Need to lose

[losinit]

I have been on a yo yo for two many years now. I want it to end! I am not sure if I want to do the phase 1 and then phase 2 thing, but instead go right into phase II. Cutting out specific food groups doesnt seem right to me.

[RedRox]

I agree that a diet that cuts out whole categories for any length of time is not a good idea. But the purpose of the P1 foods list is NOT rapid weight loss, but normalizing blood sugars by eliminating the higher GI carb sources for a short period of time to reduce the food base hunger pangs some call cravings. (it doesn't get rid of the emotional "wants" surrounding some foods though) You can still get plenty of good carbs from the allowed types of milk, yogurt and just about any kind of beans as well as the minimum of the 4.5 cups of veggies every day. So even P1 isn't fully carb restricted, it just gets rid of grains and fruits for 2 weeks and then you can start slowly reintroducing them to figure out which ones work best for you and your body.

Having said all that, if you don't have a lot to lose, are fairly active or don't particularly care for any rapid water weight loss, and are willing to ride through any food based hunger pangs, then starting in a modified P1 with some amount of P2 foods is another strategy you can employ and see how it works for you. You will still be eating a lot healthier either way!

[paintedbliss]

Maybe you have been yoyoing because alot of diets tend to cut the calories, but not the sugar. Typical is weight watchers, as long as you stay within the calories you can have whatever. This is a lifestyle and when I first started I thought how in the heck could I do this. Phase 1 is really important if you need to get these cravings out of your system. I found when I did not do the phase 1 the sticking to the plan was much harder. If i have a couple of bad days of eating not so southbeach I still go back to phase 1 for 2-3 days to rid the toxins of sugar I put there. Yes there are some things you cut out in week 1-2 such as fruit and some dairy but you do eat healthy if you do the plan correctly.