Hello everybody!!

I use this site alot for dessert recipe ideas and decided to join today! This is my 3rd time of doing the southbeach diet. This time my aim is to loose a stone by march for my sisters wedding! Im on my 3rd week, i tried to go onto phase 2 this week but didnt like it. Didnt feel in control and felt i was putting on weight, so have decided to carry on with phase 1.

Did anyone else have probs with phase2? Hope i carry on loosing on phase 1! Any hints would be much appreciated!
xx

Hi There,

Welcome along, and best of luck.

I am not entirely familiar with South Beach, but have been on a no carn (well less than 60g per day) diet for the last 10 months or so...I have with a few hiccups along the way stuck to the phase 1 part of this for all that time, though most people move to a carb introduction phase much more quickly.
Like you, I liked the kind of certainty that if I stuck to it, I absolutely would lose weight each week, but as I say South beach is not exactly the same as the diet I'm on, but I am pretty sure that phase 1 puts you in Ketosis? This being true they usually reccomend not staying too long in Ketosis unless you are being medically monitored, which I was... lots of info on the web if you google it

I'm not sure about south beach either - but hello!!!!