Agree with Cyndi. Been on lots of diets in my 54 years. This is the best! I don't ever worry about calories consumed (too little). I feel happy and sated with this WOE. Never had that with any other plan.

I wonder if you might consider talking things over with a professional. I have done that before (not necessarily food related) and found it was very helpful in so many ways. If you decide to do this, I recommend you look for someone who specializes in cognitive/behavioral therapy rather than a psychoanalist.

I'm not on South Beach anymore. I 'm on a moderately carb-restricted exchange plan, because I still had trouble overeating on South Beach. I needed a portion/calorie control element.

I didn't ever forget to eat on South Beach, because even "good carbs" tend to drive cravings and appetite out of control. It's one of the reasons I had to switch to a calorie controlled plan. I still try to make my food choices South Beach compatible, though I have to stick pretty close to Phase I foods to lose weight consistently.




I did forget to eat on Atkins. It was a very bizarre and surreal experience. Carolyn Rhea in one of her pre-TBL stand-up routines once said "it takes a special kind of stupid to forget to eat" (in the context of the routine, it was incredibly funny), and it was a joke I'd remember when anyone talked about forgetting to eat. I never said it outloud, but I also never expected that I would ever be the butt of that particular joke.


If I cut carbs too low, I will forget to eat and it's usually hubby who will notice before I do. On very low-carb, my first symptom of hunger is irritability. So to me, it just seems like hubby is being more of a jerk than usual. If I start treating him like a jerk, he'll immediately ask what and when I last ate.


I've also noticed that reducing carbs not only "cured" my emotional eating, it also cured the emotionality itself. Not only was I more in control of my eating, I was more in control of my emotions.


I still struggle with finding the right balance. Eating low enough in carbs to avoid the out-of-control hunger and emotions, but eating high enough carbs that I'm not forgetting to eat and being a snap dragon all day.