How to Lose Weight With the South Beach Diet

The South Beach Diet is built around eating whole grains, fruits, vegetables, olive or canola oil, and meats such as poultry or fish. The diet focuses on eating the right carbohydrates rather than avoiding them. Here's how to lose weight with the South Beach Diet.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

1. Sign up for the South Beach Diet by visiting the website (see Resources below). Click the "Sign Up Now" link at the homepage to enter your email, address, height, current weight and your target weight-loss goal. Buy the book about the diet online or at a bookstore if you prefer.

2. Start with Phase 1, which lasts for two weeks. Eat foods such as chicken, turkey, fish and shellfish or tofu. Eggs, low-fat cheese, nuts, beans and vegetables should also be a part of your diet during this stage. Avoid eating bread, rice potatoes, pasta, fruit or sweets during these two weeks.

3. Slowly reintroduce carbohydrates into your diet after you've completed the first phase. Fruit, whole-grain breads and pastas are the right choices to add to your meals daily for one week. Continue until you can eat two to three servings of these carbs a day. Unlike Phase 1, there is no time limit for Phase 2. You can stick with Phase 2 until you've reached your weight-loss goal.

4. Move to Phase 3, where the focus is on combining everything you've learned from Phases 1 and 2. Try different recipes using "The South Beach Diet Cookbook" or another cookbook that uses the same healthful foods. Overall, your goal is to maintain or lose more weight and manage your health.

Tips & Warnings

• Note that if you sign up for the South Beach Diet online, you will be enrolled into a 7-day free trial. You can track your weight loss, customize your meal plan and read motivational tips during this time. When the trial ends, the online plan charges $5 per week. Cancel your subscription before the end of the seven days if you don't want to be charged or if you think the diet isn't working.

Resources

• Enroll in a South Beach Diet trial plan.
• Find South Beach Diet recipes.

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[ajasa98]

on 1/30/2009 They actually will bill you 60.00 for 3 months, if you don't call to cancel. They don't bill you week by week. Then if you cancel anytime after that, you get your refund, minus 20.00 of that. The phone lines and customer service are also CLOSED on the weekends. be aware.

[ajasa98]

on 1/30/2009 stop spamming.

[tommac]

on 12/2/2008 There are also a number of free bulletin boards that are available for the South Beach Diet. These forums can really help you stick to your diet.
One of the largest ones is:
http://www.southbeachdietbulletinboard.com

You can post your food list there, download recipes and get answers and motivation.