Has anyone tried this? I'm thinking that it's still the same as if I were eating low calorie diet, just cutting out carbs reduces the amount of calories that I'm taking in? I'm wondering if there really is any other benefit to it, if it really is good to wean your body off of carbs etc. Any insight and has anyone lost weight from it?

Hi! There's a forum on this site dedicated to South Beach. Lots of info, recipes and support there.

There is an entire section of the board dedicated to this plan.

Somebody moved your post to here. I hope you can find it.
There is a whole FAQ Section here and stickies above to give you hints. However, you should read the book in order to understand this plan. It is NOT a low carb plan. Some carbs are restricted in the first two weeks but others like legumes are alllowed.

I see you've already posted on the Phase I starters thread so I'll just say to The Beach.