The Best Life Diet is a healthy diet and lifestyle book by author Bob Greene. It is based on the concept of a well-balanced regimen of exciting, nutrition rich, satisfying, and easy to find and prepare foods.
It is not very restrictive in calories or limited in variety, but it is based on the idea that eating is always one of life’s greatest pleasures. Dieters can live happily on this diet while still meeting their weight loss goals.
The Best Life Diet Program
This diet teaches you to develop a healthy lifestyle and healthy eating habits for losing unwanted pounds, and maintaining a healthy weight. The program consists of 3 phases.
Phase 1 - Minimum 4 weeks
The objectives are more activity and establishing meal patterns.
Followed by an initial weigh-in, the diet program stipulates 3 meals, including breakfast plus 1 snack daily. No eating is allowed 2 hours before bedtime. You can drink plenty of water, but alcohol is not allowed. Dieters are advised to increase physical activity.
Phase 2 - Minimum 4 weeks
The objectives are, consistent weight-loss by controlling hunger and making changes in your diet.
Dieters weigh in at start, and then every week. You need to develop an understanding of the physical and emotional reasons for your hunger. Eat sensible food portions, and remove 6 foods from your diet that are problem foods. Physical activity can be increased.
Check weight-loss again after 4 weeks, and continue if ready. If you're about 20 pounds away of achieving your weight-loss goal, and the weight-loss has stopped, you can move to Phase 3. Otherwise, continue with Phase 2.
Phase 3 - Lifetime Lifestyle
The objectives are to improve the quality of diet for good health and weight maintenance.
Weigh in at least every month, and not more than once a week. Other foods can be added according to the advised calories, and the diet can be balanced by using the guidelines. Also, remove unhealthy foods and add wholesome ones. Physical activity can be increased.
Sample Meal Plans
| Breakfast |
Snack (if permitted) |
Lunch |
Hi-calcium snack |
Dinner |
Anytime treat |
| Week 1/Day 1 |
| Mocha
Pear muffin
Apple |
Low-fat yogurt |
Walnut cannellini wrap
Chopped salad |
Whole-grain crackers with reduced-fat cheddar/swiss cheese |
Pasta with chicken or shrimp
Mixed green salad |
1 oz dark chocolate |
| Week 1/Day 2 |
Best Life Kashi Go Lean Mix with pecans and non-fat milk
Grapefruit |
Iced Vanilla Soy latte with graham cracker |
Nut Butter & pear whole-wheat sandwich
Carrot sticks |
Maple-Nut yogurt |
Lemon & herb grilled trout
Corn
Sauteed Sugar Snap Peas with Ginger |
Light/regular ice cream |
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Recommendation
The Best Life Diet book explains a program that has many good features, and has achieved good results. The book consists of 75 pages of recipes; a recipe index and full meal plans for 2 weeks. |
