The easiest way to learn about South Beach is to buy the book, which is unfortunately still in hard-cover, only. It's on the New York Times bestseller list, so B&N give a 30% discount. The book is much more than the diet, because they went to restaurants in the So.Beach area & had them design recipes for Phase one and Phase two. These recipes are really helpful because they give you a blueprint to follow until you get familar w/ the concepts. In fact, DH was just reading a Phase one recipe last night for chicken breasts coated in crushed pistachio nuts (you're allowed 30 per day) that didn't seem like a diet recipe at all. If you can live without the carbs (i.e. bread, pasta, white sugar and flour etc.) the meal plans can be as interesting as you want to make them. My major complaint is that our meals have gotten more labor intensive, even for someone who loves to cook & makes full family meals on a regular basis. This week, I've been cooking a form of eggs for breakfast every morning & this is a new time demand when you are trying to get out the door to work. But we started on Mon. & DH has lost 8 lbs. and I've lost 5 lbs. Its only Fri. & we already feel a difference in the way our clothes fit. We should be well on our way by the time we reach WDW in late Aug. If the restaurants aren't working for us, we can do "some" cooking because we are in DVC & get a full kitchen.But I'm committed to trying to get the major restaurant meals to work for us, because by the end of Aug., I'll want a vacation from all the cooking.
