South Beach Diet

Flax seeds are rich in omega-3 fatty acids, especially alpha-linolenic acid, and many people want to include more flax seed in their diet to achieve the potential health benefits of a diet rich in beneficial fatty acids. Including healthy amounts of flax seed or flax seed oil in your diet is especially important if you do not regularly consume fatty cold water fish; another important source of beneficial fatty acids. If you want to add more flax seed to your diet, why not make your own flax seed muffins? This recipe is really easy to follow and the muffins are delicious.

Ingredients:

6 tablespoons of butter
3 big eggs
¼ cup of whipping cream
½ cup of sugar
1 tablespoon of maple syrup
1 tablespoon of vanilla
4 oz of walnuts
1 cup of flaxseeds
¼ cup of soy flour
2 teaspoons of cinnamon
1 teaspoon of nutmeg
½ teaspoon of baking powder
½ teaspoon of baking soda

1.) Melt the butter.
2.) Beat the butter with eggs and whipping cream.
3.) Stir in sugar, maple syrup and vanilla.
4.) Chop the walnuts and ground the flax seeds.
5.) In another bucket, mix walnuts and flax seed with the remaining ingredients on the list.
6.) Mix the butter mixture with the walnut mixture.
7.) Put paper cupcake liners in a muffin tin and fill them with the mixture.
8.) Bake at 375 degrees F for 15-20 minutes.

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Tilapia fish is low-fat, high in protein and packed with vitamins. This inexpensive and ready available fish certainly is an overlooked health food. Cooking tilapia is really easy and even the novice chef can have great success with a basic tilapia recipe. Sticking to a healthy diet doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive. Why not try this really easy popular tilapia recipes and see for yourself?

Start by bringing 1 inch of water to a boil in a big saucepan. Cut 2 lbs of asparagus into 1 inch pieces and place in a steamer basket. Place the steamer basket in the saucepan and steam under cover until the asparagus is tender and crisp. This will normally take around 4 minutes. Spread the asparagus out over a big plate and leave to cool. Mix 2 tablespoons of chili powder, 1 teaspoon of garlic powder and ¼ teaspoon of salt together on a plate. Use the spicy mix to coat 1 lb tilapia fillets. Heat up 2 tablespoons of olive oil (extra virgin) in a non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Place the coated tilapia fillets in the skillet and cook until the center turns opaque, carefully turning halfway. Place the tilapia fillets on serving plates. Pour 4 tablespoons of lemon juice, ¼ teaspoons of salt and the steamed asparagus into the olive oil in the warm skillet and leave just long enough to make the asparagus hot all way trough. (This will normally take 1-2 minutes.) Stir constantly. Serve!

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Today is Tuesday, my third week on South Beach, Phase 1. On South Beach you stay on Phase 1 for 2 week and can extend it up to 4 weeks if you have a lot tolose. My weight this morning was up 1 3/4 lbs from last week.

What I ate yesterday:

breakfast: plain unsweetened yogurt mixed with cinnamon and 2 packets stevia(would have used Splenda but ran out - stevia works OK)

lunch; 2 - 4 oz hamburgers plain with 6 oz glass tomato juice. Also afrozen chocolate popsicle (allowed on South Beach)

dinner - tossed salad consisting of mixed lettuce, bacon, cherry tomatoes,hard boiled eggs, sliced chicken breast, celery, broccoli, a couple of smallcarrots, onion - note: this is entire salad - I just had a serving with someKen’s blue cheese dressing.

I had 64 oz (or more) of water as well. Yet my weight went up..

For the next week, I am going to try a modified Phase 1 plan of my owninvention. I intend to have a breakfast shake consisting of frozen berries,cranberry juice, protein powder, psyllium fiber, flaxseed oil, and a dash of DaVinci syrup and otherwise stick to the South Beach plan. When I have the shake Iavoid constipation, feel more energetic and have found that it hasn’t caused myweight or blood sugar to go up in the non-Sough Beach past (at least a Bette - My grandmother once told me that she only ate 2 meals/day - if sheate more she gained too much weight. I think I must be the same way.

I don’t think I can tell anyone how to lose weight (although plenty ofpeople have tried to tell me and I wouldn’t be surprised if it is the same withyou) Perhaps I am an alien or a person born with an alien metabolism. I thinkthe only ataack plan for me is to observe what keeps my weight stable and tweakit and hope for the best.

My t’ai chi instructor describes t’ai chi as ‘meditation in motion’. Itconsists of concentrated slow practiced movements. We do a lot of standing inone place and practice deep breathing. It’s funny but you really get a work outfrom doing it.

If you are curious about the South Beach Diet go tohttp://www.southbeachdiet.com/login.asp The site has a tour and someinformation that doesn’t require logging in.

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I don’t have the SBD book, but I wanted to know is it okay to eatWatermelon during Phase 1????

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I have heard of several people eating peanut butter out the wazoo onthis diet (and losing lots of weight) but dont recall it in thebook…..can anyone give me some inste on this

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I have seen several people posting this question, but not a largeamount of answers. What do other vegetarians on the SBD do for Phase1breakfasts? The question is more for my wife who is much pickier thanI. She can’t handle 14 days of eggs and doesn’t like cottage cheese.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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Does anybody know the reason why caffeine is not permitted? Have youever tried Italian espresso? It’s the way we wake up every morning, soit’s really hard work for me without it. But… if there is a specialreason I may try to stop drinking it, just for a while.I’d like to thank you all as I’ve read all the letters since thebeginning, also because I wanted to understand better how the dietworked. What I realized is that sometimes it is really hard going onalone through this path towards healthy eating, but together it can benot only possible, also enjoyable. Please, everybody, hold on anddon’t give up; I started one week ago and I’ve already lost 3 lbs (1,5kg), which can seem not much, but on me it’s a lot (my weight is about130 and I’m 1,64 m tall - sorry I don’t know how much it is in yourmeasure units - i’ll find it). I only have a little problem: I got abit constipation because of the change of food. Do you have any adviceabout that?Thanks a lotbye and let’s win our challenge!!

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I can’t stop eatting peanut butter with celery. This must be bad insome way. I think I consume cup a day. I am also eatting almondsand pistachios. What should my limit be. I think I am substitutingnut for sugar.

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I read that some women were having problems with soy. I was wondering what your symptoms were when your body rejected the soy. I love to eat soy chips. I have never had a problem. But I haven’t been eating them lately. I have been swelling and gaining. So maybe my body needs the soy. Please discuss this soy issue more.

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Has anyone used soy flour? Can you use it on the SBD?

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