Ok, so this is a place for those of us who are brand new to south beach and need to share tips or get advice into what's the best way to do things!
Who's in with me??!
Veterans are of course welcome to share tips and come and join in too. I just wanted a place where people could chat about South Beach and find some friends to make the journey into it a little easier!!

For the record....I have been on atkins for 14 months (with a brief period where I dipped my toe into something else for a while) I lost fantastically well at the begining of atkins, I lost about 40lb in the first 6 months, and then only another 10 or so in the following 7 or 8 months. Just recently I had some personal stuff going on and ended up putting 5lb back on. After losing such a little amount for so long, I was totally devistated and anoyed with myself for being so stupid.
A few weeks of sillyness and I paid highly on the scale.

For fear of falling off of the wagon completely, I am going to try South Beach.

My start weight as of this morning is 251.5

Good luck to anyone who might want to join in sharing tips.
H xx

What an AWESOME idea for "virgins" to SB. All I can say about S.B. right now is I LOVE IT!!!!!!! I'm on cloud nine right now. I have lost 11 pounds and I'm day 6 of phase 1!!!! I know its may only be water weight but its very encouraging to keep going on.I've also been doing a very strict induction to phase 1. I think because the only things that I've been using to flavor stuff are seasoning salt is helping alot. I havent been using any sauces of any sort-which is hard for me because I love oyster sauce on my stirfry.But it has sugar in it and thats a no-no for me right now I love eating dannon lowfat vanilla yogurt with splenda in it. To me it taste like cheesecake.YUMM!!!I'm still bad at drinking water! Anyways, I look forward to meeting everyone and Hazel this is too cool!!

Hey there!!

I'm so happy you started this thread......I'm moving to the beach on Thursday since I need a couple of days to eat all the fattening stuff I still have on the fridge

I have this little book that I bought in January about the *good fats, good carbs* from Dr. A. It's really helpful since it's more based on the stuff we have here in Holland than on all the -yummy- stuff you have in the US

Hi there!!

Thanks for posting this thread.
I'm on Day 8 and having a great time!! My energy came back w/a BANG yest-- hubbie was asking if I was sneaking my diet coke on the sly! LOL!

I see the change more in my clothes than on the scale? Is this very normal??

Inches, pounds..I'm all for it

I breifly read something about SB. and just started to add berries and nuts...and am so happy now!.... but i am going to go back and read it to make sure i do everything "right"

Hi Girls!! Welcome to the Beach!!

Thanks Foxgluvs for starting this thread for all the newbies to this great food plan!!

I will pop in and make sure you are doing things right, you can be sure of that!!

FYI- I've been on SBD since 4/25/04 and have lost 93 lbs with 21 lbs to my first goal. Keys things that have helped me stay on plan are:
1- a huge committment on my part to get this right.
2-I enjoy eating fish and eat salmon twice a week.
3-I eat 5-6 times a day, meals and snacks.
4- I rarely have any grains and never eat any bars or low carb flour porducts as I will stall for sure.
5-No franken foods except for dreamfields pasta once every 2 weeks.

Good Luck to all of you and remember..."The only stupid question is the one that you don't ask!!"

Hey Judy....

Can you check -and try to answer- my question about fruit (new thread)???? I just thought about asking you after you made that comment about *stupid questions*

Thanks so much Judy for your tipsThey're much appreciated

JUDY!! I am so glad you're taking the time out to be here!! A BIG thank you for your input

Hey, I thought when it was quiet earlier that no one was going to turn up - and I come back tonight (tonight for me anyway) and see there are some takers!! I am really pleased to see you all.
Hopefully we can all take this journey together and it will make it more interesting!

If anyone wants to share menus that would be great. Or meal ideas if you come up with some good ones. Especially Pete, coz it seems like you're doing REALLY well, so I want to see what you're eating!!

I am so excited!!

What I had to eat for breakfast was such a relief after months and months of having to eat eggs and bacon in the morning! I had 50g guacamole, 50g humous with 100g celery...it was delicious, and actually very filling! I also had a yogurt.

I'm off to bed, but I think my day went well today!

How are you folks doing with your food?

Yes, it is common to get more of a change on the scale, I remember when I first started atkins, I didn't lose a single lb for about 3 weeks (seriously) how I didn't give up I will never know, but the thing that made me carry on regardless was the fact that my tape went down by 4 inches on my waist in that time!!

Carmen I replied to your thread about fruit too!! Too many natural sugars hon, that means far too many carbs....that'll be your problem
xx

G'night ladies...i'm off to bed (it's about 10.30pm here and i'm bushed!)
See you all in the morning!! Can't wait to see how we all do in a week or so!!

WE CAN DO THIS!!!!

Hola - sorry it took me awhile to "check in," but work's been a little hectic and I suppose I should take care of that before coming here, eh?

Well, there certainly are a lot of us newbies here! Several of which crossed over from Atkins or other low carb plans. I hope to see every last one of you here in the weeks to come!

Since I'm in Phase I I'm still eating eggs for breakfast - but I use Egg Beaters (aka: egg whites with food coloring and thickener) most of the time to save a few cals, fat, etc. I still eat regular ol' eggs a few times a week, though. I try and add vegi's and light cheese to my eggs and I try and drink a 6-ounce V8 juice with it as well.

You can view my Day 1 and 2 meals by clicking on the link to My P.L.A.N. if you feel like snooping around. Todays menu may or may not change a little depending on what exactly goes into dinner/dessert (man am I glad I love ricotta cheese!).

Since I'm still VERY new to this, I'll refrain from giving any advice because I don't know how my weight will change, if at all, in the next 2 weeks. But when I see results I will certainly share! I will say - I try and workout 3-5 times a week and I suggest you all do the same, even if it's just a short, brisk walk outside. The results from exercise are amazing for not only your body, but your health.

Hey Everyone,

here a phase one induction friendly sb dessert in case of emergencies . I havent tried it but I read many posts on it that said it was delish, but very addicting so to be careful.I'm doing a strict phase 1 induction and trying to follow it to a t but one day I did overdo it and ate 8 of those sugar free reeses. NEVER AGAIN!lol so I went looking on the internet for something that would be quick and easy if I ever got a "sweet tooth" and this is what I found on one of the SB forums. Let me know how it turns out when you try it

1/2 cup natural PB
1 egg
1 sf fudgesicle (melted in microwave 15 sec)

Mix all ingrediants well-until PB and egg are totally mixed.
Made about 8-10 cookies.
Scoop each onto a greased cookie sheet and bake ~ 350 for 10-15 minutes.