OT - South Beach Diet

[brok]

and lost 25 lbs in 2½ months. The first phase about killed me - cut out Pepsi and had terrible caffeine withdrawal - top that off with no/very, very low carbs and I was a wreck for a few days. After the body gets over the initial shock of no carb though, I though it was a breeze. Have him read the book - it made sense to me and theat helped me stay focus on the change of eating habits. I approached it all from a health standpoint.

[SadieKate]

I really like it. If he rides a lot, Phase 1 needs to be modified because you just can't go on a several hour bike ride without carbs. Otherwise, the "diet" is the way we should all be eating - high fiber, low fat, lean protein, lots of veggies, etc.

[KnottedYet]

I tried to follow the diet (i'm just not that disciplined). I looooooved some of the recipes in the book.

Actually, I noticed that when I went "free range" with my eating, I ended up falling into a South Beach diet kind of pattern. Felt great. Lost 50 lbs.

The diet for diabetics is very similar to South Beach.

[SouthernBelle]

I lost 35 lbs on South Beach. I've been holding steady at 120-123 for several months now.

There is a very active forum that covers it.

http://www.southbeach-diet-plan.com/forum/

I'm known as WGirl there.

HTH,

[Geonz]

This bod was designed for carbs (at least while I'm biking). It doesn't work well without them.

[SouthernBelle]

This bod was designed for carbs (at least while I'm biking). It doesn't work well without them.

I would assume that you believe that SBD is a low carb diet. It certainly is in the first 2 weeks, but after that, it is not.

[SadieKate]

Geonz, read the book. The diet in Phase 3 is the right carbs not low carb. The previous phases are all about breaking you of cravings for sugar - simply like an elimination diet.