Crash Diets – South Beach
South Beach Crash Diets
South Beach Crash Diets are easy, and work in a three-phase process. In practice it is not really a crash diet or designed as a fast weight loss diet, however if followed it can show dramatic results over time.
South Beach Crash Diets Phase 1
South Beach Diet Phase 1 lasts for two weeks. Each day for 14 days, you will eat three, well-balanced meals.
In addition to the three meals each day, you will also eat a snack between breakfast and lunch, and then again between lunch and dinner. Even if you do not feel like eating these snacks, for the South Beach Diet to work, you need to, and after dinner, you will even have dessert. Additionally, during this phase, you can drink all the coffee and tea you want and be sure to drink lots of water.
With most diets, you deprive your body, eating only small portions of foods that are unappealing. The change you will make during this phase is that you will cut out all bread, rice, potatoes, pasta, baked goods, fruit, candy, cake, cookies, ice cream, or sugar. Keep in mind that these eliminated foods will be added back into your diet, starting in Phase 2. In addition to taking these foods out of your diet temporarily, you will also need to avoid beer, or any kind of alcohol. Once you start Phase 2, reasonable amounts of wine can be added back in.
Foods to Eat
Ham
Bacon
Chicken Breasts (skinless)
Cheese (fat-free or low-fat – American, Cheddar, cottage, cream substitute, feta)
Eggs (whole)
Fish (all types)
Green Vegetables
Lunchmeat (lean)
Peanut Butter
Peanuts
Pecans
Pistachio Nuts
Olive Oil
Seasoning/Spices (broth, butter sprays, pepper, anything containing no sugar)
Shellfish
Sirloin
Sweets * (chocolate powder, cocoa powder (baking type), hard candy, sugar substitute (sugar-free)
Tenderloin
Tofu
Vegetables (artichokes, asparagus, beans, broccoli, cauliflower, celery, cucumbers, eggplant, legumes, lettuce, mushrooms, spinach, tomatoes, zucchini)
Foods to Avoid
Alcohol
Baked Goods
Beef (brisket, liver, rib steaks, fatty cuts)
Bread
Cereal (all kinds)
Cheese (full fat, brie, edam)
Crackers
Fruit
Fruit Juice
Honey-Baked Ham
Ice Cream
Matzo
Milk (whole, low-fat)
Oatmeal
Pasta
Pastries
Poultry (chicken wings, legs, thighs, wings, duck, goose, poultry products)
Soy
Vegetables (barley, beets, black-eyed peas, carrots, corn, pinto beans, sweet potatoes, white potatoes, yams)
Yogurt
Includes beer, hard alcohol, wine
Includes all starchy foods
South Beach Crash Diets Phase 2
South Beach Crash Diet Phase 2 is different from the first in that it will last as long as it takes you to lose your desired weight. This phase will last different lengths of time depending on each individual person, how well they follow the diet, and how their body reacts.
Do not forget that by the time you start this phase, you will already be 8 to 13 pounds lighter! Other changes you will notice when starting Phase 2 is that your outlook on eating will be changed. During the past two weeks, the way in which your body was reacting to foods making you overweight was corrected. Those old, nagging cravings have been squelched and the bad eating habits of the past are gone.
The secret is not that you are eating less food, but eating fewer foods that start cravings and store excessive fat. Once the first phase ends, the weight will continue to come off by staying on the plan. Some of the indulgences you took out of your diet during Phase 1 will be added back in, but less often. When you want a piece of chocolate cake, you can have one, just not every night.
As you go through phase 2, your weight loss will not be as dramatic, but it will be consistent. On average, you can expect to lose from one to two pounds. While these numbers are lower than what you achieved in the first phase, losing slowly is healthier and you will keep the weight off.
South Beach Crash Diets Phase 3
South Beach Diet Phase 3 begins when you have hit your target weight. To help you maintain your new weight, you will be able to enjoy options that are more liberal. Once you get to this phase, you will stay there for the rest of your life. After completing Phase 1 and 2, this phase will feel like normal eating to you. Now you are eating differently – for life! If your weight starts creeping back up, modify the foods you are eating and the amounts.
Along with losing extra weight and changing the way your body responds to food, your blood chemistry is also changing, improving your cardiovascular system.
As mentioned above this is no fast weight loss diet/crash diet but will provide a more healthy long term solution to weight loss.
