South Beach Diet Experience

Here are some comments from a visitor to our site - Kendra Mendes, who has shared her experience of being on the South Beach Diet and has identified a couple of ways that the diet could be improved. Take a read of some of the points she makes .

"Having read the book by Dr Agaston and begun eating the meals he suggests, I have realised that the book and diet can be much improved by:

1. Adding a shopping list.

I am not a mathematician and the set meal plan is very difficult to stick to unless you know exactly how much of each item to buy. Some of the meals are for 4 or more people and there is only one of me and many ingredients are repeated (e.g. ricotta cheese and salad)

2. Making it easy for a working person to stick to.

I work 8-5 Mon-Fri. The idea that I will be slaving away in the work kitchen or in my own kitchen at 6.30am making salads is just silly. I could make it the night before, but I cannot guarantee that I will be bothered to make supper AND lunch for the following day

3. Taking into account peoples energy levels

I have been on a phase I type diet before and it made me ill, because I am a very energetic person and I walk 4 miles every day and visit the swimming bath or exercise class every 3 weeks or so. I think my body could not release the blood sugar (not available in food) at the rate necessary to get me from A-B!

So I have started the diet in phase two.

I was on low fat, high carb diet which is good for exercise, but when you sit at home every weekend and take rest, the weight just piles on because you aren't burning anything and you are still hungry because of the high carb!

I hope my comments and suggestions have been useful."

Improvements and Ideas?