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The South Beach Diet is truly a food lover’s diet. It’s about living well and loving what you eat. But it’s also practical, flexible, easy, and effective. The diet is divided into three Phases. The first Phase lasts two weeks and is designed to eliminate cravings and kick-start weight loss. The second Phase is intended to produce long-term, steady weight loss. You’ll stay in Phase 2 until you reach a healthy weight. Then you’ll move to Phase 3, the lifestyle Phase. This is how you’ll eat and live 365 days a year - and it’s the key to maintaining your new, healthy weight.

Phase 1, the shortest Phase, lasts for just two weeks and is designed to eliminate cravings for sugar and refined starches - and to jump-start your weight loss. The purpose of Phase 1 is to stabilize blood sugar (which minimizes cravings), making it ideal for people who are prediabetic or diabetic, as well as for those who need to lose a lot of weight.

Phase 2 is the long-term weight-loss Phase of the plan. It’s also the perfect place to start for those people who have 10 pounds or less to lose, who don’t have problems with cravings, who don’t have excess belly fat, or who simply want to improve their health.

By now, you’ve adopted the South Beach Diet lifestyle, making smart food choices that fit the way you live. That’s what Phase 3 is all about, and it begins once you reach your healthy weight. In Phase 3, you’ll continue to follow the principles you learned in Phases 1 and 2, but because it’s the lifelong stage of the plan, it includes almost every kind of food and it allows for additional occasional indulgences. It is the key to maintaining a healthy weight for life.

According to nutrisystem.com, their plan allows you to “lose weight in the comfort of your own home.”

The well-designed Web site gives each person an individualized calorie level to help you lose between 1.5 and 2 pounds each week. The core of the plan relies on NutriSystem foods used as entrees for breakfast, lunch and dinner plus DESSERTS.

You don’t have to buy their foods to participate in the program, but the meal plan revolves around the NutriSystem products, supplemented with fruit, vegetables and milk.

“I have been on the NutriSystem weight loss program for over a year and have lost 111 pounds. I have learned portion control, healthy eating habits and the benefits of exercise, and feel better and happier than I have in years.” — An iVillager

“I tried the NutriSystem diet and lost 107 pounds in approximately one year. Unfortunately, I could have purchased a new car for what the program cost, and the car would have lasted longer than my new figure did. After I started eating regular foods the pounds came back.” — An iVillager