how do I get started on the south beach diet?
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Eat a large plate of spaghetti.
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Give Atkins or South Beach Diet a try to jump start your diet.  It'll help you make better choices later.  And try to do some sort of exercise daily for at least 30 minutes.  Walking is excellent.  If you can go for longer periods or add 10 minutes here or there throughout the day you'll see big results in no time.  Get a pedometer and see how many steps you take in an average day.  Try to increase it by 2000.  (it's about a mile)  Try to get up to like 8,000 or more to lose weight.  You'll be surprised at how easy it can be.  You'll see how 10 minutes here and there can really add up.  Good luck!
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SOUTH BEACH!! cut out or limit carbs (bread, pasta, potatoes, fruit juice and sugar) and you will start seeing results. the diet has 3 phases and the first one is the most strict, in the second you introduce carbs back into ur diet, and the third phase is just the rest of your life. after you see the changes in your body, you wont want to eat the foods that make you gain weight... and it doesnt cost much, just the price of the book.. i really recommend it, GOOD LUCK!!
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Go on the Atkins or South Beach diet and increase your exercise.
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Not sure if it works yet, but I am trying it. I started today. I bought a 14 day plan and menu on ebay for cheap. It looks fairly easy to stick to compared to other diets I've tried. send me an email\n\nchuckehall2000@yahoo.com
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south beach is low calories and atkins is low carb.
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you can go to southbeach diet  web site and the have a plan and as for exercise plan maybe try to get a friend to help you and together work out and set up a plan
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Don't drink soda. Seriously, wipe it out of the diet, replace with water. Drink milk. Don't skimp on protien, avoid "white" foods, like white bread, white potatoes, white rice. Buy groceries that are on the perimeter of the store - produce, meats, dairy. Don't eat packages meals - even the ones in the frozen section with veggies in them, even the "South Beach Diet" meals or whatever is out there. You need calories, you're still growing, starving to try to spot reduce won't work, and can compromise other muscle you do have. Do cardio. Good luck
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No don't go there how can it be healthy and maintainable if it's out of a box. I have a plan that will definately work for you and can easily fit into anyones lifestyle. \n\nIf you want to do this it is for life so you need to totally change your way of eating and exercising. This is not a diet rather than a healthy eating plan for life. So no more talking diet cause it means time limit. \n\nHere are the golden rules: \nInitially cut down to 1200 calories. \nExercise 6 times per week for 1 hours a day. Do three weight sessions and three cardio sessions. \nDon't eat carbs after 4pm, never eat carbs within 2 hours of exercise or within 1 hour of exercise. \nDrink 3 litres of water per day. You can have a green tea at the end of the day. \nLimit your fruit in take to 2 pieces per day. \nNever eat dinner after 6pm.\nAdopt of low GI eating plan this is sustainable for life!\nMake low fat dairy choices \n\nFollow this menu plan as a suggestion: \nBreakfast 7am - 1 cup hot water w lemon\n20 minutes later have a bowel of oats w water (no honey) OR\nfruit salad w low GI soy yogurt\nSnack 10am - pear or apple (both low GI)\nLunch 12.30pm - muligrain sandwich w 50g tuna & salad (no butter)\nSnack 3pm - low GI yogurt OR skim berry smoothie (no honey or banana) plenty of ice, 1/2 cup skim milk & 1/4 cup yogurt\nDinner 5.30pm - 120g grilled lean meat/fish/prawns/tofu patties (not fried) w spinach salad & mixed vegies (no whites, carbs) OR 3 egg white/soy omlette with ham, cheese and tomato\nSnack - 1 scoop of low cal low fat ice cream (if hungry)\n\nExercise is must be intense. Refer to www.bodybuilding.com for your weights routine. You can do a circuit class but this counts as one weights session. Never do weights two consecutive days have a cardio day in between. \n\nCardio needs to include running, boxing and spin. If your classes are less than 1 hour top it up with cardio before and after classes. You get the most benefits from exercise when your body is totally fatigued and this is when you see changes. \n\nTo maintain you can increase calories to 1500 and reduce exercise sessions to 3-4 times per week. If weight creeps up again due to holiday period etc.. go back to 1200 cal and 6 sessions again. \n\nGood luck it worked for me it can work for anyone.
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Ditch almost anything that is white.\n\nWhite sugar, flour. potatoes rice.\nSwitch to only Whole Grain Breads and Rice and sweet potatoes.\n\nEgg whites are fine as are Onions and cauliflower.\n\nDrink Green Tea.\n\nThose are some of the things that I avoid after loosing 30 pounds on the South Beach Diet and it sees to be saying off!\n\nAVOID all fast food crap.
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I really like the South Beach diet. If you don't eat fish or red meat then it does make it more difficult to follow. Do you eat chicken and turkey? That would help out some.\n\nThe South Beach diet has a lot of variety, it has very good recipies, and it is a kind of plan that you can eat the rest of your life. \n\nThere is a diet book and a recipe book which both have lots of good recipes. Check it out at a bookstore or your local library.
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25lbs in 4-5 weeks is not really that feasible - i know - i had to lose 70lbs after the birth of my kiddo - however..you could lose about 15 I say - because I did and here is how...\n\nSouth Beach Diet works very well - its a no brainer and it IS healthy so that part is taken care of. Some people complain about Phase 1 part of the diet, truthfully - I skipped it and went straight to Phase 2 and did very well.\n\nThen second part to losing all this weight is exercise. And believe me - I hate it..but..you HAVE to do it - you have to do something that really gets your heart rate up and for me it was Billy Blanks TaeBo. It is kick-butt and even if you are a beginner - you can just do what you can , march in place and then catch back up when you can again. I did his Basic workout series, not with the bands that he has. Although any of them will work. But you HAVE to exercise - and I did 4 days a week for about 40 minutes.\n\nTHAT is a sure fire way to lose weight quickly and healthy - South Beach and 4 days of 40 minutes of cardio. Check with your doctor before beginning any exercise or diet plan though. \n\nAnd last thought - 1lb of fat = 3500 calories. To lose 1 lb a week - you have to omit 3500 calories from your diet. It sounds like a lot - it is - but not over 7 days - over 7 days you have to omit 500 calories a day from your diet. And you do that two ways - 1. from dieting and 2. from exercising. If you can omit 500 calories in food per day and then burn another 500 calories- thats 2 lbs a week. you'll also lose some water weight - so 2-3 lbs a week is pretty feasible.\n\nAim for 15 lbs in 6 weeks and you'll be doing great! And I'm with ya there - I have 10lbs I want to lose and am on the fast track to getting it off. its HARD though but we can do it!\n\nGood luck - be healthy and try to have fun with exercise so if Tae bo isn't for you - find something else - simply walking (walking fast though) is going to do it for you too. Try taking a class of kickboxing or aerobics - I did kickboxing class 2 times a week and it REALLY helped. (and then I lost the weight last year and haven't exercised since and am paying for it now! hahaha)
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south beach is the healthiest for quickest result or weight watchers but weight watchers is a little slower
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Look up South Beach Diet.  I lost 20lbs in 2 weeks.  Add exercise to that.  I'm going on 55lbs now. 20 to go after that.  Good luck!
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just eat from all the food groups (no, the chocolate group doesn't count)-plenty of fresh veggies & fruit. and exercise. ("diet" is a dirty 4 letter word-don't use it anymore) We all know what healthy foods are- we just make poor choices. As far as the exercise goes, sneak it in...take the stairs vs elevator, park further from the door, walk around the neighborhood after dinner. And best of luck.
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I'm on the south beach diet.  Low carb breakfast, I have 2 eggs scrambled and canadian bacon or turkey bacon for breakfast.
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#1- DO NOT DO THE SOUTHBEACH DIET.  You're basically starving yourself and it will make your metabolism slow to a crawl.\nWhat you need to do is jump start your metabolism and kick it in high gear.\nCritique on your meals:\n-Too many starchy, high sugar foods.  Not enough fiber in your diet.  Eating carbs is fine, but try to make them high in fiber and low in sugar.  Where is the protein?  Too much saturated fats (doughnuts, fried rice, muffins).\n\nHere's what your meals should look like(each with 2 examples):\n\n-Breakfast: 1)Whole wheat cereal/bagel, low fat/skim milk\n2)2 egg whites, whole wheat toast, glass of milk\n\n-Lunch: 1) Grilled chicken breast(no skin), brown rice, veggies\n2) Grilled tuna sandwich, salad w/light REGULAR(not low fat) dressing, water/diet soda\n\n-Snack: 1) 1 serving of fruit (apple, orange), but something with fiber\n2) 1 serving of almonds/peanuts\n\n-Dinner- 1)Grilled steak, veggies, brown rice\n2) Turkey sandwich (skimp on the mayo) w/lettuce, glass of milk\n\nEating smaller meals every 2-3 hours speeds up your metabolism.  Exercise is very important for healthy living.  Take up a football (soccer in U.S.) or basketball as a hobby.\n\n-Finally, you're ONLY 15yrs old.  Don't worry so much because you're still young.  Just stay active and eat healthy and eventually you will grow out of it.