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Originally Posted by ellabella1
I am following a low carb diet without counting carb grams, and I'm really enjoying it.
I am curious about those following South Beach. Do any of you guys follow South Beach without the fat restrictions, using full fat products instead of low fat/fat free, but still following the basic structure? Thanks.
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Hello and welcome to our little beach!!
You ask a contentious question.
Fat levels (as in high fat)are a big topic in the community as a whole and SBD does offer us a way to control those levels.
I see that you are not following any structured plan and I wish you success with that.
I began my weight loss journey, this time, 7 yrs ago. I did and still do follow SBD as my plan of choice. What I've come to learn though, is that if/when we do eat a bit higher levels of good carbs, as SBD does encourage, we do need to keep our total fats down simply because we can't have it both ways.
So while I did eat full fat cottage cheese simply because of the taste, it was very high in total calories so I stopped eating it rather than eat a reduced fat version. I love a nice piece of brie cheese but it too, is very high in total calories due to its fat levels....so I have it once in a while as a total treat.
I hope that my answer is helping you to see that eating full fat dairy is not wise when following SBD if you want to see losses.
You mention the 'basic structure' of the SBD. Have you read the book?