South Beach Diet Plan

The south beach diet plan is not a low carbohydrate or low fat diet plan. The south beach diet plan allows you to eat the right carbs and good fats while avoiding bad carbs and bad fats. On this plan, you can eat three balanced meals a day including foods like lean meat, vegetables, cheese and nuts. The south beach diet plans encourages you to eat until your hunger is satisfied.

The south beach diet plan is composed of three phases. Phase 1 is the most restrictive, phase 2 allows you to add bread, pasta, rice, potatoes and fruit back into your diet and phase 3 is the maintenance phase. The south beach diet plan will allow you to maintain your ideal weight and will become a way of life for your eating habits.

The south beach diet plan focuses on eating good carbs such as fruits, vegetables and whole grains and bans bad carbs such as highly processed ones where fiber has been stripped away. The south beach diet plan does not allow you to eat white flour or white sugar but you can eat whole grain breads and cereals and whole wheat pasta.

The south beach diet plan does not require you to exercise but you will lose more weight faster if you are active and exercise on a regular basis while on the south beach diet plan. This diet plan does not count fat grams, number of calories or carbs and does not set limits on portion sizes. The south beach diet plan can become a way of life for you and should be easy to follow even when you eat out.