Day 1 on South Beach

rlazinsk

anyone have any success they would share with me? so far, I feel like there is an awful lot of food. had breakfast, snack, lunch and snack. there's still dinner and snack to come. i have been tracking everything I have eaten and am on my 6th glass of water. it is day one. Robin

crystal_sapphire

can i add you to see how this goes? see i wish i could follow this but i really dislike seafood and i feel like it's such a large component. i just eat lower carbs

jpmajors

I used South Beach to get started dieting. What it did for me is eliminate simple sugars and BAD breads which was huge for me. Since then I try and eat as much or more protein Kcal as carbs. I also eat at least 25-30g of fiber a day which is the trick for me.

Adsnwfld

Low carb diets work...sort of.
A few years back I was 268 lbs at 5'10" I went on a diet very similar to South Beach and lost a ton of weight (around 80 lbs). That diet was unsustainable for me and when I stopped it weight crept back till I was 10 lbs shy of my original weight.
This time around all I did was exercise and track calories through this website. I don't have much problem following this lifestyle and love the progress I have made. Do yourself a favor and just watch the calories. Southbeach, Atkins, etc are not lifestyles they are diets. Learn to eat healthy and watch your calories and you will do great.
Eat 5 times a day, avoid filling up on bread and pasta, eat your fruits and vegetables. After using this site for a while you will figure out if certain foods are worth the calories and you'll avoid them like the plague.

Either way good luck on your weight loss

AmyNVegas

I took it a step further and did Primal Blueprint. I have lost 55 on it so far. It allows the fruit from the beginning and doesn't add back in grains much at all. He suggests an 80-20 compliance to the diet since he factors in the real world and human nature so It comes out to eating grain or potatoes at 2-3 meals per week max. His website is free just search Primal Blueprint and you'll find it. Good Luck!:flowerforyou:

rlazinsk

absolutely. Doc says it's a good way to "jumpstart" my weight loss so one day down and the vege quiches are in the oven now. i like that i can make recipes and they are for more than one day. i will freeze some breakfast items so I don't freak out on the mornings when i'm rushing to get out of the house.

rlazinsk

how long did you do phase I?

rlazinsk

thank you and what great progress you're making!

rlazinsk

thanks, Amy. way to go!

JPriceGA

Good luck with SBD. I've never tried it, but I have the book. I pulled it out this week because I wanted to do a week without grains and needed some ideas for a high protein breakfast - I normally eat a cup of oatmeal fortified with ground flax seed.

I find too many carbs don't work for me, so I'm working on trying to find the right balance between a higher protein/ lower carb, sustainable plan.