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 .

Morning guys.....Thanks for shaking the dental can around...I feel loved!  It went fine yesterday but the whole 1/2 of my upper lip being out of service was a little weird.  My kids though it was funny when I drank I would sometimes dribble down my shirt.  I cheated bad yesterday so Im being good today.  plus Im still stuffed from yesterday.

Id have to say that I think Sb and atkins are different.  There really not a limit on the amount of carbs you can eat with Sb like there is on atkins.  and it promotes low fat protiens.  I always forget that veggies have carbs too but their at the low end of the glycemic index. 

Jayne that storm hit us after it hit you I think it was heavier for you though.  It was noisy but not that bad.  I imagine that my neighbors were  mad cause there roof hasnt been fixed yet.  If they come over mad Ive decided to tell them that I did a special rain dance in my living room to curse them.  Im tired of being nice

Going to have pleasant day no matter what.  I wish the same you all too....Congrats on all the losses....WOOHOOO!!!!!!

Last night, I didnt get to sleep at all (and Im not just quoting the song).  Granted I had some naps but decided to use the enery to work through the morning attacking some of the mess my daughter left behind (and it will be an ongiong project).  Then this morning I headed off to Walmart for groceries.  Its been an overdue workout.

Good control on vacation weight Rachael.  I tend to have an all or nothing mode, something I'd like to break before I get to maintenance.

Dont know if you'd wanted to wait Sue but wish we'd caught you earlier - you can get SB books cheap cheap on eBay.  Sarah made good points plus I think SB puts the diet more in your control with people encouraged to adjust it as they progress based on their own response to carbs, hunger and weight loss.  

Dont quote me Sarah but Im thinking Friday has to be the best day to cheat - furthest from the following weigh-in :D.  Plus its about our eating for the week, not just a day so balance is normally possible (not including my terror binges which luckily were just Thanksgiving and February (you can see them on my chart as spikes). 

just figured i'd post the progress...i started last thursday and after completing the first week i have lost 7 lbs.  it's a funny thing how the brain operates....i guess i needed the restrictions to break the plateau that i had been on for over 4 months....its a good way to jump start and get away from the white flour,white sugar etc.  and i must say that the fruit abstinence had me wondering but i guess that all the natural sugars in them arent a good thing when the body is trying to break away from the sugar dependance...  well enough from me because its only been a week...one day at a time...thanks D

Wow bigdee, you really jumped off that plateau - thanks for the update! I know the 2weeks phase1 can seem like diet bootcamp but it sure does can get things rolling.  What a coincidence because we weigh in Thursdays.  Betting you find that plateau behind you come next Thursday.

Your swim sounds beautiful Rachael.  Unfortunately as a kid, my dad pointed out the fish in the ocean - that they do come up to the shallow end and havent been in since, which was funny living so long on the FL coast.  I know the scary you speak of - went over a 'hole' once snorkeling and had this feeling like you could fall eventhough Im an excellent swimmer.  I also do the inch by inch thing with the cold - have tried the 'jump in and get it over with' and its too much of a shock. 

Curious what you think of the dinner and which you got.  They recently made them smaller so I try to add cooked brocolli or cauliflower to them plus they are quite low cal too.

Also after not sleeping Thursday night, I crashed at 9pm and slept 10 hours til just now.  After failing horribly with all the shelters and rescue places, place an ad on Craigslist (a first) and immediately got two response to adopt our cat.  One was local so called Kiki to come by which was very upsetting but it was a woman with a two year old who would be able to grow up with it so she actually got better after meeting them.  I left it open so that if its a problem bring her back, dont leave just abandon her outside.  Plus she said Kiki could call or email to check on her which I thought was very generous.

She still has two cats at her dad, one from my house and Ive Gigi left here to adjust to giving away.  Gigi is not one that likes to be held even by me (although I'll sometimes wake with her sleeping on my chest ?!) but she is still must be in the room Im in at all times which I find the funniest thing. 

Ummm.... guess what?  I think this increasing-my-calories-thing may actually be working, because I've gone back to losing at a slow pace .... but I am definitely NOT stuck on a plateau any more!  Anyway, as of this mornings weigh-in, I've lost 95.2 pounds!!!!

I started April 1 at 280, and am now at 276.8 .... so that's 3.2 pounds for the month so far, which (frankly), I'm pretty encouraged about. I think that eating more calories has really been good for me, mentally and emotionally, because it let's me fit more things into my menus (and life), ya know? Nuts and cheeses and the occasional bites of Ron's sandwiches -- that sort of thing.


As you might expect, I DO have my "eye on the prize" .... losing 100 pounds, which I anticipate I may hit around July 1. Why so far away? Two words: Alaska Cruise. OK, too more words: Water Retention.  Still, when I started this on August 22, 2007 ... my goal was to lose 100 pounds by my ONE YEAR ANNVERSARY, and that's still my goal. If I make it a little early, great. If not, that's ok, as well. After all, this is a lifestyle change, right?


(Cute kitten pictures in my journal ... we're fostering!)

MOLLY

So happy that plateau has been shaken up for you Molly.  Off to a lunch date with a different friend Ive not seen for about a year.  So glad there are options out there at restaurants and enjoying easing into socializing again.

Afternoon all.   Holy moly I admitted to having a cheat day.  Im up 5 lbs today.  geez can you say retention of something LOL.  Ill be glad to flush my system out and be back to normal

I was surprised by the meatloaf, really better then any other I tried.  Ive been known to pop in a TV dinner when Im busy in the morning and today for breakfast I had a SmartOnes Sirloin beef * Asian Veg which was quite amazing but only 160 calories!?  Allows for a bigger morning snack and realizing I might want to look outside the SB line for dinners especially when on sale.

I wonder if Molly wouldve noticed if I'd slipped Sasha in with her clan - hmmm.  The few vacations Ive had have been so lazy but Im definitely in different shape now so hoping to use your good example Rachael to get more out of the opportunity of going somewhere to actually do things!  Hope those legs relax on you.

Heres to a big flush for you Sarah - if I hadnt experienced it, Id never appreciate how a dieting body can jump up in numbers after such a short bit off track.  Still plenty of time until Thursday :D.

Hi All - Glad to hear that SBD is working so well for BigDee and Molly. I did buy the book and am still reading cause I must have done something wrong. :(. Today is Day 14 on Phase 1 and I am at 165. Only down 2 pounds and I really stuck to what I thought were the rules. I did cheat a little but not enough to only lose 2 instead of 8. I had about 12 oz of Sangria last weekend. I had one glass of wine (6 oz) this weekend. I ate out many times but only ate what was allowed.  I need to get back to the book and read some more. I jumped around looking for a section about why people would not lose on Phase I but couldn't find one. I didn't track my calorie count each day but when I did it ran around 1400-1800 calories. Ugghhh.

Since starting this thread, were there any others who didn't lose on Phase I? I kept thinking that okay....weight not down but that's okay cause tomorrow it will be down a lot but tomorrow didn't come :(

Hey all, 

How was the weekend??  Was a little sick on saturday - think I may have gotten food poisoning from a sunway sandwich I had, but feeling much better now!!  thankfully!!

Weight is still down.  A little surprised, but happy at the same time!  Works busy here, so will check in, in a bit.

morning....had a good day yesterday.  My scale is broken so Ill have to weighin some where else on thursday

Gina Im SOOOOO happy for you that your weight is still down.  what ever your doing its working for you.  not good to have food poisoning though.  Ive had it before but not bad.

I really hate being sick!!  The last time I was that bad was Christmas but then I also had a chest infection on top of that too!!!

Glad to hear that you had a good day yesterday!!  By the way, did Ashton get to send Stanley to vinyard after??

Nope.  I dont know whats wrong with that school sometimes.

Look at us, passing 1000 posts!  Combined with 1800+ posts on the original SB thread  - wowza! 

Sue, there are factors that will affect the success of phase1.  A major one is your starting weight and 165 puts you at a disadvantage for big loss with this or any diet but I still would have expected a higher then average because of how phase1 works and what Ive witnessed with others. 

Another factor is your eating prior to starting because the further away from the plan you were eating, the more dramatic the loss.  If one was already dieting and especially if they were already not eating that many carbs/ sugars, the loss wont be as significant as someone who was ingesting them. 

An additional aspect might be the higher sodium associated with restaurant meals even in healthier choices because normally there is much water loss through phase 1 which could be counteracted.

I dont mean to be discouraging and hopefully Im not - your loss did seem smaller then I'd seen for Phase1 but youre starting with less to lose then many and I wonder if that causes you to react more to phase1 modifications or cheats than someone with more to lose.  I have to wonder if your able to get strict to the plan and restrict sodium if this wont be a better week under phase1.