Hello! I'm 17, 5'3", small frame, 134 pounds. After losing 15 in May-June I've been trying desperately to get out of this plateau. It seems cutting calories and walking a few times a week aren't going to be enough if I ever want to make it down to 110 pounds. The fact that I have 24 pounds to lose just scares me to death. I just think, '24 pounds - why, that's the weight of my cat!' and go back to eating something I shouldn't.
I want to try the South Beach Diet because it seems promising. It makes sense. It's a heck of a lot different from what I'm doing now (pretty much all of my diet comes from the "avoid" list for phase 1 - fruits, cereal, etc.) which seems like, if I do something completely different, I may get out of this rut and maybe I'll be almost halfway to my goal in a few weeks. Maybe I'm hoping too much. I don't know.
I exercise a fair amount. I walk/run 5 miles on the treadmill every day, ride my bike about 5-10 miles one to three times a week, and do about 250-500 crunches a day, as well as some other things. But it's been nearly 2 months now and my weight won't budge below 134. It's certainly frustrating.
Besides just introducing myself, I did want to ask this question: when your diet is completely different from that of phase 1 of SBD, should you have better luck those 1st two weeks? It seems like it may jumpstart my metabolism or something. Maybe I'm just making this up because I know it's what I want to hear!