The South Beach Diet Dining Guide: Your Reference Guide to Restaurants Across America Reviews

• Delicious, Diet-Friendly Foods on all Types of Menus

  
  By A3DHHQ2NGXOUAH on 2006-01-24
  The South Beach Diet Dining Guide offers an easy resource that points the way to delicious, diet-friendly foods on all types of menus.
  
  This book helps you know how to navigate any menu so that you enjoy what you order and also eat well.
  
  The first part of the guide features listings of over 75 of the most popular chain and family restaurants in America, including mall and airport listings. Each entry provides an overview of the establishment along with specific menu recommendations and nutritional information.
  
  The second part of the guide focuses on upscale dining, with tips and recommendations for business-class restaurants in 15 of the country's most visited cities: Atlanta; Boston; Chicago; Cleveland; Dallas; Kansas City; Las Vegas; Los Angeles; Miami; Minneapolis; New York; Orlando; St. Louis; San Francisco; and Washington, DC. The section includes an overview of each of the 75 restaurants listed as well as menu suggestions.
  
  The book also offers menu suggestions for popular ethnic cuisines, such as French, Italian, Mexican, Thai, Indian, and Japanese.
  
  This book is based on The South Beach Diet which is a healthy weight-loss plan that encourages people to eat a variety of nutrient-dense, fiber-rich foods, such as lean sources of protein, reduced fat cheeses and dairy products, whole grains, fruits and vegetables, and the right fats like olive and canola oil.
  
  I have to say that I've been eating The South Beach Diet frozen foods, and they are fantastic! Really delicious, healthy, high protein, low fat, and cooked within 4 minutes.
  
  This is the best resource for people who really don't like to cook (like me) and want to eat incredibly delicious meals that are healthy. This is an excellent resource!
  
  Barbara Rose, Ph.D. author of Know Yourself: A Woman's Guide to Wholeness, Radiance & Supreme Confidence and Stop Being the String Along: A Relationship Guide to Being THE ONE
  
  
  

• South Beach Dining Wherever You Go

  
  By A1J6B00Z1D6PS4 on 2006-02-07
  Like to eat out and on The South Beach Diet? This book will help you!
  
  It's an American tradition to enjoy the company of others as you chit-chat about life at your favorite local restaurant. Whether it's fast food, casual dining, or upscale business dining that you prefer, the social atmosphere of eating out is an ingrained part of our society.
  
  But what do you do when you are on a low-carb program like The South Beach Diet? Is there any way to stay on the program when you go out to a restaurant? You bet there is and The South Beach Diet Dining Guide is going to help you do it!
  
  This handy little restaurant reference guide is PERFECT for people following The South Beach Diet who are wanting to know what they can eat when they are out with friends, family, or clients. Covering over 75 popular restaurant chains of all types, including some local upscale family restaurants in America's most popular cities, The South Beach Diet Dining Guide will not lead you astray from the tried and true principles that Dr. Arthur Agatston outlines for you in his popular program.
  
  I like the way each type of restaurant is featured at the beginning of the book (i.e. Italian, Mexican, Japanese, Pizza) with clear instructions about what you should select when visiting the restaurant as well as what you should avoid. Especially for people who are new to The South Beach Diet, this invaluable wisdom from Dr. Agatston will pay big dividends for you in the long run if you learn how to incorporate this way of eating into your life now. Someday it'll become automatic for you!
  
  Each restaurant is listed in alphabetical order in the book which provides specific recommendations for the various phases of The South Beach Diet depending on which one you are following. There is also a section under each restaurant listing called "Best Choices" where Dr. Agatston cuts to the chase and tells you specifically what he thinks you should get to make your meal align with his South Beach Diet principles. He even gets more specific when he lists his "Recommended Dishes" to show you the calories, fat, saturated fat, carbohydrates, fiber, and specific phase of The South Beach Diet plan that meal is good for.
  
  The South Beach Diet Dining Guide is so easy to follow, the hardest part will be deciding what you want to eat. This is DEFINITELY a book you'll want to carry around with you at all times and is small enough to fit inside your purse or briefcase.
  
  By avoiding the usual fare of highly processed foods, sugar-laced sodas, carb-loaded breads, starchy vegetables, alcoholic beverages, and oversized desserts, you'll no doubt survive your venture out into the wonderful world of restaurants and remain faithful to your South Beach Diet with flying colors! THANK YOU, Dr. Agatston!
  
  Or, if you prefer eating at home, but don't have a lot of time, be sure to check out The South Beach Quick & Easy Cookbook, too!
  
  

• South Beach Diet is Now Even Easier!

  
  By A9REEKTBGZ5W0 on 2006-06-16
  My husband and I gave South Beach a try, but we gave it up about a year ago. The recipes were just so time consuming and the ingredients seemed pricey. We did experience some wonderful results, though. Well, now that more microwave meals are available and meal replacement bars, as well as a 30-minute meals cookbook and this guide, we've decided to give it another try.
  
  This guide is wonderful. It lists all of our favorite chain restaurants. We had no idea there was anything low-carb at one of our favorite mexican restuarants, but sure enough, they offer up fajitas in lettuce wraps. And even for local restaurants not listed, this book gives you ideas on what to look for on all menus. This great resource is just another way South Beach doesn't even feel like a diet.
  
  

• South Beach Diet Dinning Guide

  
  By A35CYB1QF1GI4J on 2006-02-23
  This book is an excellent source of information for when you are dinning out. I wish they had included more brand name restaurants in their book but at least its a very good source of general information if you go by the type of food you will be eating instead of looking for a specific restaurant.
  
  

• Handy book

  
  By AQYJ4MQG60G9Z on 2006-03-08
  I love the South Beach diet since it is so similar to "normal" food that I grew up on but the restaurants are not. This guide shows you before you have to pick it from the menu what is available and what might be the best choices.
  
  
• A GUIDE
  By A84Z9C483ELEP on 2006-07-05
  This is a great guide if you can stick to it. It contains over 200 pages of restaurants across the map. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Applebee's Grill and Bar and Pizza Hut just to name a few. You just have to make sure you remember what phase you are on before selecting your menu choices and this guide will let you know what food you can have in your phase. This is a good reference guide when you go out to eat. I started by taking the book with me then I just started writing down things that I might enjoy from the restaurant that I was going to. I think for long-term weight loss, you have to be mentally prepared to commit to a change of life. You should also research as many diet plans as you can, this way you can find out what works for YOU, and not what works for majority of people. You have to see yourself as a unique individual and remember; what works for someone else may not work for you. I gave this book 3 stars because unless you are clear of how the South Beach Diet works you may get frustrated with this guide.
  
  
• Wow!
  By AQXVXZ20B546E on 2006-02-18
  I am very pleased to know now where I can and can not eat for specific phases.
  
  
• Not very helpful
  By A37PBX58OXS8EO on 2008-06-09
  I didn't find this book to be very helpful. I loved the South Beach Diet book. But this book only gives recommended dishes which is basically meat or salad. I would have liked to see the nutr. values for more food in each restruaunt so I could decide which one I was willing to have based on carbs and sugar.
  
  
• not worth it
  By A3KQKU6AI52WWI on 2007-02-06
  unless you live in a big city with lots of chain restaurants it is pretty usless. Listings are by chain not food type.
  
  
• Doesn't feel like a diet at all...
  By AATO1K6DBCV9D on 2007-03-25
  A supplement to the South Beach diet, this list of chain restaurants and their menus helps make the South Beach plan not feel like a diet at all
  
  
• South Beach Diet dining guide
  By A1L9TKO41XQEAG on 2007-11-11
  My doctor had reccomened this, and it has helped with going out. Just want I needed.
  
  
• South Beach Diet works miracles!
  By A3UFFOK01R67S8 on 2008-05-27
  I went on the South Beach Diet in November 2005. In one year I went from weighing 280 lbs to weighing 215! My cholesterol went from 221 to 141,and my blood pressure went from 150/100 to 117/77 (with NO drugs). Also I lost 6 inches around my waist. It went from 42 inches to 36.As of May 2008, I currently weigh 212 (at 5' 11') and am trying to work my way to 195 now.I own all of the books and am one of the biggest advocates of the diet. I would recommend this book to anyone!
  
  
• not worth it unless you need to carry it with you at all times
  By A3ONEJM2PCX5WS on 2008-10-20
  The information in this book is basically the same information that's in the South beach Diet book. It is "pocket sized" which makes it nice to carry around if you need to. It also tells you what to order at major chain restaurants. I personally wish I would have skipped it, but I'm sure some people will find it useful. I was expecting it to tell me something the main book didn't.
  
  
• Helpful!
  By AMVGLZIX6F8WO on 2008-06-30
  This book is extremely helpful when doing the South Beach diet and dining out. I am extremely happy with this purchase.
  
  
• Helps simplify South Beach way of life.
  By A1AWYWLHQJQGHI on 2008-08-02
  South Beach can be complicated eating, especially in restaurants, so I really enjoy having a lot of my homework done for me in this guide. I think it was well worth adding to my SB Supercharged and SB Cookbook.
  
  

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