South Beach Diet - Anyone follow it???

[nothing2lose]

Hi

Wanting to know if anyone has tried the South Beach Diet???

How was/is it? I have heard it is good for diabetics so I assume it is also good for those with PCOS or insulin resistance.

I really need to break my refined carb habit....

Thanks

[Astrid]

Not South Beach, but Atkins. So essentially monitoring how much "white" foods I consumed and no I did not use it as an excuse to eat mounds of fat

Lost over 21kgs, felt great, slept better, my IBS disappeared. Did it just before I started TTC and fell pregnant pretty much straight away (probably a coincidence, but who knows!) Honestly since then whenever I have made an effort to reduce breads, pasta's, potatoes in my diet I have always felt much better and lost weight (why I don't follow it all the time is beyond me).

As for the PCOS side of thing, I think Rouge might be able to help you there.

[nothing2lose]

My name is N2L and I am a refined carb junkie

It has been 10 minutes since I last used.

Thanks Astrid! Seriously though, I am actually physiologically addicted to these foods. I crave them when I dont eat them. And I KNOW they are responsible for my fat. I love bread, cake, pastry, pasta, rice, potato, biscuits.....And I KNOW my body can't process them (my last fasting insulin test had gone from 9 to 15 in a year). I have pcos and I carry all my weight on my stomach (almost all anyway!).

I know all about Low GI (Have a gazzillion books) and CSIRO (have those books too) but I think I need to go cold turkey for a couple of weeks just to break the habit. South Beach seems very similar to these but has no refined carbs for the first two weeks.

[Astrid]

I love my carbs, oh how I love them, but they are just not good for me. I am surprised I don't suffer from any insulin issues, but talking to my dad it just does not seem to be in his side of the family. All the women were big, as in turn sideways to get though a door way" big, but did not have diabetes.

Going cold turkey is hard, but so worth it when on the 3rd day you wake up feeling awesome. I remember being so cranky, shakey etc I got my way through with sugar fee lollies. Something I so need to do again, but another time around seems so daunting, especially with kids this time!

[nothing2lose]

Well I think I am going to give it a bash.

Feel free to join me. We can detox together.

[Astrid]

Can do in a week. Have a kids birthday party to get through, followed by living off what is in the pantry week.

Also have the CSIRO books. I do think I need to be like you, go through the detox then follow something moderately carb, like CSIRO.