Anybody knows about south beach diet?

[Babak]

Hi,
Being stuck with atkins , actually I love it , surfing on net brought me to this website, very interesting to me, :



the point is, if you click on the names, the people with big change, which impressed me a lottt, you would see they are either on atkins or south beach (it looks south beach works on good carb! and good fat , well never heard of it before)

any experiences with south beach?
cheers

[Mor1111]

Re: Anybody knows about south beach diet?

My mother lost 20 pounds on the South Beach diet recently, and actually researching that is what brought me to Atkins. I decided that to me, Atkins makes more sense. I didn't like that on SB you had to look for "low fat" versions of things, such as yogurt, etc. I feel that if a food is supposed to have fat, then you can eat that fat, as long as you don't eat sugar or other simple carbs with it. I just liked the logic and science behind Atkins a bit more. I believe, as Dr. Atkins did, that the saturated fat in animal products is NOT bad for us and there is no reason to limit it, as long as we don't accompany it with sugary foods. This I believe was the main difference between SB and Atkins, and again, for me Atkins makes more sense. I don't put down any diet though. As I said, my Mom loves it, and has been successful losing and maintaining on it. To each his own.

[LeanLioness]

Re: Anybody knows about south beach diet?

The basics of Atkins and South Beach are pretty much both the same.

I have both books and I personally do better on Atkins. I know other people that have done better on South Beach.

Induction for both plans are pretty much the same (Phase 1).........

From there South Beach Phase 2 is a combination of Phase 2 and 3 on Atkins (OWL and pre-maintenance)........

Phase 3 South Beach is Phase 4 Atkins (Maintenance)

Atkins is high fat, good carbs and adds everything back in, in a very structured manner............

South Beach is more of eat anything off this list and you are good to go.


Personally, I need the structure of Atkins. South Beach is not structured enough for me, myself or my hubby.

Research them both and make an informed decision on what you think will be the best for YOU!!!

Good Luck on which one you decide, as they are both GREAT controlled carb plans!!!

[kissymissy]

Re: Anybody knows about south beach diet?

This time last year I was on South Beach. I loved it. I stayed on phase 1 for a month. And I lost 26 pounds. After the first week I could already tell I was losing weight.

My face changed and those evil love handles became smaller.
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I love Atkins as well. This is my first time, on this diet.
Well Its not really a diet..its a life change.

Atkins doesn't have the wide selection of foods, but its still the same concepts.