Okay so I am starting the South Beach Diet tomorrow!! ETS I NEED HELP!!

Wish me luck, I really hope I can stick to it, I went food shopping today and wasn't very happy, so I hope it's not to hard!!

Thanks!!

Message edited 2/26/2004 12:21:44 AM.

Re: Okay so I am starting the South Beach Diet tomorrow!!

good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: Okay so I am starting the South Beach Diet tomorrow!!

good luck...my friend has been on it for a couple of weeks and she is doing really well!!

Re: Okay so I am starting the South Beach Diet tomorrow!!

Okay day 1 is done and no carbs, but this menu crap is going to get really boring so I need to figure out what to eat for breakfast and lunch everyday for the next 2 weeks!!

Re: Okay so I am starting the South Beach Diet tomorrow!!

Okay day 2 and I am still good, just not happy and I want my PASTA

Re: Okay so I am starting the South Beach Diet tomorrow!!

What have you been eating for meals?

Re: Okay so I am starting the South Beach Diet tomorrow!!

S H I T on a stick,

Coldcuts, cheese, lean meat, broccoli, sugar free jello, it really sucks!!

Re: Okay so I am starting the South Beach Diet tomorrow!!

Ah I see

Re: Okay so I am starting the South Beach Diet tomorrow!!

Okay I am done with day 4, and I am still alive. I had a tiny bite of my daughter's granola bar, I hope it doesn't do anything but I just had to!!

Re: Okay so I am starting the South Beach Diet tomorrow!!

I finished the south beach diet- i modified the menus a bit. you can eat yogurts as long as there is not that much sugar in it. i recommend buying the good carbs, bad carbs companion book. alot more options to eat. i would also join yahoo's "south beach support" group-you can ask questions and get alot of answers right away.

i no longer eat white flour based products anymore, primarily for health reasons. i eat fruits moderately and i make sure they have a low glycemic index. i have found that by adding fiber to my diet, it makes me feel fuller.

Message edited 2/20/2004 12:20:12 PM.

Re: Okay so I am starting the South Beach Diet tomorrow!!

Is this book "the good carbs, bad carbs companion book" in any book stores?

Re: Okay so I am starting the South Beach Diet tomorrow!!

Groovypeg, if you don't mind me asking how much did you lose in phase 1??

Re: Okay so I am starting the South Beach Diet tomorrow!!

Okay day 5 is over and I am not dead yet and I haven't had pasta, I am very proud of myself, I had chicken for dinner with vegatables, and the chicken with lemon and garlic did have white wine in it but it was just a bit, once again I hope that doesn't hurt!!

Re: Okay so I am starting the South Beach Diet tomorrow!!

I lost about 9 pounds on the SBD. YOu can find the "good carbs, bad carbs" in any bookstore.

Re: Okay so I am starting the South Beach Diet tomorrow!!

Good Luck!! Just stick to it! I had such a hard time, I was only on phase 1 for a week and hoped right to phase 2...I never lost anything!!!! I thought I was following it correctly but I guess I wasn't because I have heard so many success stories...just not me

Keep us posted on your success!!!! I know you'll do GREAT!!

Re: Okay so I am starting the South Beach Diet tomorrow!!

Okay day 6 is done and I only cheated a tiny bit and not even with pasta like I wanted to. I had half of kayla's granola bar, and a tiny tiny piece of eggwhite merange, which is only bad b/c they add a little sugar but it's all egg whites which is healthy!!

Once again I hope this doens't set me back, but I was dying without something!!

Re: Okay so I am starting the South Beach Diet tomorrow!!

One whole week done and I am still breathing, I am very impressed with myself. I look forward to coming on her to say another day complete.

Re: Okay so I am starting the South Beach Diet tomorrow!!

Okay I just finished day 8 and cheated, but not pasta, I had a couple cookie's b/c I was at work and bored and I couldn't resist, I needed a desert and I didn't have my sbd stuff there.

I hope all these little things that I cheat with here and there which was only a couple doesn't set me back, b/c today was the 8th day on my diet and I don't feel like I lost any weight,

Wish me luck!!

Re: Okay so I am starting the South Beach Diet tomorrow!!

Good Luck to you
Keep The Faith

Re: Okay so I am starting the South Beach Diet tomorrow!!

Oka today is day 9 and I failed, but not with pasta, so that is a positive thing.

I had a piece of bread at lunch, it was staring me in the face and yelling, EAT ME EAT ME and then I was out before and I had 3 mini muffin's with caramel inside,

I really think something like this set me back, but I don't know what to do now.

Re: Okay so I am starting the South Beach Diet tomorrow!!

Today was day 10 and I had a piece of bread with dinner, and some whole wheat pasta, as bad as it was to cheat it tasted so good. I don't know if this no carb diet is for me, I love my carbs and have been missing them so much.

I dont' know what to do I want to diet and lose weight for this wedding but I am misrable doing it.

What do I do???

Re: Okay so I am starting the South Beach Diet tomorrow!! ETS I NEED HELP!!

Why dont you try Weight Watchers...You can eat carbs on WW....you dont have to limit yourself to foods that you like to eat...as long as you count the points for them.

Re: Okay so I am starting the South Beach Diet tomorrow!! ETS I NEED HELP!!

Don't worry, you're doing fine. I've lost about 40 lbs so far doing a combo of WW and South Beach. South Beach is not really as much of a fad as I thought it would be. I've never made it through those first 2 weeks w/o cheating a little...too hard. But I've been doing phase 2 for a while now. Don't follow those menus too closely 'cause they're boring.

What I really found was filling during those two weeks:
For lunch a huge salad (and I'm not a salad eater) with grilled/marinated chicken breast or tuna or salmon or steak. Heck you can have steak!!!
For breakfast I made huge veggie omlets, some days with egg beaters and some days with real eggs.

It gets easier with time. Good luck you're doind great!!!

Re: Okay so I am starting the South Beach Diet tomorrow!! ETS I NEED HELP!!

Thanks I love to hear support and other people who have done it and cheated and still lost weight.

I haven't noticed any real weight lose maybe a pound or so and today was my 11th day. I feel disappointed.

Re: Okay so I am starting the South Beach Diet tomorrow!! ETS I NEED HELP!!

GOOD LUCK!