Re: New to Group and SB......Question

[Guest guest]

My opinion is that it is bad. You are not then in phase one, you are starting in phase two. You will not be resetting your blood chemistry to work efficiently like you should be. The whole point of phase one is to get rid of the sugar and bad carbs in your system and reset your blood chemistry to work more efficiently. You will not be doing that. You cannot say you are on phase one except.... That doesn't work. I would even restrain during the party. You are not doing this just for your weight, but also for your health. It is only for 2 weeks. Anyone can do it for two weeks if they want to. Think about your health and the good you are doing for yourself. Your health is more important than the wine. That's how I felt and 65 pounds later, that's how I still feel. Good luck, Carol

New to Group and SB......Question

Hello,I am brand new to this board, and started Phase one yesterday. My only slip up was having 2 glasses of wine with dinner last night at our favorite restaurant. Dinner seemed pretty easy, I had a small salad with oil and vinegar dressing, and roasted chicken with asparagas for my meal, I stayed away from the bread and olive oil dipping, and didn't even have a taste of a wonderful desert that was sent over to my daughter compliments of the chef. I think that for me the hardest part of Phase I is going to be abstaining from my nightly glass of wine. If wine is allowed on Phase 2, how bad can it be to have a glass or two while on Phase 1? I plan on abstaining for this week, but I have a dinner party to go to Friday night and I know that I will want to have a glass of wine. How did all of you that have completed Phase 1 deal with these situations? Thanks,DianneReminder: The South Beach Diet is not low-carb. Nor is it low-fat. The South Beach Diet teaches you to rely on the right carbs and the right fats-the good ones-and enables you to live quite happily without the bad carbs and bad fats. For more on this WOE please read "The South Beach Diet" by Arthur Agatston, MD. ISBN 1-57954-814-8

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[Guest guest]

Here, here!

> My opinion is that it is bad. You are not then in phase one, you

are starting in phase two. You will not be resetting your blood

chemistry to work efficiently like you should be. The whole point of

phase one is to get rid of the sugar and bad carbs in your system and

reset your blood chemistry to work more efficiently. You will not be

doing that. You cannot say you are on phase one except.... That

doesn't work. I would even restrain during the party. You are not

doing this just for your weight, but also for your health. It is only

for 2 weeks. Anyone can do it for two weeks if they want to. Think

about your health and the good you are doing for yourself. Your

health is more important than the wine. That's how I felt and 65

pounds later, that's how I still feel. Good luck, Carol

> New to Group and SB......Question

>

>

> Hello,

>

> I am brand new to this board, and started Phase one yesterday.

My

> only slip up was having 2 glasses of wine with dinner last night

at

> our favorite restaurant. Dinner seemed pretty easy, I had a small

> salad with oil and vinegar dressing, and roasted chicken with

> asparagas for my meal, I stayed away from the bread and olive oil

> dipping, and didn't even have a taste of a wonderful desert that

was

> sent over to my daughter compliments of the chef. I think that

for

> me the hardest part of Phase I is going to be abstaining from my

> nightly glass of wine.

>

> If wine is allowed on Phase 2, how bad can it be to have a glass

or

> two while on Phase 1? I plan on abstaining for this week, but I

> have a dinner party to go to Friday night and I know that I will

> want to have a glass of wine. How did all of you that have

> completed Phase 1 deal with these situations?

>

> Thanks,

> Dianne

>

>

>

>

>

> Reminder: The South Beach Diet is not low-carb. Nor is it low-

fat. The South Beach Diet teaches you to rely on the right carbs and

the right fats-the good ones-and enables you to live quite happily

without the bad carbs and bad fats.

>

> For more on this WOE please read " The South Beach Diet " by Arthur

Agatston, MD. ISBN 1-57954-814-8

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I really just had my mind made up that I was going to do Phase 1 and do it

all the way through the first time. I went to numerous parties/functions

and just said no. The hardest was the super bowl party...but I stuck to my

water. The end of that second week got hard. I poured a diet coke into my

wine glass and made do! LOL

-Beth

New to Group and SB......Question

> Hello,

>

> I am brand new to this board, and started Phase one yesterday. My

> only slip up was having 2 glasses of wine with dinner last night at

> our favorite restaurant. Dinner seemed pretty easy, I had a small

> salad with oil and vinegar dressing, and roasted chicken with

> asparagas for my meal, I stayed away from the bread and olive oil

> dipping, and didn't even have a taste of a wonderful desert that was

> sent over to my daughter compliments of the chef. I think that for

> me the hardest part of Phase I is going to be abstaining from my

> nightly glass of wine.

>

> If wine is allowed on Phase 2, how bad can it be to have a glass or

> two while on Phase 1? I plan on abstaining for this week, but I

> have a dinner party to go to Friday night and I know that I will

> want to have a glass of wine. How did all of you that have

> completed Phase 1 deal with these situations?

>

> Thanks,

> Dianne

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Reminder: The South Beach Diet is not low-carb. Nor is it low-fat. The

South Beach Diet teaches you to rely on the right carbs and the right

fats-the good ones-and enables you to live quite happily without the bad

carbs and bad fats.

>

> For more on this WOE please read " The South Beach Diet " by Arthur

Agatston, MD. ISBN 1-57954-814-8

>

[Guest guest]

Several other people have pretty much said all there is to say about wine

in Phase I but I have one thing to add - to follow the plan you must only

have wine with food, not by itself. Wine before or after dinner is

essentially the same as eating fruit by itself which is also "against the

rules." It all has to do with combining foods to keep blood sugar

level which, in turn, helps prevent cravings.

If wine is allowed on Phase 2, how bad can it be to have a glass

or two while on Phase 1? I plan on abstaining for this week, but

I have a dinner party to go to Friday night and I know that I will want

to have a glass of wine. How did all of you that have completed Phase

1 deal with these situations?

Thanks,

Dianne