Difficult to use site 10 January 2013 Reviewer: Rocky Mountain Bloom from Morrison CO
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I lost about 25 pounds 9 years back on South Beach, over 6 months. Plus: The low glycemic diet was particularly helpful with cravings IF you stay on the diet. Phase 1 (2 weeks) is particularly challenging, but I lost 7 pounds (not the dramatic amounts some people do, however I am older and shorter.) Minus: It is difficult to use some of the leftover foods if you stay on their menu. However you could customize your menu using their daily nutrition guide.
I had gained back wight and decided to go back last November. Unfortunately I found the web site has changed dramatically, and is now much less user friendly. The web site's daily tracking and planning tools are cumbersome and difficult to use with a lot of bugs. Much of the past community strings with recipes for the various phases are gone, which had been a huge plus for me. you can't print shopping lists. There are constant pop-ups and even an annoying popup obscuring my attempt to cancel online. I managed to unschedule the automated payment, but received no refund.
Southbeach, I hope you are listening: bring back the best features of the old website plus make the planner and nutrition calculator user friendly.
In summary, I would not recommend South Beach Diet to a friend.
