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I think they're both good, but depends on the person. South Beach is a little like a condensed version of Atkins with more emphasis on foods that are low in saturated fat...i.e. it discourages bacon and such. Otherwise, it's a bit like you took all the steps of Atkins and put them closer together. As I understand it, eventually on Atkins you can have fruit and whole grains and beans and all that, but with South Beach you can have almost ALL veggies and beans right away, and fruits and whole grains after the first few weeks. Like I'm already eating oatmeal for breakfast some of the time, and if I wanted to, I could try adding some brown rice to meals. And we don't do ketosis...I don't completely understand that process, but that's a bit part of Atkins, I think.

Because it's condensed, I'd say South Beach MIGHT not work as quickly for people with a lot to lose. Seems like most of the success stories I've heard about South Beach are for people who only had thirty pounds or so to lose. But they both get you to about the same place in the end.

Jen, feel free to correct my errors! ;-)

Thanks for the insights! My aunt says the problem she's having trying to follow her diet is she loses weight if she stops eating bread, but then her body starts craving bread. She also has diabetes, so I don't know if that plays a role.

Good evening all...

Came home this evening to find one of these in the grass next to our sidewalk:

(not the actual possum in question, I found this pic on a website about possums)

Anyway, I figured it was a "gift" from one of the neighborhood cats, or perhaps it had fallen off the roof (it's been raining heavily today) so I scooped it into a plastic bag and put it in the garbage.

Now, however, I find out from the website I got the pic from that it may have not been dead, but actually "playing possum"; the one in the pic is, and the one in our yard looked almost the same. Of course, ours was attracting flies, so I dunno...

Anyway, I figure I'll go out to the garbage can in the morning to see if he's still dead, alive and angry, or alive and managed to get out...