south beach diet milk?

Question

how much milk can I have on the south beach diet, I had skim milk one day and the next 2 days I did not loose weight.

Answer 1

Hi Magnolia, I am on the South Beach Diet, too -- my understanding is you can have lowfat milk several times a day. The problem could be that if you weigh yourself too frequently, it can seem like you haven't lost any weight because your body varies so much during the day. If you drink a lot of water and then eat a normal meal, you could "gain" three pounds, but after your body has processed everything, it could turn out that you lost weight. Try weighing yourself only every 5-7 days, it may help you to not get discouraged.

I say this because I did the frequent-weighing thing, too, and then decided that I was being too obsessive. I am only weighing myself on Fridays now.

Best of luck! I really like the diet, how about you?