Today marks 1 week on the South Beach Diet and I've lost

mlp924 Posted: Jul 28, 2003 09:11 PM

Today marks 1 week on the South Beach Diet and I've lost

7 pounds!! Yay me!

NovemberSue Posted: Jul 28, 2003 09:35 PM

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Wow. Thats great. Congratulations.

mlp924 Posted: Jul 28, 2003 09:39 PM

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Thank you!

palebride Posted: Jul 28, 2003 09:54 PM

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wow! be careful of losing too much weight at once though!

SomedayBride Posted: Jul 28, 2003 10:24 PM

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That's really great! Have you found it to be hard? I'm considering doing it, but nobody i actually know has done it, so everything I read about it is in magazines. I'd love to hear more from someone who is actually on it.

aliciahelene Posted: Jul 28, 2003 10:35 PM

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WOW!! That is FANTASTIC!!!! Congratulations!!!

LizD Posted: Jul 29, 2003 08:16 AM

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What is the South Beach diet?? I have never heard of it .

Congratulations

NovemberSue Posted: Jul 29, 2003 09:29 AM

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I never heard of it either. I found some info on it.
here

mlp924 Posted: Jul 29, 2003 09:44 AM

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The first three or four days, my stomach was flip flopping from sugar and carb withdrawal but since then I feel great! I have double the energy that I used to. I didn't exercise much the first week because I didn't want to overdo it but I started again yesterday and it was great! This diet is low carb, low fat. The only thing I miss eating is fruit which you need to give up for the first 2 weeks.

Sassyz75 Posted: Jul 29, 2003 11:04 AM

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I am going to try this when we are back from VEGAS!!! (I couldn't do the no drinking thing there)..

It looks like a totally doable way of eating and similar to Atkins, just less-fat.

Diane Posted: Jul 29, 2003 06:20 PM

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looks pretty good to me

soon2bmrs2004 Posted: Jul 29, 2003 08:47 PM

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congrats!

Sunny Posted: Jul 29, 2003 11:10 PM

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Yay!

karen32 Posted: Jul 30, 2003 01:54 PM

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congrats!!!! my brother and SIL are on that diet too and the first week they lost 5 lbs each!!! they did recommend starting on a saturday so that your body has the entire weekend to adjust. they said they were miserable the first couple of days!

OctBride03 Posted: Jul 30, 2003 03:45 PM

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Congrats on your loss!!!

I've been pretty bad on WW lately, haven't gotten weighed in a month!

Is there anyway to do this diet without the book??? Is it pretty much like Atkins. Seems to me that the first two weeks you can eat pretty much NOTHING.

What kind of meal plan were you following?

butterfly20 Posted: Jul 31, 2003 07:08 PM

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id like to know about this diet..
i think i might be ale to handle trying it..

Imagin916 Posted: Jul 31, 2003 07:15 PM

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WW says that it is physiologically impossible to lose more than 2 lbs of fat in a week. The rest your losing is water and breaking down valuable muscle. I have a hard time believing that a 7 lb weight loss in ONE week is hardly more than water. No healthy lifestyle plan eliminates food, you can have anything in moderation. I dont trust a diet that tells you to avoid this or that. That may work in the short term, but long term? Forget it.

mlp924 Posted: Aug 01, 2003 07:54 AM

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It is definately a lot of water! My face is no longer swollen and neither are my ankles. The first two weeks you lose big and then it slows to under 3 pounds a week like any other diet. This diet is supposed to lose belly fat first and I am not seeing that so much yet.

Imagin916 Posted: Aug 01, 2003 06:02 PM

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Hold up a sec...Did you say your ankles were swollen? That concerns me... Young people (who are not pregnant), should NOT have swelling in thier ankles (or thier faces for that matter). Do you have high blood pressure? Do you get enough protien? Do you have anyone who can take your blood pressure for you? Otherwise you can go to CVS and take it in the machine. If its high, than see your doctor right away. Go take it soon, and let me know how it went..