South Beach Diet

I have the Aldi’s brand oatmeal and I am wondering if it is ok. The ingredients say “100% rolled oats”

I am ready to start phase 2 and I am soo confused. LOL I was also wondering if soy flour is ok.

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Does anyone know if soy flour is allowed on phase 1 and then on phase
2 and what would be the quanities?
Also, concerning whipped frozen toppings…..Are these specifically
allowed on SBD and which quanities? I only have an abridged edition
of SBD and this is not covered.
Pam
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Berry Good Fruit Dip
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This is not to tempt everyone, but one day we will be able to have
cake and this one seems to me to be healthy (assuming cake can be
healthy).
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Black Forest Cake
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I am just finishing phase 1 and I have a couple of questions I was hoping someone could answer. First, is it OK to use soy flour? Also, I have been watching a lot of the low carb cooking shows but they must be on Atkins because a lot of what they use I know I shouldn’t eat. The one show uses heavy cream in a lot of recipes. Could I use like fat free half and half or something in place of the cream? Thank you guys
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Hello to all the Newbies. I hope you like it here, and I hope to hear a lot from you!

Becky ~

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For all SBD newbies: For the diet in Phase 1 you don’t have to follow
the menus lists. Those are just samples. Plan your own using the
approved foods lists. You can use about any meats, fish and poultry
as long as they are lean, skinless and without anything added such as
breading. As far as strenous exercising and Phase 1 I would recommend
limiting extreme exercise until you get into Phase 2. I am an avid
exerciser, was more industrial strength in younger days, but one time
I tried Adkins the week I did my usual 3 mile jog. I felt awful and
could barely lift my legs after 1 mile and I had been religiously
running for several months prior to that. The phase 1 portion is to
get you over the cravings for sugars and starches so that when you do
add them back in you will be more in control. I think the body has to
convert it’s method of supplying energy instead of relying totally on
sugars. And perhaps the Phase 1 also gives you a chance to adapt to a
new energy system. - PAM

(this is my second time attempting to post and receive a response..
hopefully I’kk get one this time! ) Hi! I’m new here and I just bought the books and read them.. I’m
ready to start Monday after next ( have to do a 4 day weekend with my
charges( i’m a nanny) ) so starting phase 1 will be hard.. then I
want to eat up all the bad stuff in the house so its not tempting
me..So thats why I still have two weeks until I start…
Anyway.. I want to stick to the Daily meal plan for phase 1 as much
as possible BUT I’m allergic to Salmon and most other fish besides
Tilapia. Also I really don’t have the time to buy, prepare and cook
EVERY recipe daily that the plan calls for.. I was thinking of
getting like 3 or 4 and mixing them up…
Is changing the type of fish and just doing a few of the recipes
something I can do and not mess up the way I’m eating??
Do you really even have to do the meal plan if you stick to the
acceptable foods for Phase 1 and watch the portions ( like mirroring
the plan as written but with variations)
Just wondering.. I read the books cover to cover and Dr. Agatston
didn’t really cover if you could mix it up at all. I want to stick to
it as exactly as possible, but I was wondering if it was OK to mix it
up abit.
TIA!!!

Hi everyone, I have a general question about Phase 1. I’m currently
on day 4, and I seem like I’m eating all the time. I’m just having 3
meals and 2 snacks, but it seems like I’m constantly eating. I have
tons of veggies during the day, so that is probably why it seems like
the eating is never ending. I will be surprised if I lose weight with
all this food. Maybe other people feel that way too. I will weigh on
Monday. I’m ate fairly healthy and was in pretty good shape before
starting SB.
Another victory is that I got my period today and didn’t experience
any PMS at all this week. No cravings, nothing. This is so great,
before I would want to eat junk during PMS.
Loving SBD so far..Rhonda

Hi all,

I started this diet yesterday. It was very hard. I felt so hungry but remembered in the book he says the point is to not be hungry. Question…do you have to follow phase 1 menus as he has it in the book or as long as you stay with the “foods to avoid” will you be ok? It would be hard for me to prepare all the meals he has mentioned there and still cook another meal for my family.

Anyone on this diet, exercise a lot? I exercise quite a bit and wonder if I’ll be able to have the energy to stay on this diet for 2 wks. I planned a pretty strenuous 8 mile hike for Friday. I’m wondering how I can keep enough energy to finish. Any thoughts?

The foods on phase 1 seem so limiting!

ANY helpful hints would be wonderful,

Thanks,

Pam