"pearl25" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I was wandering the success that others on the South Beach diet
experienced. I need to lose about 10 pounds and I was hoping to lose
about 4-5 within a week and a half. Is this goal reachable? Thanks for
any input!!--
pearl25
First, the good news: I have had great success with South Beach. This is
the first time I have ever had a diet that was successful *and* eliminated
my cravings and left me feeling normal (instead of nervous and jittery). In
fact, I now have more energy and feel better than I had felt in years, and
my glucose levels have remained stable (average 96). I have lost
approximately 60 pounds and am now seeing big improvement in my cholesterol
and triglyceride levels. I started the diet in early June 2004 when I was
first diagnosed with diabetes. In addition to the basic South Beach
principles, I do not eat *any* rice, pasta, flour of any type, or added
sugar. However, this is not a low-carb diet -- for example, we get lots of
fresh fruit. SB emphasizes "good carbs," not "low carbs" -- but that is
certainly much "lower carb" than what I ate prior to SB.
Now, for the bad news: You "may" lose the 4-5 pounds you want during the
first week, but this is not something you can count on, especially if you
have already lost weight. People often lose what sounds like a lot of
weight during the first couple of weeks of any diet, but much of that is
really water and not fat. It simply is not feasible -- or healthy -- to try
for substantial amounts of weight loss in a week's time.
Good luck!
MaryL