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 .

jsh:  oh my gosh, that is too funny!!!

Good evening everyone.

Just wanted to pop in and say a quick hello.  We've been so busy at work I've not had a chance to log in to check on you all.

Jayne: a very happy albiet belated anniversary!  What a wonderful story you have to share with the world.  And I for one am so glad you've stuck with this thread because your the reason I decided to try Southbeach way of life.  So from the bottom of my heart. . thank you

oh155: I so understand where your coming from I hit a plateau for over a year and a half.  Nothing I did would budge my weight below 200.  I had all but given up when I decided to try SB.  I thought what do I have to lose? So hang in there it will happen for you.

Karen: I never had a "rack" to speak of so had nothing to lose from that area.  It's my caboose that needs diminshed. LOL

I saw the doctor today and all my blood work was good and on THE DOCTORS SCALE.  Not my own personal scale but THE DOCTOR SCALE.  .  . my weight was 200.04.  Now I was pretty darn happy with that number too.  If Thursday the weight is up. . . well nuff said.

Take care everyone! Be checking in tomorrow.

Della

My biggest part is top of my thighs.

2 day s till weigh in.  Is everyone ready?  I'm the same today, so it would shock the heck out of me if I have any loss at weighin.

my biggest part is my belly.  I'm apple shaped, guess that is why I have heart disease.  I have bird legs.

I've been holding at this weight, so I hope I have a good WI on Thursday.

Della, good to hear your numbers were good.  I think you will see onelander this week. 

jsh, thanks for the laugh.

I'll check back later, when I'm awake.

I am pretty evenly proportioned.  I do have some extra junk in the trunk though. 

Jeri.. I speak English... EEEEEK  lol I thought they were funny too :) ty

Della.. WOOT WOOT... Dr. Scale is always Dr Evil Scale but not for you .. AWESOME!!!!

Rachel I think I will be ready.. Tom is almost gone and I went back down to 284 yesterday was 285.5  talk about bounce. 

Pam my sister is apple shaped and I dont fit any category I dont think.. Not pear.. but I lean towards Pumpkin I think.. I would like to try celery shaped.  Tall and  lean.  :)

Edited to add

And The capelin have not rolled yet.  Too cold... hopefully in the next few days.. I will be hard at work with my dip net trying to fill my freezer with enough to last the year.  With my luck it will be Thursday.  Friend went to look and said 1 seagull and only saw 2 whales.. that means they arent heading in yet.

Karen: LOL I love your outlook.  I want to be celery shaped too. LOL  BTW, no capelin this way either.  Should be soon though me thinks.

Take care!

Della

Jumping In to say hi.  Feel like Ive been out of the loop forever.  I need another week under my belt to get back on track.  Ive been out of town for a while and rarely had time to jump on line.  I had around a hundred emails to sort through. 

Why is it when your on vacation the whole eating right thing just flys right out the window  bye bye see ya later. and then welcomes back 10 pounds. not the welcome home gift I was looking for.  Back to doing heavy yard work and the ever friendly broccoli on my plate.  I need to go back a couple of pages to catch up.  Later!!!

Leonard has left the building. Ive flooded my gallery with me, including as revealing a before after skin surgery as anyone will be seeing (with me beheaded for online anonymity because Im in a bra) because I got clothes today.  PANTS - not jeans, wont work but wide legged black pants.  I already miss seeing that hottie in my avatar though so this wont last long. At least a member or two might realize Im not that sexy avatar man.

Sarah -Vacations are temporay, eating is an enjoyable part of them so it makes sense.  Im always off to see Leoanrd so I wont vacation strict so I can gather needed confidence when in his prescence.  

Karen, good for your 284 and wishing you the best for tomorrow reporting. 

Rachael - youve sounded so good, I wouldnt be surprised if a late drop pops in for you. 

Della - you must have been crazy happy to see that!!!  How exciting to break through these 200s which is momentarily :D

Jeri - what a heavy lesson and glad it was contained with surgery but can imagine how that has impacted you. I quit 2packs a day a little over a month ago in order for surgery approval with the skin removal and am still clean. Apparantly Ive saved over $800 and passed up 3000+ cigarettes.  Funny how hindsight can have us look at prior us to see how we treated ourselves. 

Jayne....WOW....You look fantastic! Again you are such an inspiration to so many of us...I have a similar scar from my colon surgery running from about 2" above my belly button down to my privates almost (10"long)...with alot of loose skin ....and alot more belly yet to go....I wonder if they can just use that line and tighten that up when I finish losing..

Did you have any trouble healing after surgery? I had an infection at the incision that took a while to heal. You seem to have sailed right thru your surgery..

Yes smoking is a nasty habit and expensive! It is probably the worst thing we can do to our bodies...so many health risks...including colon cancer...I smoked about a half a pack aday. I've quit alot of times over the years but this time it will stick. I can honestly say that I don't even think about smoking now except how gross it is... good for you for quitting! I know it's hard now but you can do it..

Look at you...you can do anything you set your mind to!

Weight is still stuck...only down the slightest but maybe the whooshy fairy will visit me tonite before the big weigh in tomorrow....lol

Hey send that whooshy fairy my way after your finished with her please.  I think its going to be another week before I get back to were I was.  Ive decided to phase one it for the next two weeks.  Those carb cravings are back again and I cant sem to get a firm hold on them. Lucky I have a healthy 4th of july BBQ planned out.  Hope our guests dont mind the lack of potato salad and rich desserts I normally make. 

I saw that crystal light came out with Popsicle's.  Has anyone here tried them? Im Apple shape.... to bad we cant choose were our fat deposits go.

Wow Jayne you look great...HOTTIE in the HOUSE!!!  LOL

You know that sneaky weight loss that should showed up already and then POP - there it is?  I sense we'll be seeing that and if not tomorrow that expecting next Thursday to be that much better with it coming in late!

BTW if it seems weird me posting a before after that includes undies, I may have a delusion of semi privacy - like who's looking at my profile this short time except those Ive told in this thread and 300+ club but also modesty is seriously downsized with all the nudity of pre/post body surgery work.

Sarah - Im impressed with you BBQ plans, you go girl.  I hope you get a number you want tomorrow but if not, dont think youll make it until next Thursday weighin before that return shows if you keep up this awesome behavior. 

Jeri - Im jealous because I quit smoking (and would have thought I wouldnt) for the surgery so it wasnt a quit like yours. It was my medication, no explanations and every insane negative was vetoed - didnt matter , blah blah blah and while I may be the cheapest person youll meet, I willingly dropped $300 monthly for my drug.  Yet, being forced to quit was a blessing - I needed that big a carrot to switch so we go forward with diffent reasons coming in but Im coming over to your thinking  as reason after my post 6weeks to remain clean.

I had two under boob spots that were looking infected (hot house and sweating probably behind it) that were gone overnight with neosporin.  Im betting your scar would be fine if you went skin removal surgery.  Being single, if any guy has an issue with my scars I will laugh in his face and send him packing.   These are proud battle scars and cmon, its a freaking line - its not like an open wound.  Get over it, you little baby or better yet get outta here. 

The wooshy fairy says drink up lots, she might be able to make some pit stops.  She couldnt make any promises but said keep the fluids running, it helps.

I am on Day #2 of Phase I, but would LOVE to join! :)

NAME:      Case y

LOCATION: Fort Lauderdale, FL

AGE:        ; 23

START:      200

CURRENT:   200

GOAL:      166

Looking forward to trimming off the inches with everyone here! :) I have successfully lost on the South Beach before, but managed to get WAY off track- so yesterday I made the pledge to myself that I was getting back on and NOT giving up this time!

Hope everyone is having a Wonderful Wednesday!

Welcome Casey.  Good luck on Phase 1. 

Jayne, you look marvelous.  Wow, you are at goal, right?  Thanks for sharing. 

Hey Sarah, good to see you back.  Yeah, vacations we throw everything out the window.  I'm still trying to get rid of these few pounds I gained.  You can do it. 

Hi Della, Karen and Rachel.  You all sound like you are doing something right.  I'm sure you'll all see great numbers tomorrow.

Jeri, good for you quit smoking.  I agree, it's a nasty habit and stinky too.  I think I'm the only one around here that doesn't smoke.  Been 16 yrs for me and I don't miss it a bit.

I had jury duty today.  Didn't get picked for the trial, but was still there for over 2 hrs.  Have to return next Wednesday and go thru it again.  They can keep us on the list for 6 months.  I'm drinking lots of water today, so I can maybe (please) have a good number tomorrow.

See ya later.

Jayne you are looking HOT!!!  I think I have belly envy  I showed hubby your pics as he is where you were 2 years ago.. THANK you is all I can say from his reaction.  He KNOWS he can do it too. :)

Sarah vacations are made to get away from it all.. unfortunatly as a mom we bring it all with us anyway :)  I am sure you will be happy with your numbers in the next week or so :)

Jeri Hugggs.. my mom had colon cancer and is doing fine now 5 years later but its quite a scare to say the least.. Glad you are well on your way to a  healthy you :)

Pam I smoked about 30 cigs a day for tooo many years.  Quit about 6 years ago.. never remember how hard it was.  No one is  allowed to smoke in my house anymore.. I find it smelly too but I think I am harder on it being an ex smoker.

Caserella Thursday is our weigh in day.. Welcome aboard :)

Awesome! :) I will be weighing myself tomorrow morning!  Thanks for the info!!! Sooooooooo excited!!!!!!!

Karen, no one is allowed to smoke in my house, car, etc.  I am the worse ex-smoker.  No wait, my sis is worse than I am, lol.

Casey, I bet you have a great number tomorrow.

I agree, Jayne is looking HOT!

Caserella - Hello, hello, hello!  You know the SB drill and what it can do so now its a matter of sticking together (we do that around here LOL) to keep up to hit goals.  Glad you are part of the group and we re here to help with that pledge. Always a Thursday countdown to stay on track with.

The HOT comments have gone to my head - In now currently planning the "Leonard, You Know You Want Me" Seduction project.  Now twenty years exremely happily married so first to find someone for his wife.  Or considering the odds against me I could settle for hand holding when he he photo poses with fans. 

By the way, Im not always this weird Caserella or a homewrecker even - just a fixated crush on Leonard Nimoy.  At least I wont be trying NOT to smelll like smoke when we pose. - Im often worse but please stick around anyway, everyone else is quite normal.

Pam, I just joined facebook.  Only got a handful of my email people added and finding myself around but if you remind me your info, I will add you.  You can PM if youd like.

'Wow - just realized Karen in two months how lucky I am to know so few smokers.  Just one friend and a non-local brother that I can think of.

EVERYBODY -----  Think Light Thoughts !!

I love water.. clear fresh flushing water :)  That sodium bump went bye bye over night its seems. I was definately expecting a higher number..  Weighed in this morning at 284.5 I will TAKE IT!!!

oh and Casey.. what Jayne said 

"Im often worse but please stick around anyway, everyone else is quite normal."

She is just being kind.. we are a little cracked!  but nice.. :)

Pam... dont blame you.. I dont let my mother in law smoke in my house anymore  when she comes over for a visit.

Hi everyone:

On my way to St. Anthony so must update my weight and will write more this evening upon my return.

Weight this a.m. 199.1

Have a good day everyone!  Looking forward to catching up on your news and weights. 

Welcome Casey!!!

Hot bod Jayne!!

chat later

Della

sun:  just looked at your photos and if I didn't recognize your face I wouldn't have believed that was you.  Unbelieveable.  I'm so happy for you.  You look fantastic.  How does it feel to be buying small clothes?  I envy your skinny arms. (and the rest)

work, work, work.  Overate yesterday cause I didn't meet my goal last weekend and came close to saying the heck with it.  But I didn't.  I just almost quit counting grams, etc.  I do have to eat more to keep from getting tired at work, so now I have 3 days off, and today will cut back.  Weight is up this am so no one gets to know what it is and I will drink faithfully today and weigh in tonight, no matter how late.

I can't thow food out, so finished up leftovers yesterday and now am starting with a clean fridge.  Think I needed the break and altho I didn't do badly, I wasn't at the top of my game.

good luck to everyone else.