South Beach Diet

Hi, I’m here again but this time is not for me: there’s a friend of
mine who is perplexed about one thing and I suggested her asking the
group.
She has been on a diet for one year and she has lost about 50/60 lbs
(30 kg: I hope the transformation is right!) Now she has been on a
stall for some months, but she needs to lose about 20 lbs more, also
because she has a weak form of diabete (sorry I don’t know the
English for this…)She is afraid to begin SBD because of the big
amount of proteins and fats in phase I, which are really more than
that she is introducing with her current eating style. Has anybody
of you lived such a kind of experience? I told her that probably her
metabolism is too low now as she really eats too little, but if you
have any other ideas they are welcome.
bye from italy ros

I decided to start Phase 1 again today. I have had a hard time
since the first of the year. So I decided that the only way I can
get back on track is to start over. I know this is the best diet
for me. It’s the only one I have lost weight on in a long time.
Thanks for all the support of this group.
Kathy

Hi everybody, can you really guess how difficult is to follow such a
diet for an Italian? We aren’t accustomed to eat eggs at breakfast and
living without pasta, or our fabulous bread, it’s quite impossible.
Please, help me find some other possibilities for morning breakfast,
as my husband doesn’t believe he can stand all those eggs with his
very high cholesterol and tryglicerids(is this the right word?)!!!
I succeeded in involving him, too, but it is not easy to make him
follow the diet in the right way as he finds hard eating ham or cheese
during work hours. We can leave pasta, bread, biscuits and (above all)
PIZZA apart for now, but I’m afraid he will surrender sooner or later…
Thanks for your advice.
ros

Hi everyone, i am going to start this diet as soon as i get the book
this week, tried weight watchers again, only lasted 2 weeks! This has
to be better any good sucess stories?

Hey All,
I just joined today. I bought the book on Saturday, started the diet
on Sunday. Saturday was so much fun, I ate anything and everything I
am not supposed to one last time before my new diet, haha. Sunday
was a hard day for me. I was hungry a lot, but I couldnt find
anything that fits in the criteria to snack on, that I actually like.
I was wondering if everyone is following the first phase diet day by
day eating plan. I havent use it, I didnt even like the first thing
on the menu. I am only about 20 lbs over weight, and I have tried
everything to lose them, including the low fat diet which never
seemed to work, even with regular exercise. I am curious to know if
everyone has only lost around the midsection, because this isnt my my
problem area, its my but and thighs, I didnt gain any weight at all
on my stomach yet, and I am wonder since the book says over and over
that I will notice the weightloss in my midsection, that if anyone
else has lost the first pounds elsewhere. Anyhow, your success
stories and helpful ideas are very helpful, and encouraging.
Lisa

Hi SBD buddies out there, I am new to this diet and just started
yesterday, this is my 2nd day..and i have some problems already:
1. I had egg omlette for breakfast yesterday, but today I felt kinds
of sock about aggs already…what shall I do?
2. For the whole day yesterday, I did not fell very concertrated at
work…and this morning, same feeling…
3. I had bad breath this morning..
thanks to all of you who can help & I am now going to have my cheese
snack!
Shirely

Hi - we’re in our 2nd day of the diet - can anyone recommend a juice
Recipe? I’m not really sure what to use.
Thanks

I tried to upload the just posted hummus recipe to the files (in my
folder) and when I clik on files, it says empty! HUH? I was there
earlier……..
Mary-Anne

I am hooked on Trader Joe’s Hummus, but it gets expensive so I make
this one. I add some roasted red bell pepper and diced serranos or
chipotle to this basic hummus for extra zest.
Mary-Anne
A Very Popular Hummus Recipe
4 cups of dried, soaked, chickpeas, cooked, with their own liquid
reserved or 4 cups of frained and rinsed canned chickpeas (garbanzos)
(two 15 oz. cans)
1 small onion, minced
3 garlic cloves, minced crushed to a paste (I crush them with kosher
salt)
1/4 cup tahini
3-6 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1/4 c. fresh lemon juice (I use limes because we grow them)
2 Tbsp. finely chopped cilantro
2 Tbs, finely chopped flat leaf parsley
2 Tbsp finely chopped mint
freshly ground pepper; taste for salt
*optional roasted red pepper, chipotle or minced red serrano chile
Combine the chickpeas with 1/2 c. of their cooking liquid, or, if you
are using canned chickpeas, 1/2 cup water, in a food processor or
blender, with the onion, garlic, tahini, 2 Tbsp of the olive oil, and
the lemon/lime juice. Puree the mixture to a smooth paste, adding up
to 1/2 cup more liquid, if necessary to get the paste to move around.
Stir in the optional herbs, season to taste with salt and pepper, and
spread the hummus on a platter. If you are not serving it right away,
cover it with platic wrap and keep it in the fridge. Just before
serving, drizzle the remaining olive oil, if you wish. Serve at room
temperature with toasted pita wedges (or not toasted, if you like).
At this point, depending on the audience, I add a pinch or so of
Aleppo pepper.
Use reallllly good XXX olive oil!!!
Enjoy!
This is basicially the version given on p.250-251 of Vegetables, by
James Peterson, William Morrow & Co., N.Y., 1998.
I like this even better than most given in my “forest” of ME
cookbooks.

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