Thread: I Am Really Wanting To Try The South Beach Diet

Sorry, I wasn't poking at you, I was using hyperbole...I should have said, "eat half a cow" or something to that effect, to be more clear...a whale was just the biggest animal I could think of that people eat. The all meat diet is particularly disastrous in my opinion, for what my opinion is worth after spending 6 months on SBD and losing 45 pounds.

In referring to the traditional Inuit diet, I want to clarify that I am not advocating it - quite the opposite. The variables that make the diet appropriate for pre-technological life in the arctic cannot easily be duplicated in the modern world (nor would most people want to), and it's far more complicated than eating half a whale - no electricity, no central heating, living in a very cold climate, having to work very hard to survive,...

Do any of you get hungry on it? I am just wondering. I would like to try it, but it might be impossible. My mom is all about keeping the food bill down as low as possible. I am also worried that it will make me gain weight. I was doing my own high protein diet with a few carbs from veggies and things like melba toast and wasa crispbread thrown in (I have hypoglycemia and I have a lot of weight to lose). I was losing good on that, and then I...

Hi Tarra and I lost a bit of weight on my own and have been OP with SBD for 6 months now. For me SBD has worked great! I'm off BP meds, feel spectacular and lose weight consistantly. My blood sugar is stable. You asked about hunger. As long as I eat what I'm supposed to I don't have those gut gnawing cravings that make me want to eat...and eat...and eat. If I'm having a hungry day I eat BUT it's totally SBD Phase 2...

tarra. If you are seriously considering starting on the South Beach Diet, I would strongly recommend that you get a copy of the book and read it thoroughly before you get started. It's a wealth of very helpful information that you will need to make this way of eating a success. You must understand the fundamentals of this plan, and you won't get it on the SBD website. As far as eating 100% meat, you are doing your body more harm...

All good advice. When you are ready, join the other Phase I Chicks on the Phase I Thread.

Hi Tarra, First of all, congrats on the weight loss! Secondly, that boy is no friend. Jerk. I've been on SB for a week now. I lost 10 pounds, and while I've occasionally felt hungry (which I swear, is all in my head) I don't feel weak or tired. In fact, I have more energy than I've had in a long time. SB if much healthier than an all-protein diet. In fact, I was recently part of a study at the Mayo Clinic that involved a...

Tarra, have you consulted a doctor or nutritionist? I'm not sure what your friend is basing his information on, but it sounds like he has a very confused view of nutrition. Everything I've read has said that a variety of foods is best for good health. People have varying opinions on what specific foods are best in each category (i.e., on South Beach, we prefer whole grains over simple starches in the starch category, and...

Hi, tarra, I'm by no means a South Beach "expert," as are some of the ladies here who have lost and maintained their losses of many hundreds of pounds. But I had to chime in to share something: Like beachgal said, South Beach is a cravings KILLER. I am just blown away by that. The first few days are difficult while your body makes the severe adjustment to no simple carbs... but after that (or at least for me and a lot...

I have hypoglycemia also and am thinking about SB. Thanks for all the info here. I think it's helping me decide.