South Beach Diet (weight loss, carbs, pounds, cardio)

[ReneeG71]

Has anyone had success with this diet? I'm trying to lose about 20 pounds. I had lost 15 for a wedding last June by exercising and eating 1000-1200 cal. a day. Unfortunately, I stopped all that and gained every last pound back. I'm thinking going that low on calories, makes it harder to maintain the weight. South Beach seems less about calories and more about the foods to eat.

[collected_eve]

A man that I work with has had great success with this diet.
He lost 20 lbs. in a few months & I do not think that he excercises.
He has been on the South Beach for about 6 months total & he now swears by it.

All the info that I have!
Good luck to you@

[TimtheGuy]

Only a fool would pay money to get into one of these named diets.

[Lillietta]

I know someone who kept the wait off as long as she stayed on it. Problem is, these diets get tiresome.

[poconosmama]

I lost about 35 pounds doing it almost 2 years ago and my husband lost about 25. We were also going to the gym regularly which I dont think I would have lost the weight without the combo. It's pretty easy but you really need to stick to it exactly especially those first few weeks. Good luck

[ReneeG71]

Only a fool would pay money to get into one of these named diets.



You don't pay for it...it is a way of eating...low carb.

[Rggr]

It works. It's more of a change in what you eat than a diet. My parents have used it and kept weight off. I am not on it for weight-loss because that isn't a struggle for me. I have used it to make good food choices.

[Magnulus]

Yes, it works. I've lost about 10 lbs. in about a year, granted I'm not good at diets overall and I don't exercise alot. The only problem is depending on what you are used to, it is a very different way to eat. There isn't alot of bread on the diet, and fruits and orange juice aren't considered "health" foods. It's not necessarily a "low carb" diet in theory but in practice you will eat less carbs (it's based on the glycemic index of foods).

So the weak part is sticking with it. So many easy-to-eat foods at restaurants and in stores are not "south beach" friendly as they have too much starch or sugar in them, not enough protein or fiber.

Dieting is hard work, it's easier never to gain the weight in the first place. My parents are bad about buying junk food and leaving it around- stuff like that is just stupid, IMO. They are fat but my new years resolution was that I'd finally loose that last 10-15 lbs. My dad won't buy healthy stuff like sugar free ice cream, because he's a cancer survivor and freaks out about anything "artificial, so he's eating junk food instead. Brilliant logic, huh?

[Sambazon]

1000-1200 calories is far too low for any adult...unless you're trying to get into contest shape. Restricting your calories and then wondering why your weight loss has hit a standstill is a pretty good indicator that you need to gradually increase it.

Fad diets have very low success rates. If anything, you're bound to gain back all the weight (and then some) at some point in time because of how incredibly restrictive it is.

[michael krotchie]

As other posters mentioned, the South Beach diet is less of a diet and more an education on what types of foods are good/bad for you.

Really not rocket science, heavily processed foods, stripped of nutrients, high fat, high sodium, high sugar foods, are the ones to avoid.

From what I've read the South Beach diet just explains how these foods wreck the body and the types of consequences they cause (diabetes, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, etc).