From the few pages that my mom has printed out from the book I will say that there are basic similarities between this and South Beach but for the most part they are pretty different.  The only real similarity is the phases.  A strict phase for the first two weeks that is meant to help jump start your weight loss, then a easier phase for the bulk of your journey but instead of doing this phase all the way to your weight loss goal and then ending with the maintenance phase, the Pink...

Let me start by saying that food is my addiction, I self medicate with food on a daily basis but when I set my mind to it I have in the past been able to successfully live a healthy life.  Unfortunately that only lasts about a month or two (my record is 3).  I lose the weight, I feel great and then I fall right back into old habits or as I like to call it falling off the food wagon.  The longer I stayed on the diet aka healthy eating the longer the results last but I eventually always...