Diet and Health FAQ

Tagged As: south beach diet phase 3

Question:
How long is each phase suppose to last? Especially phase 3 ? I couldn't tell that from my handbook.

Answer:
Well, the first phase is 2 weeks. That's when it's strict. The second phase lasts until you reach your goal weight. That would be an individual thing. The third phase is the life long phase to maintain your healthy weight. Phase 3: A Diet For Life Back to Top This is the stage that lasts the rest of your life. When you get to this point, you'll notice that this plan feels less like a diet and more like a way of life. You'll be eating normal foods, after all, in normal-size portions. You can then feel free to forget all about the South Beach Diet, as long as you remember to live by its few basic rules. The final change: As you're losing weight and altering how your body responds to food, a third change will be taking place. This one will significantly alter your blood chemistry, to the long-term benefit of your cardiovascular system. You will improve invisible factors that only cardiologists and heart patients worry about. Thanks to this final change, you will substantially increase your odds of living long and well-meaning you will maintain your health and vitality as you age. You may start on the South Beach Diet hoping just to lose weight. If you adopt it and stay with it, you will surely accomplish that much-but you'll also do a lot more for yourself, all of it very good. I'm not exaggerating when I say that this diet can, as a fringe benefit, save your life.