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I tried South Beach earlier this year, and I thought the first two weeks were very effective! My only tip for those first two weeks is try not to get freaked out about how out-of-it you feel. Your body will be detoxing from sugar, and it will make you feel light-headed and dizzy. Oh also, try googling South Beach recipes, and you’ll find a bunch…great for the days when you’re too drained to think of something creative to eat. Good luck!

my mother is doing this and she’s lost 30 lbs so far.

which is amazing because she has dieted before and seen no results, shes not lazy either they just haven’t worked for her.

good luck miss e!

I did weight watchers four years ago - lost 50+lbs - so that worked for me. GOOD LUCK

The first few days are brutal, but stick with it!! However, make sure you follow it COMPLETELY. I lost 7 lbs in 2 wks 2 years ago, but before my wedding this year I did it except cheating by having 1-2 glasses of wine/night with my then-FI … and it didn’t work AT ALL. Also be prepared that when you go off it, the weight will pop right back on. Good luck!

miss e! i just started south beach too, and i’ve lost 4 lbs in 3 days. i hope things work as well for you! i have seriously felt almost NO cravings. i have been a little more hungry than usual, but i have just been snacking on things like veggies and nuts and that seems to settle it! also, if you like milk…a lot of times a small glass of 1% really helps me if i’m hungry.
can’t wait to hear about your progress!

My fiance and I tried it several years ago, after we had been dating about a year and his bad eating habits had started to rub on to me. We both followed it very strictly, ate the same things (though I ate a smaller quantity). After a month of following it, he had lost 18 pounds, and I had GAINED 11.
Yes — I GAINED 11 pounds on South Beach, and I did not eat one single thing which isn’t allowed. Clearly, I did not continue to follow the diet.
I hope you will have better luck than I did!

My parents did this and both lost a ton of weight (100+ combined). But it is a lot of cooking (Mom said she’d never have been able to do it before she retired).

And as the others have said, its more a lifestyle change then a diet.

SB didn’t work for me because I had no willpower to do it just the way you sould. So I did Weight Watchers and lost 50+ lbs.. that really worked well for me.

I’ve started and stopped SB twice. Both times the weightloss was noticeable, and I DID feel way better. In fact, even when I fell off of it, I found that I was drinking no pop and having green tea or peppermint tea with no sugar instead.

My biggest problem is that my BF is a huge junk fan and resists my healthy choices when grocery shopping. I am not always the best with will power, and find it easier to remove those things from the house to avoid temptation.

The hardest part of the diet, and where I fell off, was in the snack area, where I was way too bagged to prepare anything. There are good snack suggestions, but most of them take a decent amount of work or prep-time. beware of the snack urges!

I lost about 40 lbs on doing South Beach and Atkins. If you stick to the book it definitely works, barring any existing health issues.