Re: Has anyone tried the Dr. Bernstein Diet?
From: Donna (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 28 May 2002 09:33:49 -0500 (CDT)
Hi
Iread about your great sucess with this diet. I am looking to follow a
plan as i have pcod and am taking metformin for it. I need to lose
about 50lb. Could you give me an idea of what a typical day is on the
plan and what foods you can eat.
Best of luck
Thankyou
Donna
Fri, 3 May 2002, Bonnie wrote:
>
>HI,
>
>I started the bernstein diet last sept. and lost 40lbs in 2
>months..then I quit because I was going crazy! You can't eat anywhere
>but at home because everything is ILLEGAL! even salad dressings! anyway
>I managed to keep off the 40lbs and rejoined last month again and am
>down another 17lbs in one month. I have about 30 more to go. One thing
>I will say is that I am not that hungry..but do get hungry. I have NO
>CRAVINGS which is awesome BUT I don't come close to eating 800 calories
>per day. everytime I go in and we add up my calories it's more like 400
>calories max. 500 per day. Anyway you can and will lose weight on this
>diet..and if you are careful you can keep it off. i did and never ate
>low carb once I quit. but like anything you have to constantly watch
>yourself. So if you are ready to end your eating social life for a bit,
>however much weight you need to lose then you can do good. I found that
>2 months maximum was about all I could take!
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