South Beach Diet Recipes
Given everyone seems to be jumping on the South Beach Diet bandwagon I think it's time for me to help dieters find the right types of recipes to allow them to munch their way to health.  Before we get to the recipes I have some valuable dieting information to share. But, if you just want recipes click the link: Go Right To Recipes

My Qualifications
First let me tell you I'm somewhat of an authority on diets and dieting.  Well, the qualifier here being, I've BEEN on just about every type of diet you've ever heard of.   To name a few...

Stillman
Atkins
Weight Watchers
Animal urine shots (not kidding)
Starvation (6 weeks total fast)
Beverly Hills Diet  (I and II) and more.......... 

I also happen to have a university degree in Food Sciences and Nutrition but my valuable experience comes from having tried all these crazy diets.  I tried them all, I lost weight on every single one of them (up to 40 lbs. at a time) and I've gained the weight back, every time.

Wonder Why Are Americans Overweight?
The real reason? Because we don't eat "because we are hungry". But if that's getting too Dr. Phil for you, then here are three more tangible reasons:  Meal portion size, food quality (or lack thereof) and insufficient exercise.  Put another way:

Most of us eat 2 to 3 times what we need in any given meal
  Too many of us eat pre-prepared, highly processed, fat, sodium, and chemical laden foods
  We don't "move" unless we have to

The Secret to Losing Weight
Well, it's not really a secret and it is not in the least complex. It is the most basic mathematics equation: 

What I eat
(subtract) What I burn (sitting, eating, sleeping, exercising)
__________________
= Weight loss (or gain)

The Magic
There is none. There are no magic food combinations or formulas. If you intake more than you output you will gain weight. Now if you want to believe that eating certain foods in a certain order is going to help you trim down.. well whatever works. But at the end of the day, if you are eating more than you burn, of anything, in any combination, in any order, of any type of food, you WILL not lose weight.

Weight Loss Rules

Rule #1:  If you eat more than you burn of ANYTHING including "all the right South Beach Diet Foods" you will not lose weight.

Rule #2:  If you see a "diet" as something you do "temporarily" then your success will be equally as temporary.  If you are overweight now, follow the South Beach Diet 6 weeks, lose weight, then return to how you used to eat (and exercise), you will return to your overweight condition (and most likely gain even more).