WELCOME! South Beach Diet Thread -- Good Carbs, Good Fats

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Cardiologist Dr. Agaston's diet for healthier hearts resulted in weightloss. 
Healthy carbs ~ Healthy fats ~ Lean meats ~ Low-fat dairy. 
Your body deserves it! 
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PHASE 1 --  2 Week Intro
(Bootcamp - hang in there! Just 2weeks :D)  
   LINK 1  Foods To Enjoy
   LINK 2  Foods To Avoid
   LINK 3  Model Menu
   LINK 4  Tips

PHASE 2 --  Weightloss    
   LINK 5  Foods To Reintroduce
   LINK 6  Foods To Eat Rarely
   LINK 7  Model Menu
   LINK 8  How To Reintroduce Carbs

PHASE 3 --  Maintance   
   LINK 9  A Lifestyle Change 

HEALTHY VS UNHEALTHY 
   LINK 10 FATS
  LINK 11 CARBS
  LINK 12  FIBER

DINING OUT & ONLINE RECIPE COLLECTIONS
  LINK 56  DINING OUT & RECIPES

Much of this data obtained from the southbeachdietbulletinboard .

Good morning all  I hit 160.5 today.... I must have had a lot of water weight cause thats almost a four pound loss.  Thinking that the tread mill helped me out some too.   Hope everyone had a good drop too.

Good goin Rachel  We both seem to be sensitive to sodium and water retention.  I think the ham did it to me last week.

Hello everyone! Hope you are all doing well....

Today I'm at 183....It seems the after Prague weight is taking its time to get off...hmm maybe all that binging pre-XMAS didn't help LOL

Gym is still going strong, very sore today, but still might try the Boxercise class...hmm maybe will just do my run and be done with it...TOMORROW IS REST DAY...God am I looking forward to that!!

Good luck today!

Wow, everyone is having a good week so far!  I came in at 157.0 on the dot.  Nice to know Im not alone being sore Angie.  At least the distance stopped so hoping repetition will make that get better. 

Seriously, you guys all did awesome!  Sarah you not only lose your gain to 165 but dropped down below the prior 163.  Rachael and Angie, youre both 5 lbs down for the last two weeks.  Wishing everyone else good luck!

Alice wont be away tomorrow & Saturday - Im such a procastinator who then never gets things here, but I'll have to do it for her.  She is providing me the equivilant of physical therapy and unbelievably patient, telling me to rest each time as long as I need. 

I have to go xmas shopping!  This weekend I will be seeing 3 friends who I never bought gifts for because of lack of what to get and its the same every year - they buy so much.  Still have the holiday prep things and waiting on a brainstorm.

This has been a wonderfull week for me. getting rid of some of that water weight made me feel better.  What Im not ready for is the hubby to come home.  Not that I dont want to see him but I tend to pig out when hes here so Im really going to try to avoid that this time around.  I didnt get to work out today so thats a goal for tonight.  Ive got to get it done some time today.  Sound like you all are doing well and happy with the results.  We just have to keep plugging away to get to our goals.  Im thinking about a mini goal again but cant come up with a date.  Any Ideas?

Well Sarah, there's always Valentines Day, a month away!
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Hey and Valentines falls on ..... weigh-in Thursday.... fate?  
Im hoping to be 347.5 Valentines day. 

hey south beachers!  as i posted before, i started SB a few days ago (today will be the third day).  I weighed this morning-- 3.5 lbs down from the first day of SB!  Yay!  I know its mostly water, but I could see it in my face I swear-- I must have been puffy in the face!

 This is exciting!

Good morning.  i do think its a lot of water weight.  But I could see the difference in the begining to.  Its like I was swollen then I wasnt LOL.  Glad its workng out for you.  KEEP it up  WOOHOO!!!!

Oh yeah Im going to set my mini goal for 155 thats a little over a pound a week.  I really need to push it on the workouts HAHA.  Valantines day sounds great.  For some reason I was a week ahead and thought today was the 25th I thought you all were crazy for only giving three weeks LOL

Whoa - thats GREAT Drea!  I believe it about your face - water retention shows plus you are also attacking fat cells too.  Way to go - glad your off to such a wonderful start :D.

So Valentines day it is - yabbadabba!  Anyone else aboard let us know!  Great idea for a mini goal, Sarah.  Four weeks and we will do it!

Friday, sweet sweet Friday!  They warn it'll be getting colder.  Not ready to pack winter clothes but figured we'd be heading into warmer times.  At least, easier on walking because I get heated and always drop a layer before getting home.  Not yesterday though.  So funny to talk about exercising so casually, it still being quite new to me.

Guys, you got to check this out

LINK

You upload a photo and in 2 days get the photo back with as a smaller size.  Its you but thinner.  So cool!  Here was MINE

Hey Everyone,

Still here. back to eating carbs just once a day. I have been doing really well but the weight loss is very slow. I am down to 155...I've only lost 5 pounds. Not really understanding why but i keep trecking on.

Sun. I am so curious to try that link but also scared to see what i would look like and know i might never get there. that is pretty cool though

that thing is awesome.  how the heck do they do that?  there was one girl on the results page, her wrinkle in her dress was still in the same spot but her little tummy was gone.  how???  that is some intricate photoshopping.

if only we did lose weight like that-- all over and so noticeably... 

... and so fast, just 48 hrs.  I wish I'd started with a better photo but yes, Im just impressed with how they do that! 

Is it snowing there Texan Sarah?  My daughter called to say it was where she's at and she'll be here soon to go walking.  Ive not been out but felt the window and thinking this will be the toughest walk yet.  Layers layers layers. 

Jen, sorry your struggling with the numbers but thinking its got to turn around here for you soon.  I do 1-2 carbs too. 

LINK
New study online today:
"Diets high in protein may be the best way to keep hunger in check, U.S. researchers said on Thursday in a study that offers insight into how diets work.:
At the end, it says:
 "They also found that eating carbohydrates resulted in a strong ghrelin suppression at first, but ghrelin levels rebounded with a vengeance, rising to an even higher level." 

Girls,

I've been true to my diet even though I haven't been checking in on the board, and I'm entering phase2.  I'm a little concerned because my weight seems to be really fluctuating 5-6lbs up and down.  Some days, the scale says I only lost 2-3lbs, and some days I've lost 6-8lbs!  It's a little disheartening that in a plan that says you will lose 8-13lbs in 2 weeks, it figures that I would barely lose the absolute minimum.  : (

On a lighter note, it was effective no matter how minimal, and I have no intention to stop eating the way I have been so... it has to come off, one way or another.  I just wish it would stop going up and down and come off quickly!

a)What do you ladies do for exercise?

b)how many calories do you average a day?