South Beach Diet & Working Out

I looked at it, and it doesn't look like it would hurt you, except it's not a low-fat diet. The "no exercse" part bothers me too! I think it's basically a more complicated extension of what a lot of us are trying to do here: Mind your portion sizes, try to get the most value out of your food that you can (nutrient dense foods), and eat sensibly with plenty of fruits and vegetables. One of my older sisters is doing something like this diet, and she says she felt great, after the first couple days of intense sugar cravings. She's not carrying much for excess weight, though she never has, and she eats when she's hungry and doesn't seem to stress about her food consumption. It was, however, hard for her to pass on a root beer float....(but she did!)

In my own experience with juice fasts, you *can* work out fairly hard on a day or two of limited calories, but it's not something you can do regularly--your body will ask for more fuel at some point, and if you don't fuel it, it's going to be hard to get out of bed, much less work out. I would think, on a diet like that, you could increase your calorie intake, still following the rules, to support your workouts.

Hope that helps!

Judie