The Best Life Diet

The Best Life Diet was created by Bob Greene, an exercise physiologist, as not only a diet program but as well as a guide to a healthier lifestyle. Eating healthier foods and exercising are the basis of Greene's three phase plan. Oprah is currently featured as a success story on the Best Life website.

The Best Life Diet is an approach to healthier eating as opposed to changing one or two things about the diet. The plan suggest that eating should be a pleasure. Sign up on the website indicates working with Oprah's trainer will cost less than $3 a week.

In addition to the diet plan, Green and Oprah have released The Best Life product line which currently includes a butter type spread and a buttery spray. Those interested can sign up for a $1 Best Life coupon on the website.http://www.thebestlife.com/nonmember_bobs_plan.php?st=bl

Three Phases of the Best Life Diet

• Phase One: Focuses on changing old eating habits and eating patterns.
• Phase Two: Combines healthier eating with exercise.
• Phase Three: Long-term maintenance of a healthier lifestyle.

More information is provided about each of these phases and foods to avoid on this guide page.

The content on this page is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Please contact your doctor before beginning the Best Life Diet.

1. Author: Bob Greene
2. Publication Date: December 26, 2006
3. Publisher: Simon And Schuster
4. Pages: 304
5. ISBN 1-4165-4066-0

The focus on Phase one of The Best Life Diet is to get moving. Add exercise, do some walking, get out of the chair and move. For those already active to some degree, phase one would mean ramp up the activity a bit.

In phase one, another life style change which occurs is to eat 3 meals and a snack every day. The daily food intake should be spread over these eating times. http://www.oprah.com/health/Best-Life-Diet-The-Phases

Phase two picks up on the healthy focus started in phase one and refines it and promotes ir further. The six foods to avoid are emphasized and reinforcement is provided for this lifestyle change. Phase two deals with emotional eating and how to cope with hunger.http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/best-life-diet?page=2

Bob Greene's Best Life Diet offers a list of sx foods to avoid as they typically cause weight gain. These six foods are:http://www.oprah.com/health/The-Best-Life-Diet-Six-Foods-to-Avoid-in-Phases-1-and-2

1. Soda
2. Foods made with Trans Fat - look at the labels for partially hydrogenated oils as an ingredient
3. Fried Foods - frying causes absorption of the cooking fat making more fat and calories
4. White bread - Use whole grain instead for the fiber benefit
5. Alcohol - Avoid the calories and the metabolism slow down it causes
6. High fat dairy products

Lifestyle changes which keep weight off are lifetime changes. Phase two ends when you come into range of 20 pounds from your desired weight. Phase three is a maintenance phase which adds back in some of the foods, and reforces healthy eating and maintaining exercise levels. http://www.thatsfit.com/2009/11/25/bob-greene-diet/