South Beach Question

Just how difficult can it be to restrict the amount of carbs you ingest?

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"wpgsell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Hi all!
I am on Phase 1, Day 3 of the SBD. I have a question though. I am not
following the meal plans in the book but I am eating 6 times a day. I am
following all the "rules" just not the meal plans. My question
is........Will I still lose weight if I don't eat exactly what the meal
plans say? I am not sure if there is a "way" to eat, such as certain

amounts

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of protein etc at each meal. Thanks

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wpgsell" [email hidden]

Quoted message said:

I am on Phase 1, Day 3 of the SBD. I have a question though. I am not
following the meal plans in the book but I am eating 6 times a day. I am
following all the "rules" just not the meal plans. My question
is........Will I still lose weight if I don't eat exactly what the meal
plans say? I am not sure if there is a "way" to eat, such as certain amounts
of protein etc at each meal. Thanks

Don't worry about it. Those menu plans are suggestions, not precise formulae.
Follow the rules and you'll lose weight. I completely ignored the menu
suggestions and my weight came off just fine. Some people like that kind of
thing -- a friend is doing South Beach instead of Atkins specifically because
SB has menu suggestions. I'm the opposite.

OTOH, after I hit goal, I got a copy of Atkins For Life, which discusses
maintenance and has lots of sample menus at various carb levels. Again, I
never actually followed the menus, but it was interesting to see which most
resembled the way I'm eating. Like most South Beachers, I don't actually count
carbs, but I am eating between the 80-carb and 100-carb levels shown in the
Atkins for Life menus.

Anyway, good luck with Phase 1. It gets a lot easier after about the 5th or
6th day.

Daria
166/under 145/under 145
sugar-free since 2/1/04
low-carb since 2/17/04