Originally Posted by AlwaysQuilting
Anyway I stopped by to see a friend on the way home from the doctor and she said her SIL started eating ONLY unprocessed foods and easily lost weight and felt better too.
So I'm going to try it. I have to grocery shop this afternoon anyway.
Has anyone else tried this?
Yes, although eating unprocessed foods wasn't the means as much as the ends. I do the South Beach diet which for me means I have to make everything myself. I eat a lot of salads (all different kinds), egg dishes, and grilled meats. I snack on pickles, olives, cheeses (real cheese not "processed cheese food"), and various nuts. I know SB wants me to eat low fat cheese but I draw the line there - I like cheese too much to make sacrifices with it :)
When I go into Phase II of SB I add fruit only.
I'm on SB now in fact and 10 lbs in 2 weeks. I start Phase II Monday. I'll do Phase II for a 2-3 weeks then depending on how much more weight I want to lose, I may go back to Phase I, or if I'm happy with my weight I'll slooooly add the starches back to my diet.
Great recipe BTW and one of the few low fat cheeses I will eat (well ... one of the cheeses is low fat). Mix 2 parts Neufchatel cheese with 1 part Bule. Add finely chopped cilantro. Cream it all together. Spread onto celery stick and dash with a few drops of Tabasco.
I also make homemade cinamon crusted almonds. Mix egg whites with Splenda, toss in cinnamon. Toss raw almonds in the mix coating them well. Bake at 400 for ... I think about 20 minutes to toast. Tastes *almost* as good as the cinnamon almonds you get at the fair. Please don't ask me quantities - I cook by look/feel/taste - I rarely measure stuff.