I’ve done south beach briefly and loved the food, but found it hard to follow long term. I found weight watchers to be much more realistic in terms of lifestyle changes that one can keep. No foods, whatsoever, are eliminated. They only make you accountable for your choices in terms of quantity. The only way it will work, though, is by measuring and recording everything. I lost 50 pounds on it and dropped 3 dress sizes. It began creeping back on around Purim, when all the junk came into my home. That combined with their changing the program really threw me. I didn’t just diet alone, though. I hired a trainer 3x a week and walked everywhere. Now I’m briefly doing a medically supervised program with calorie restriction, but, frankly, I find it too restrictive. I’m eating way more fruits, and one of my kids who’s chubby and loves junk saw me cutting celery and asked me for some. He actually said yum! OMG! I would never have expected that.
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