I’m sure that this looks familiar to all of you.  This So.Cal original “nectar of the gods” burger joint.  Who turns down In-N-Out?  Who turns down the Double Double with Cheese and Fries Animal Style?  Well, South Beach Diet Lettuce Heads do.  I am guilty myself of enjoying this place on occasion.  But over 2 [...]

146 Reasons Why Sugar Is Ruining Your Health by Nancy Appleton, Ph.D., www.nancyappleton.com, author of Lick The Sugar Habit In addition to throwing off the body’s homeostasis, excess sugar may result in a number of other significant consequences. The following is a listing of some of sugar’s metabolic consequences from a variety of medical journals [...]

So I have been feeling sick. I believe it’s what’s “going around” so they say. I have a mild sore throat and cough. I don’t think I can swallow my normal lettuce and vegetable based diet. I can just imagine trying to swallow that stuff and it just wouldn’t be pretty. So last night I [...]

Eating healthfully can be expensive. The good news, however, is that with some careful planning, you can easily follow the South Beach Diet and enjoy the foods you love without breaking your budget. Here are five ways to cut down on spending at the grocery store: Make a list. Before you hit the grocery store, [...]

  So if you’re like me I look forward to Halloween every year.  I really miss the little Twix bars.  But in the 2 years that I have been on the South Beach Diet Plan I have had to adjust myself.  I dont really even look at the stuff that I find in my son’s [...]

So today I have been having cravings.  Weird for me I know but I have been wanting something, chocolate, ice cream something.  So today I went searching through my cupboards looking for what I had to make something “friendly” for me to eat.  I decided to quickly make a batch of the flourless sugar free [...]

Growing up I was a bigger kid as you can see from the photo below.  Because I had this eating addiction so young, I would hide what I was eating.  I loved anything frozen.  Especially Little Debbie Oatmeal Cream Pies and Hostess Snowballs and Twinkies.  I couldn’t imagine eating these things now.  When I am [...]

  I took my son to the doctor today.  It was scheduled as a basic checkup and flu shot.  He has not been to the doctor since since starting school, he is 9 now.  I am blessed that my son doesn’t get sick and we haven’t had any emergencies.  So today I pick my son up [...]

    Last night I was speaking with a friend and they called someone I love and care about a “fat ass”. I really hate name calling especially by people who have no idea what they are talking about. This person has never been big and nobody in their familyhas been big.  There is so much that [...]

✦I have so much to write about. I have begun to add for you the food lists and sample menus for the phases of the south beach diet plan. I hope this will help a bit, as the other site did not have that drawn out for you.✦phase one is basically the strictest detox phase. [...]