Have you had success or failure with the South Beach Diet?
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I got my book from Walmart very cheaply.  My brother who works in the medical field recommended the South beach diet when we were told my daughter had diabetes...thank god she doesn't!   The South beach diet is great for people with heart conditions and diabetes...(although if you are diabetic I was told to skip stage 1)  it is really easy to follow and once you are comfortable with the rules you can cook up a storm using other recipes...\n\nWe have all benefited from using the diet and are loosing weight slowly and in a healthy way.   Give it a try!!
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Sounds good, i've heard of success either way.  Just make sure what is in those meals is right. No soda, no fast food, lots of chicken, fish, fruits, vegies, whole wheat stuff, yogurt. Not so many cakes and donuts and cookies. Basic common sense for eating, you just need to enforce it. Get all the bad stuff out of the house right away, just toss it or give it away while your still motivated. No alcohol if that applies. Some juice but make sure its all natural, because the ones that aren't are loaded with sugar and a leading cause in diabetes in children and adults. Lots of water, 3-4 liters a day, not all at once, but spread out. Its really easy to down a liter or two while your watching tv or on the computer. Also drink some after you eat the bigger meals of the day, it helps your body pick out the nutrients in food when your food is more spread apart. \nAs for exercise, lots of cardio. Find something you like. If you have never exercised much before, start with walking 30 minutes a day at a brisk pace. Move on to different terrains that include hills and increase the time spent. After a week or two, try jogging the route. No matter what find an activity you enjoy. Walking to jogging is just an example, try hiking, rollerblading, biking. Once you get into a regular routine, if your not happy with the level of difficulty, try signing up with a gym. Spinning, pilates or kickboxing classes are great. It will also introduce you to working with weights. Talk to a trainer for instruction before using any weights. A cheap investment is a balance ball, it works you stomach while your just sitting on it, like at your computer and its great for posture. There are hundreds of exercises you can use it for for your entire body. I can give you some ideas if you want, just email me. Also for more info on the benefits of water go to www.watercure.com Good Luck!
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The South Beach Diet is a great way. My mom (53) and I (27) went on the diet together, and we both lost about 15 pounds. We could clearly tell our  stomachs looked better!
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People can call it what they want, but Atkins will work.  But you have to follow it exactly.  If you don't want to do Atkins, try South Beach.  Keep up with the exercise!
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You can try something like south beach diet. You will definitely lose weight. I once lost 8 pounds in a week. Most of it is water so you need to eat healthy and exercise to keep it off. Its not good to lose weight by crash diets.
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I have some knowledge of both.  I believe the South Beach Diet kind of starts out similarly to the Atkins in the respect you limit your carbohydrates a lot in the first two weeks or so. Atkins does the same except it may be somewhat more extreme.  South Beach doesn't champion as much red meat as Atkins too.\n\nPersonally, I think it might be okay the first two or three weeks since both limit carbs.  After that, the diets diverge in philosophy.  The South Beach includes more bread/rice and other things...whereas the Atkins still carb-restricts.  So, I think it would be detrimental to mix them after the first few weeks.\n\nI personally think the South Beach diet is a lot more healthy..I read the book and I feel its a lot healthier to lose weight that way because it gradually introduces carbs back into the diet.  Atkins is too extreme and once you go back to a regular diet with breads and/or rice, you will gain the weight back.
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Go for it!  My wife and I signed up for the Seattle Sutton diet.  I have lost 50 lbs and she has lost 40 lbs.  We were both very obese people and adkins and all the others have not worked.  The food is fantastic and very tasty, We went on the 1200 calorie program.  We were warned that the first few days we would be hungry.  That never happened.  Important you must stick to the food plan.  When I cheated I would either not loose for a day or two or even gain a little.  As soon as I got back on plan I was back to loosing weight.
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I was thinking about going thru it. Did it work 4 you? Did you loose weight or was it a scam.
890681
Try the souch beach diet book...
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100% beleive in South Beach Diet.  Not even have to be on the diet...just read the book.  It is all about Tummy fat
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like any other eating plan it depends on whether you stick to it or not.\n\nIf you change your lifestyle and eating habits hell yeah it works great and my sister lost 60 lbs on it and is now running full marathons and she's over 40.  If she can do it anyone can, you just have to stick to it and remember it's not a temporary thing it's changing your eating habits for EVER
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I've heard of a lot of people losing weight with the south beach diet. and they dont excersise, but you are really limited to food choice.
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Cut out sugar & carbs. Strength train 3 times a week w/ 1 day of interval cardio. Eat 6 meals (3 snacks, 3 full meals) a day. Be sure to consume your require daily calories to prevent yur body going into starvation mode. And committment  I recommend the South Beach Diet w/ excerise.
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I'm on the south beach diet.  Low carb breakfast, I have 2 eggs scrambled and canadian bacon or turkey bacon for breakfast.
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Nobody wants to hear it but there are none, diet pills are a waste of money.  If people see results from diet pills they have side effects and are short lived.  The best thing too do is change your diet and start exercising as you'll hear over and over again.  There are some diets that teach you how to eat healthy and help in losing weight (south beach has had good results for a lot of people, but if you're not careful after the diet, you can gain all the weight back plus more). \n\nLearn what different foods do for you, try to cut out all processed foods and cut back on the sugar.  Keep a food diary of every little thing you eat daily.  To find the amount of calories you need to lose weight multiply your body weight by 12 or 15 to start off with. Once you try eating this amount of calories, if you're losing more then 2 lbs you may be losing too much weight, if you're losing about 1 lb a week that would be considered normal.   Make adjustments as needed every two weeks.  You can input your food intake and keep track of calories at fitday.com.    You'll find that small adjustments make the world of difference in the way you feel --you'll have more energy.  It takes 21 days to form a habit so hopefully this will help you get started on the road to a healthy lifestyle.  Remember eat to live, not live to eat.  Good luck!
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Try South Beach Diet. I lost 30 pounds on it in 2.5 months. The key is really reducing your cravings for junk and eating smaller portions, and it helps with that. Be sure to exercise while doing it though, because the low amount of carbs can eat away at your muscle and make you very weak.
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Dr. Atkins is dead. He was a major proponent of low carb dieting, meaning severely restricting carbohydrates while eating lots of protein. While this method of dieting can bring short term results, it does not lend itself to a reasonable lifestyle for most people. Something like the South Beach Diet is a more balanced approach to reduced carb dieting. \n\nChances are your girlfriend, like most people, will quickly abandon this diet, which has severe limitations.