SBD not for me

[disnurse]

Just completeing week 5 and have only lost 2 lbs, originally lost 6 but put 4 right back on week 1 of phase 2. I have tried adding 1/2 whole wheat english muffin and stopped that and tried adding 1 small apple. I typically eat 2 egg omelete with peppers and onions. mid day snack hummus and celery or cheese stick and allowed yogurt. Lunch veggie chili or salad with lean protein and 2 tbl salad dsg (2-3 carbs). Mid day snack natural peanut and celery or some nuts. Dinner lean protein and salad or veggie, olive oil for cooking or spray. snack is 1 40 cal sugar free fudsy. i drink 8 + waters a day. I guess some people just don't have sucess on this. I am 50 yo, 5 5 and 170 lbs.

[Kyan]

Do you exercise at all? You have to burn calories to lose weight.

I suppose the Beach might not be for everyone but I can't imagine why. It wasn't intended as a weight loss program - that is a bonus! It is eating healthy and living a healthy lifestyle.

If you can't lose weight eating what you described in your post - what ARE you going to eat to lose weight?

[judi]

i don't understand the purpose in your posting something like that here. are you trying to suggest it won't work for other people? it does work. you gave it 3 weeks and have determined that it doesn't work. okay. then you don't have to do it!

[Magna]

It partly sounds like too much weighing. On a menu like the one you posted (assuming you're eating normal quantities), no one gains 4 pounds of fat in a week. The weight on a scale tends to fluctuate over time, and even over the course of a day. If your main goal is particular numbers on a scale each week, I don't think any healthy eating plan will deliver that.

Just to put this in perspective, one of the reasons I tried SBD is that someone posted about her disappointment with it. She was unhappy that she lost "just" 5 pounds in a week. To me, weight loss had always been a slow and difficult process, so to me, 5 pounds in a week would be terrific. What seemed to that woman a failure, to me sounded pretty good.

I'm also curious what your doctor said about your eating plan, and your weight loss. That's very important also.

[Healthybound]

I know you posted what you normally eat, but it would be interesting to know the quantities of what you're eating.

[chenders]

It's possible that you may not be eating enough. Agree that it is difficult to offer advice when we don't know what quantities of foods you are eating.

[Kimboroni]

I don't think you gave it enough time to decide if it's for you or not.

People can lose too much water weight in p1 from the reduction in carbs, so when you add those back in p2, some of the water weight comes back. That's normal and healthy. It's not like you're gaining back 4 lbs of bodyfat. That water weight can start to even out around 3-4 weeks on p2. You are right in that range. Over the next several weeks, you would likely see those pounds drop off again as you lose bodyfat.

There are lots of ways to lose weight. Some of them are going to be faster than SB, yes. But they aren't sustainable, and, even worse, they can result in loss of bone and muscle. So when you are done losing weight you are even worse off from a health standpoint than before the diet, even though you liked the result on the scale. Ultimately the weight comes back once you start eating "normally" again.

With SB, the idea is to train yourself to have a new "normal." Then the weight leaves and stays off.

So do you want to lose weight healthily and sustainably? Or do you want to do some crash diet that is bad for you and doesn't result in lasting good habits and weight loss?