South beach diet tips
With so many diets out there, I’ve decided to write about them one by one. Today in this article, we are going to deal with South beach diet.
Remember, all the diet works provided you can follow through. Almost every diet have some kind of restriction and if you follow them, you’ll lose weight.
This diet was created by Arthur Agatston, M.D. to help with insulin resistance syndrome. It started out restricting saturated fats and carbs in initial phases.
Carbs are added as you go through this diet. Besides the restriction, you’ll be eating 3 meals and 2 snacks per day. The major thing is about restricting almost all the carbs from your meal. (I’ve told many times on this blog, that cutting down carb does work wonders for losing weight).
This phase is called phase 1 and last 2 weeks. After that, your life starts getting easier (Again, I talk about restricting carb for maximum of 4 weeks, after that it’s counter productive. South beach diet also restricts carbohydrates for first 2 weeks. Chances are, you’ll see results).
In phase 2, some of the restricted stuff are allowed to be introduced in your diet. This is where most people go wrong. Do not go stuffing carbs in here.
Phase 3 is basically a lifestyle kind of thing.
I recommend people who’ve done first 2 phases, to add workout and eat carbs in moderate amount.
Basically keep your diet clean, workout and enjoy your life. If you can do that, you’ll find great results.
Quite a few experts suggest, if you get fat again, you should go into phase 1 again. I do not recommend this, this is like inviting to get in trouble. People who go into too much Yo-Yo dieting, invites heart troubles.
It’s far better if you eat right, workout after finishing first 2 phases.
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