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dithers
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Mon Sep 04, 2006 12:35 pm |
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South Beach Diet challenge - starts tomorrow 9/5
I want to lose 10 pounds.
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Pretty in Blonde
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| dithers
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Mon Sep 04, 2006 12:47 pm |
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For those not familiar with the SBD - it is broken down into three phases.
The first - or induction phase - is the most restrictive - where you lose that initial weight quickly - which is the thing that always gives me incentive - but by no means will you go hungry.
As you progress into phases 2 and 3 you reintroduce back into your diet those things you've cut out in phase 1. The SBD is simply an exercise in learning good nutrition and not an exericise in living a dietary regimen that is unrealistic or will leave you feeling deprived.
You eat three meals a day plus a snack between breakfast and lunch and a snack between lunch and dinner. And if you wish - a dessert/evening snack.
I won't go into too much detail here if is no one joining me.
But if you are interested and want to start tomorrow a.m. and don't know the specifics of the diet - simply have an egg (or egg substitute), Canadian or other bacon and a glass of V8 or tomato juice.
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Pretty in Blonde
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| SavannahStar
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Mon Sep 04, 2006 4:53 pm |
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Good luck dithers!
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| Heli
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Mon Sep 04, 2006 6:26 pm |
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I've used the SBD before and I'll tell you that once I
got by the first 2 days, it was a breeze. Once you eliminate
sugars and carbs the first thing noticed is diminished appetite.
In the first 2 weeks, which is extremely restrictive, I dropped
one jean size.
I've loosely continued to follow that diet for about 2 years now;
I'm also pretty much a vegetarian. I may have chicken once
a week as well as fish a few times a week.
Good luck dithers, I think you'll be happy with the immediate
results.
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| Heli
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Mon Sep 04, 2006 6:28 pm |
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I loved the ricotta cheese for desserts -- with sweetener
and vanilla, amaretto, lemon or other artificial flavour
drops added.
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Transcription Goddess
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| dithers
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Mon Sep 04, 2006 6:56 pm |
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heli wrote
| Quote: | I've loosely continued to follow that diet for about 2 years now;
I'm also pretty much a vegetarian. I may have chicken once
a week as well as fish a few times a week. |
We pretty much follow it here too. I like to go back on Phase 1 from time to time though. Living in Florida you get alot of company and it is so easy to get off course. If you ever decide to move here put into your budget calculations the extra grocery and liquor expenses you'll incur. LOL
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Pretty in Blonde
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| Danse Macabre
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Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:12 pm |
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| Heli wrote: | I loved the ricotta cheese for desserts -- with sweetener
and vanilla, amaretto, lemon or other artificial flavour
drops added. |
sounds yummy!!
I'm trying Atkins induction-- South beach sounds more appealing.
I never post my weight (nor my name or exact city, nor my children's names etc)...but I will participate and weigh in with how much I am down from my start weight.
On Atkins induction I have been eating some South Beach diet frozen breakfast burritos- you can do that on Atkins if you really strict the remainder of the day. The burrito wraps are high fiber and have something like 10 net carbs- I need the fiber. I can't say they are delicious but they do the trick, aren't TOO bad, and it's all about the fiber.
To be honest, it is much tastier and the same carb wise to go buy the wraps from the store (low carb wraps/high fiber), grill some chicken...and stuff your own wraps with chicken, cheese, lettuce, a small amount of tomato and ranch dressing. yum.
Anyhoo, I am 6 pounds down. It fluctuates due t water weight but in just one week I have stayed at least 3 down.. sometimes as much as 8, 6 on average. It's exactly one week since last Monday I started.
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| dithers
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Tue Sep 05, 2006 5:43 am |
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The nice thing about SBD is you don't need to keep track of anything like carbs or calories.
As far as fiber goes - SBD encourages eating beans. I have a wonderful black bean soup recipe that takes about 5 minutes to throw together and needs to cook for only about 30 minutes. I've been experimenting with lots of different types of beans I've never used before and we now prefer them as a sidedish as opposed to potatoes.
I use lots of red, yellow, green and orange peppers. They're so colorful. It's amazing what beautiful presentations you can make and with so little work.
I love the ricotta with cinnamon, vanilla, nutmeg, allspice and Splenda. Tastes just like pumpkin pie fillng. The only thing missing is the crust.
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| refugee_lurker_27
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Thu Sep 07, 2006 2:35 pm |
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Thanks so much for posting your favorite black bean soup recipe in the EAT YOUR FRUITS & VEGGIES messagethread.
I was so surprised to open your thread about the SBD and learn that legumes are permitted on the SBD - I had NO idea.
But google & dogpile quickly proved that there are LOTS of vegetarians who are following the South Beach Diet - I simply never knew this.
Does anyone know, offhand, if he's published a diet book specifically for vegetarians?
Meantime, there are a gadzillion sites online, I'm amazed, and lots & lots & lots of good looking vegetarian recipes.
South Beach Vegetarian Version Diet Plan
http://www.south-beach-diet-101.com/learn/south-beach-diet-vegetarian.html
Lots & Lots of SBD Vegetarian Recipes
http://www.south-beach-diet-101.com/learn/south-beach-diet-vegetarian.html
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| refugee_lurker_27
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Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:31 am |
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| dithers wrote: | The nice thing about SBD is you don't need to keep track of anything like carbs or calories.
As far as fiber goes - SBD encourages eating beans.
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Recent research about fiber released last month
Scientists learn more about how roughage keeps you 'regular'
22.aug.06
Medical College of Georgia
http://archives.foodsafetynetwork.ca/ffnet/2006/8-2006/ffnet_aug_24.htm
If you ever wondered just how a high-fiber diet helps keep you, well, "regular," scientists may have the answer.
Their results suggest that as these bulky foods make their way down the gastrointestinal tract, they run into cells, tearing them and freeing lubricating mucus within.
More mucus is good, says Dr. Paul L. McNeil, cell biologist at the Medical College of Georgia and corresponding author on the study published online Aug. 21 and scheduled for the September print issue of PloS Biology. "When you eat high-fiber foods, they bang up against the cells lining the gastrointestinal tract, rupturing their outer covering. What we are saying is this banging and tearing increases the level of lubricating mucus. It's a good thing."
The fact that consuming roughage increases mucus production was known, and years ago, Dr. McNeil discovered frequent cell injury and repair occur when we eat.
The new research ties the two together.
"It's a bit of a paradox, but what we are saying is an injury at the cell level can promote health of the GI tract as a whole," says Dr. McNeil. Even though epithelial cells usually live less than a week, they are regularly bombarded, in most of us at least three times a day as food passes by. "These cells are a biological boundary that separates the inside world, if you will, from this nasty outside world. On the cellular scale, roughage, such as grains and fibers that can't be completely digested, are a mechanical challenge for these cells," says Dr. McNeil.
But in what he and colleague Dr. Katsuya Miyake view as an adaptive response, most of these cells rapidly repair damage and, in the process, excrete even more mucus, which provides a bit of cell protection as it eases food down the GI tract.
In research published in 2003 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Dr. McNeil showed proof of his then decade-old hypothesis that cells with internal membranes use those membranes to repair potentially lethal outer-membrane injuries. A recent paper published in Nature in collaboration with Dr. Kevin Campbell's laboratory at the University of Iowa showed how human disease, including certain forms of muscular dystrophy, can result from a failure of this mechanism.
An outer membrane tear is like an open door through which calcium just outside the cell rushes in. Too much calcium is lethal but that first taste signals the vulnerable cell it better do something quick. With epithelial cells, several of the internal mucus-filled compartments fuse together within about three seconds, forming a patch to fix the tear. In the process the compartments expel their contents so, almost like a bonus, extra mucus becomes available to lubricate the GI tract.
"We have found a very natural way we can enhance mucus production," says Dr. Miyake, cell biologist and the study's first author. He and Dr. McNeil suspected for years that mucus escaped cells as a result of injury. "You might have predicted it, but science is about testing predictions," says Dr. McNeil.
To test their theory, Dr. Miyake, assistant director of MCG Cell Imaging Core Laboratory, began working on a method to reproduce cell injuries. "Dr. Miyake developed a very potent cutting edge technology involving the two photon laser that allowed us to blast small holes in cells, mimicking what happens in the living animal. It also allowed us to assess in those living cells whether they could reseal, repair the damage and how they might respond biologically, namely in this case, whether they responded by secreting mucus as part of the healing process," Dr. McNeil says.
They found time and again that most cells did just that, including intact cells in a section of the GI tract. "Epithelial cells are high-turnover cells but they have a built-in survivability," Dr. McNeil says.
The scientists aren't certain how many times cells can take a hit, but they suspect turnover is so high because of the constant injury. Potentially caustic substances, such as alcohol and aspirin, can produce so much damage that natural recovery mechanisms can't keep up. But they doubt a roughage overdose is possible.
http://archives.foodsafetynetwork.ca/ffnet/2006/8-2006/ffnet_aug_24.htm
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| yankee-in-france
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Sat Jan 13, 2007 6:11 am |
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| dithers wrote: | heli wrote
| Quote: | I've loosely continued to follow that diet for about 2 years now;
I'm also pretty much a vegetarian. I may have chicken once
a week as well as fish a few times a week. |
We pretty much follow it here too. I like to go back on Phase 1 from time to time though. Living in Florida you get alot of company and it is so easy to get off course. If you ever decide to move here put into your budget calculations the extra grocery and liquor expenses you'll incur. LOL |
We know the feeling, Dithers, but fortunately good wine and beer is cheap here. There are times when I feel that I am running an inn, but we enjoy the company -- most of the time.
How did you do on your diet?
YIF
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