Don’t make your diet Monotonous
So you have decided to go on a South Beach diet but are worried about missing a lot of delicacies you enjoyed until now? Relax. A diet, especially a South Beach diet, doesn’t have to be monotonous, bland and stifling. There are a whole range of options available today which are healthy and an integral part of a South Beach cuisine, which allow you to get back into excellent health and shape, and stay as such…
Enduring the First Phase
However, be ready to endure the first phase of the South beach diet. It is during this ‘induction phase’ that your body exhibits most withdrawal symptoms. You will need to cut back heavily on saturated fat, sugar and unhealthy carbohydrates. No pizzas, burgers, pasta, noodles, French fries, carbonated drinks, wafers, shakes, ice cream, cakes, pastries – in fact all that you’ll be having are natural products, consumed the natural way.
It will all be worth the effort and abstinence. Promise! Within a week your body adapts and stops craving for things that are prohibited. It gets used to healthier and more wholesome diet food and you will feel much better, light and positive.
The fun begins from second phase!
The fun only begins here. Surprisingly, the same things you cut back on in the first phase start making their way into your diet again. Can it get any better than this? You are still on diet, and can enjoy greatly missed dishes occasionally.
Moreover, South Beach cuisine has so much to offer – a multitude of meats, vegetables, fruits and wholesome cereals and carbohydrates – it is practically no diet all, just a healthier cuisine. While the things you can use are controlled, cooking them is not. Cook as you please. Here are a few options to get you started…
Suggestions for breakfast
Besides milk, whole wheat bread, honey, corn flakes and fruits, a South Beach diet permits you to have egg white. You may choose to consume eggs in any form – be it boiled, semi-boiled, scrambled or in the form of an omelette. Accessories like tea, coffee, juices and yogurt can always enhance your breakfast.
Suggestions for lunch
Start with freshly prepared vegetable of lean meat soups, followed by a plateful of salads. You may want to choose from a variety of frozen foods available for your lunch. Supplement it with juices, coffee or yogurt.
Suggestions for dinner
Indulge yourself on lean meat and fish as much as you please. In case you prefer vegetarian food, go for grilled vegetables. For dessert, try fruit custard made from toned milk, or an espresso coffee with chocolate. Fruits dipped in chocolate sauce make a delightful combination, try it.
Already feeling better? What are you waiting for then? Get started with a South Beach diet.
Bob Appetite!
