-- especially is you find healthy treats instead of the artificial stuff (which I can't stand anymore-- altho I did use the jello during the first weeks while I was on vacation and everyone was eating dessert ). I remember it being hard early on, trying some healthy foods that I still don't like-- but then you find what you DO love, and get very used to it all. Reading the book/research on what junk white sugar/carbs are really helped, too. You can do it!!!

[AnnaNova]

Originally Posted by St. Margaret

SBD is what got my entire family (of origin) to a healthy weight. It is the ONE diet that worked for me. I lost 40-50 lbs in less than a year easily. It really helps reset your ideas of food and what tastes good and becomes a real "way of eating"-- especially is you find healthy treats instead of the artificial stuff (which I can't stand anymore-- altho I did use the jello during the first weeks while I was on vacation and everyone was eating dessert ). I remember it being hard early on, trying some healthy foods that I still don't like-- but then you find what you DO love, and get very used to it all. Reading the book/research on what junk white sugar/carbs are really helped, too. You can do it!!!

thanks!!! i read all the success stories in the book... but thats in the book, who knows if someone just made that up?
and oh, yesterday i threw away a piece of cake - probably for the first time in my life!!!! my mil stopped by and brought it for me, and i thanked her and then when she was gone, i just threw it... its little thing, yes, but i am proud of myself...

[sparkprincess]

SB is what helped me shed the last of my pregnancy weight after my first was born. I've been trying to get back on it because I know it works, but I'm having a hard time since I have three other people to cook for now!

I use stevia, too. So much better than the artificial crud!

[AnnaNova]

Originally Posted by sparkprincess

SB is what helped me shed the last of my pregnancy weight after my first was born. I've been trying to get back on it because I know it works, but I'm having a hard time since I have three other people to cook for now!

I use stevia, too. So much better than the artificial crud!

See, my husband just will have to eat what I eat, and it's healthy stuff anyway. And I still bought fruit for him and other stuff that he can eat and i can't .... I thought it will help me because it's a "plan" and not just "oh just eT less sugar" ...

[sparkprincess]

Originally Posted by AnnaNova

See, my husband just will have to eat what I eat, and it's healthy stuff anyway. And I still bought fruit for him and other stuff that he can eat and i can't .... I thought it will help me because it's a "plan" and not just "oh just eT less sugar" ...

That's exactly what we did the first time around. Now it's harder because I have two kiddos to cook for, too. I don't like cooking as it is and doing SB means that I have to cook TWO meals. I do fine for breakfast and lunch but dinners are killing me!

[sugarmoon]

I did SB for a little while and found it was really easy to eat and lose weight. Also, I did a lot of meals that were meat and veggies over pasta or rice -- it worked great for feeding the kids -- they mostly want the pasta or rice anyway, and I'd eat my meat/veg w/out the pasta or rice.

Or think mexican wrap type meals, but just don't wrap yours or add rice to yours.

[akwifeandmomma]

How's it going? Today is phase 1, day 1 for me, for the third time in 6 months...!

[*Lisa*]

I know this is an old thread, but is anybody still doing SBD? Today was day 1 for me.

[chiromamma]

SBD is how I eat all the time. Well, except for the artificial sweeteners.
By SBD I mean South Beach Diet, Not Silent But Deadly as my 13 year old son would interpret it!
Love it. I eat plenty of protein, heaps of veggies, almost no grains ( crusty baguette once a week) and I drink my fair share of wine...as much as I want between Friday and Saturday...usually 2 glasses each night.
This, combined with LOTS of exercise is the only way I can lose weight..15 pounds over the summer.
Gotta have the exercise though...1 hour 6 or 7 times a week.
Check out Mark's Daily Apple. Not SBD but Primal..very similar.

[DashsMama]

I've been doing the South Beach diet for a little over a month and have lost 17 pounds so far. I have an injured knee so I haven't been able to exercise like I had planned, but it is still working. I've tried all sorts of diets over the last 20 years and this is the first diet where I actually feel satisfied after I eat, and I'm not constantly thinking about food all day. I love it and wish I had discovered it years ago. I think this kind of eating could become a lifestyle for me rather than a diet. I've heard that cliche so many times before, but now I finally understand it.

I have about 150 pounds to lose, so I can't follow the diet exactly as it is laid out in the book. It is too few calories for someone my size. So I just use the food lists as guides and eat as much of those foods as I want. So far, so good!

[e.naomisandoval]

Originally Posted by DashsMama

I've been doing the South Beach diet for a little over a month and have lost 17 pounds so far. I have an injured knee so I haven't been able to exercise like I had planned, but it is still working.

Wow! Awesome results!
Do what you can for exercise. It doesn't have to be something that bothers your knee. I highly recommend weight training. And I mean heavy weights. But start slow with that.