Bob Greene and the Best Life Diet

How the Best Life Diet Benefits My Life

Bob Greene, Oprah Winfrey's personal trainer, the man who will be featured on Oprah on Tuesday March 4, is the creator of the "Best Life Diet." "The Best Life Diet" emphasizes the importance of routine exercise regimens Bob Greene and the Best Life DietDate: March 4, 2008 and making wise food choices. There aren't many good or bad foods. Instead, the guidelines say eat when hungry and stop when satisfied. Bob Greene encourages people to avoid emotional eating. The program emphasizes the importance of understanding how to make healthy food choices and how to incorporate routine exercise into your daily life. "Best Life Diet" is more of a lifestyle than it is a diet. Its a long term solution to weight issues.

Dieting...This verb has become a proverbial knife in my vocabulary. I have learned to hate diets with a passion I never thought possible. Although Americans, particularly young women, seem to be obsessed with food deprivation techniques, living each and every waking moment crusading for weight loss is not the most enjoyable life. Take my word for it, I know the life of a dieter, for I too used to live from diet to diet, trying a new bizarre claim when the previous one failed. (Lose weight eating paper!) My metabolism used to be able to handle anything I devoured. All night pizza binges and the morning lattes from Starbucks used to have nothing on me. My body simply metabolized the extra calories away. Suddenly, my metabolism slowed, and I was caught off guard. Instead of maintaining a trim, sleek figure, my waistline began to expand, my pants grew tighter, and I could no longer move as well. After a few months of this disturbing trend, I decided I aught to do something about it.


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