i dont really know much about SouthBeach..but i was reading a summary of it...i was actually considering doing somthing similar to south beach..but i realized that if i'm allowed to add in my fav foods..i'll fall off again..hell..i tried to add bread in last week..and now i'm having a really hard time trying to get back on this woe...i think i'm just gonna stick to a lc plan similar to atkins..it makes mroe sense, and i don't have to research it.