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South Beach - variety in first stage
Hi folks,
I'm about ready to try the South Beach diet as many friends have lost weight. Problem is, this food seems VERY exotic for what I'm used to. Also, I can't do dairy or nuts, and these are the comfort foods many of my friends ate during the first couple of weeks... but I can't eat them. Also, I'm reading the South Beach book, and many of the recipes are kind of exotic, for lack of a better word. Maybe I'm just not used to eating fancy stuff, but I had to look-up frittata, nicoise, papillote, mahi mahi, and gazpacho in the dictionary... hadn't ever heard that terms. One thing that I did like was the funky mashed potatos with cauliflower, which I generally hate. I had to use a bit of imagination, but it actually tasted okay. Anyway, any ideas on other recipes with the ingrediants they offer for the first week? I'm a very simple person, so just romaine lettuce and simple ingrediants work for me... but this'll get old after a while. Thanks in advance for any suggestions or ideas. Alex. |
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South Beach - variety in first stage
"Alex" wrote in message om... Hi folks, I'm about ready to try the South Beach diet as many friends have lost weight. Problem is, this food seems VERY exotic for what I'm used to. Also, I can't do dairy or nuts, and these are the comfort foods many of my friends ate during the first couple of weeks... but I can't eat them. Also, I'm reading the South Beach book, and many of the recipes are kind of exotic, for lack of a better word. Maybe I'm just not used to eating fancy stuff, but I had to look-up frittata, nicoise, papillote, mahi mahi, and gazpacho in the dictionary... hadn't ever heard that terms. One thing that I did like was the funky mashed potatos with cauliflower, which I generally hate. I had to use a bit of imagination, but it actually tasted okay. Anyway, any ideas on other recipes with the ingrediants they offer for the first week? I'm a very simple person, so just romaine lettuce and simple ingrediants work for me... but this'll get old after a while. Thanks in advance for any suggestions or ideas. Alex. Stay simple until you get the hang of it. I'm not on SBD but a close friend is and she lives on grilled chicken, lean pork chops, and some kind of bean dish from the book. I have the book but haven't read it yet. There is also some sort of chocolate thingy in the made with cocoa powder that she raves about. I don't know all of the ingredients and if it would conflict with your dietary restrictions though. Whatever you do, good luck. I hear from people who have tried it that SBD is relatively painless and you barely miss the bread & pasta (she's lost 20 pounds in two months). BTW, if I'm not mistaken a frittata is fancy talk for omelette Jenn |
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South Beach - variety in first stage
Alex wrote:
Hi folks, I'm about ready to try the South Beach diet as many friends have lost weight. Problem is, this food seems VERY exotic for what I'm used to. Also, I can't do dairy or nuts, and these are the comfort foods many of my friends ate during the first couple of weeks... but I can't eat them. Also, I'm reading the South Beach book, and many of the recipes are kind of exotic, for lack of a better word. Maybe I'm just not used to eating fancy stuff, but I had to look-up frittata, nicoise, papillote, mahi mahi, and gazpacho in the dictionary... hadn't ever heard that terms. One thing that I did like was the funky mashed potatos with cauliflower, which I generally hate. I had to use a bit of imagination, but it actually tasted okay. Anyway, any ideas on other recipes with the ingrediants they offer for the first week? I'm a very simple person, so just romaine lettuce and simple ingrediants work for me... but this'll get old after a while. Thanks in advance for any suggestions or ideas. Alex. Many people on the South Beach diet just use the menus as indications of what else they might be eating. You don't have to use the recipes. Just look at the ingredients that are used and those that are prohibited. (Note that there are a lot of inconsistencies though!) Also, look at the amount of food Agatston considers to be a serving--although you should keep in mind that you are also supposed to be able to eat until you are satisfied. -- Jean B. |
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South Beach - variety in first stage
Forget it then. I'm sorry you wasted your money on the book,
but you need to exercise and eat right with a variety of foods. Alex wrote: Hi folks, I'm about ready to try the South Beach diet as many friends have lost weight. Problem is, this food seems VERY exotic for what I'm used to. Also, I can't do dairy or nuts, and these are the comfort foods many of my friends ate during the first couple of weeks... but I can't eat them. Also, I'm reading the South Beach book, and many of the recipes are kind of exotic, for lack of a better word. Maybe I'm just not used to eating fancy stuff, but I had to look-up frittata, nicoise, papillote, mahi mahi, and gazpacho in the dictionary... hadn't ever heard that terms. One thing that I did like was the funky mashed potatos with cauliflower, which I generally hate. I had to use a bit of imagination, but it actually tasted okay. Anyway, any ideas on other recipes with the ingrediants they offer for the first week? I'm a very simple person, so just romaine lettuce and simple ingrediants work for me... but this'll get old after a while. Thanks in advance for any suggestions or ideas. Alex. |
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