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What Do You Eat on the South Beach Diet Menu?

by: LindaMiller
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One of biggest draw-backs to many diets is the "forbidden" foods list. It is human nature to desire the things we know we can't have, and this seems to magnify when you're on a diet. Dieting is difficult enough without the disappointment of having to eat foods you don't like.

Fortunately, that is not the case with the South Beach Diet. Contrary to other diet plans, the list of foods you can eat on the South Beach Diet is much longer than the list of foods you must avoid.

You can still eat the foods you love when you are on the South Beach Diet. The only difference with the South Beach Diet is that you are eating them in a way that is better for you. Let's say you're a meat lover. On the South Beach Diet menu, you can still enjoy a delicious steak, just make it a leaner cut and don't totally pig out.

Phase 1 is the most restrictive part of the South Beach Diet, but the list of foods you can eat during this two-week period is unexpectedly diverse. In fact, Phase 1 allows many foods you would never expect to eat while on a diet.

For example, you can eat sweets during Phase 1 of the South Beach Diet. Yes, you read that right. You are allowed to eat up to 75 "sweet" calories per day during Phase 1 of the South Beach Diet. You can also eat beef, eggs, low-fat lunch meat, pork, poultry and cheese, as long as it is low-fat or fat-free. And if you're a seafood lover, the South Beach Diet won't feel like a diet to you at all, because seafood is allowed - and promoted - on all phases of the diet plan.

If home cooking is your thing, don't worry. The South Beach Diet makes only slight changes to the items you can use for cooking. During Phase 1, canola and olive oils are used to prepare meals, and other recipes call for you to use low-fat milk and yogurt. But this is only during the highly restrictive first phase of the South Beach Diet menu.

Fruits, normal dairy products and grains are re-introduced to your choice of foods during Phase 2 of the diet but you will find your cravings for these are not nearly as strong as previously. By eating food which your body can break down easily your weight will continue to drop, until you have reached your goal.

The most important question to ask when you are choosing a diet program is, "What will I be able to eat?" You will be more than pleased with the answer to this question on the South Beach Diet. And the weight loss that comes with it won't be so bad either.

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