Is SBD for me?
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Is SBD for me?
| Thu, 10-23-2003 - 3:31pm |
I am a 20 year old college student that wants to lose the freshman 15 and learn to eat healthy. Do you guys think this diet would work for me? Thanks, any advice would be helpful.

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Just some thoughts...
Donna
I think I'm going to buy the book this weekend and start after halloween.
Thinking back to my college days, I think a person on campus could find healthy choices to create their own SBD, too. Good luck and stop in here often!
Catherine
This is what I have figured out by reading Atkins, SBD, Woodruff's "The Good Carb Cookbook" and McCullough's "Low-Carb Cookbook". Atkins stresses fats and very limited carbs as you know, and the other three limit fats, sugars and high-carb foods.
I have lost weight, 17 lbs in 6 wks, on Atkins, but the high fat concerns me a bit, and that is why I am considering switching over. Just can't find the right answers yet. It seems that weight loss on SBD is much slower......this I have learned by reading the two bulletin boards for each diet.
Any advice or help from anyone would be appreciated by both of us I am sure.
While I think it's wonderful that so many people are interested in this board, and, consequently, so many people are interested in improving their health. However, I do notice that a lot of posts get lost and/or end up getting posted multiple times. Just a reminder that it before posting, it is good to read other posts and see if your topic has been covered recently. If you can reply to a recently covered topic, it will bring that topic back up to the front page, so that others may see it and post, as well.
Catherine
To both jcrh62 and kkani (and any other college students who are here): Are you living in the dorms or off campus with a meal plan or off campus without a meal plan? If with a meal plan, does your DC take special requests?
Catherine
Read the book, or better yet, go to the SBD website, to learn all you can about what to eat and what not to eat. Do the best you can - if dinner is spaghetti & meat balls, just eat the meatballs. It may not be perfect, but it'll be better than not trying.
I know you can do it because I did. Good luck.
Jill
That sounds like an excellent suggestion, Jill, and a very workable one for students with a meal plan.
You don't have to drink the v-8. I agree, I just couldn't stand it. I think that the acid is somehow beneficial in the fat burning process. My dh always liked tomato juice and is doing well with drinking 6 oz. in the a.m. But I did it a few mornings and rather not.
Good luck!
Cathy
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