I saw Suzanne Somers on HSN a couple of weeks ago and was wondering if any of you have tried here Somersizing program? (I believe it's a low carb program.)

I was just curious if it really works.

Thanks!

Hi Stephanie,

I'm doing Atkins right now but plan to use Somersizing to maintain. I bought the program information from HSN, & it seemed really interesting so I bought her books as well. I'm reading them now & think it's something I can live with.

There's a Somersizing support thread at www.atkinsfriends.com that you may want to check out. Go to the Bulletin Boards then the Main Lobby & scroll down for the Somersizing thread. (Depending on the last post it may be a few pages back. It's a busy board!)

Good Luck!

Jennifer

My sister in love (law) lost a bunch of weight using her diet. She loved it because it didn't restrict you like Atkins and she could eat all the veggies she wanted to unlike atkins.

So Jennifer/JHP - can you please give me some idea how Sommersizing is different than Atkin's ? I'm getting so confused !!! Thanks ! Denise

Denise,

This is going to be really basic because I'm just starting to read up on this plan myself.

From what I've gotten so far, this is a low carb WOE incorporating food combining. It also allows more carbs than some of the other plans & fruit is allowed as well.

You can eat Proteins/Fats or Carbs with Veggies, but you cannot eat Protein/Fats with Carbs, & you need to wait 3 hours between meals if switching between Protein/Fats and Carbs. You can have fruit but only alone. You can have a Carb meal 20 minutes after eating fruit, or a P/F meal 1 hour after eating fruit & you need to wait 2 hours after any meal before having fruit. The idea behind this is that your body digests food more quickly which increases your metabolism and burns fat instead of storing it.

You also have to aviod what Suzanne calls funky foods: the usual high carb suspects plus nuts which are allowed on Atkins & I'm sure other plans. I haven't checked out the carbs, fruits & veggies that are allowed yet. There's no counting anything: carbs, calories, fats, etc. You just eat till satisfied, not stuffed.

There are 2 levels - Level 1 for weight loss & Level 2 for maintenance. The info above is mostly for Level 1. The recipes in the book sound (& the pictures look) really good.

Like I said, this is just a brief overview. I have never done this plan, & I'm not even finished reading up on it, but from what I have read it looks like something I can live with. I'm thinking about using it as maintenance. You may want to check her books out at the library for more info.

Hope this helped. Good luck finding a plan.

Jennifer



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BIG thanks Jennifer !!! That was Super info ! It does sound a little too confusing to me tho. I know when people have asked her "why" she says to do what she says... she's not been able to come up with an answer other than "it works !" At least the other authors can explain why and back up their answers with studies etc... With their backgrounds/credentials etc... I think I'd tend to believe them more if you know what I mean ? Of course, I'm sure it's a good diet and if someone's following it - I wish them the best ! I think I'll be sticking to either Atkin's or Protein Power for me. Thanks again for all the info !!! I'm sure it will help some other newbies too. Take care, Denise