Bob Greene may be best known as Oprah’s personal diet and fitness coach. His most recent diet plan is known as The Best Life diet.Recently, the Skinny Cow company created delicious ice cream desserts that work with Bob Greene’s diet menus and exercise program. I’m one of those who regularly buy and use Skinny Cow products as part of my exercise routine and Best Life menu plan. They really make me feel that I’m not dieting at all!
What makes Skinny Cow fit the Best Life diet plan?
One of the main problems with diets is that they have a bad rap. They can be hard to follow because people end up feeling deprived and hungry. Skinny Cow products help eliminate that problem because they simply delicious. They don’t taste like typical diet foods. You can see their products at this website here: www.skinnycow.com/bestlife.php and that page also lists the three specific products that are approved for the Best Life diet plan. They are noted as best life approved . They are so scrumptious that I have to be careful my kids don’t gobble them down as soon as I bring them in the house!
Important to know: not all Skinny Cow products are approved for the Best Life diet
I’ll describe the diet and its advantages in a minute. But first, you need to know which Skinny Cow frozen desserts fit the plan. At this time, they are specific ice cream sandwiches, fudge bars and ice cream cones. They have a calorie range of 100 to 150 calories per serving, which fits quite well into the Best Life menu plan, a program that allows treats like those made by Skinny Cow.
The accepted Skinny Cow products are one of their ice cream sandwiches, a fudge bar and a crunchy, sweet cone filled with ice cream and topped with syrup. All products are kosher, gluten free and meet requirements for those who need nut free products. Again, you can see all three Best Life products by using the link above.
Having eaten all three of these frozen desserts, from the fudge bars to the very creamy ice cream sandwiches, I can vouch for the fact that they are incredibly delicious. My personal favorite is the fudge bar, which is silky smooth and tastes so rich that I savor every bite.
What makes Skinny Cow perfect for the Best Life weight loss and diet plan?
They may taste sinful but they have plenty of healthy aspects. For one thing, each of the Best Life approved Skinny Cow products are very low in fat. Although they aren’t all low in carbohydrate, they do tend to be low in sugar alcohols and they also contain fiber. Some dieters (and I’m one of them) do feel that higher fiber offsets some carbs so that the net carbohydrates are less and blood sugar remains level. This helps reduce food cravings and hunger.
Since the Best Life weight loss program is essentially a balanced diet, high in fiber and relatively low in fat, and is meant to be a permanent lifestyle change, Skinny Cow could easily remain a permanent part of my daily life. I like that – plenty! Because they are low calorie food, they teach me the importance of portion control. While not huge, they are very satisfying and filling. I’d even go so far as to say the take the pain out of weight loss.
How I fit Skinny Cow products into the Best Life or similar diet plans
Although I’m currently using the Best Life diet plan, I have used similar menus before. While I can’t give every detail of the program due to membership terms and agreements, it is no secret that this diet focuses on lifestyle changes and has three phases. Each phase adds more flexibility to the Best Life menu plan and also increases exercise and other options. I tend to stay at or slightly below 1500 calories. You can find out more about the specifics of the Best life diet here: thebestlife.com
Those who sign up for the Best Life diet may participate in an online community as well as have weekly menu plans. I simply put Skinny Cow desserts in place of a snack that is listed for a particular day. It is simple to do because the menus are very organized. A sample menu at one point in the program includes breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as planned snacks. Skinny Cow fits this type of diet perfectly! Also, other members rave about them so I feel like I’m part of a larger community who eats and discusses similar foods. We’re all huge fans of these desserts and snacks.
Skinny Cow fits Best Life or similar diets which include high-calcium snacks that don’t make dieters feel deprived
Although you may get more calcium from other products, you could also do worse than to buy treats that have 8% of your daily requirement for calcium. Skinny Cow products can easily contain that much calcium. Bob Greene focuses strongly on steering clear of focusing on his eating plan as a temporary diet. Instead, the aim is to get people to change their lifestyle and eating habits and make this a permanent part of life. As a result, focusing on emotional reasons for eating are equally important.
Other important basics of the Best Life Diet plan and why Skinny Cow helps me stick to my weight loss goals
I really like the fact that this diet is very easy to follow and no, it does not feel like a diet! Instead of some long, complicated list of foods to eat as well as complex exercise routines I basically have to follow a few guidelines. No alcohol. Exercise for at least 30 minutes a minimum of three or four times a week (brisk walking is fine). Drink plenty of water. Stop eating a couple of hours before bedtime.Take a decent vitamin pill. None of this is hard to do.
There are also some foods which are restricted or forbidden but there are so many other foods which are allowed that it is not hard to give these up. I did have the most difficulty giving up soda and confess I slip up every now and then. But I am still losing weight. Basically, I need to restrict sodas, watch out for food with trans fats, avoid products with lots of white flour (such as regular pasta), up my fiber intake, avoid fatty or fried foods and start paying attention to portion sizes.
Again, this is mostly common sense advice. Could someone do all of this without using the Best Life Diet or Skinny Cow products? Of course. But the community support and structured meal plan is a real plus. I find that I can diet much more easily when I’m following some guidelines. A food journal, also suggested as an important tool, is a major part of this weight loss program.
A typical Best Life daily menu that uses Skinny Cow desserts
These are just some basic meal plans. Do keep in mind that I would also be exercising several times a week, drinking plenty of water and going about my typical daily activities: Breakfast might consist of a high fiber breakfast bar, skim milk and fruit. At lunch, I would have a chicken or tuna salad sandwich, made with a recipe in the Best Life diet plan book. Later in the day, I could have some low-fat yogurt as one snack and then a broiled piece of fish for dinner, green salad and other veggie. For dessert, I’d have a Skinny Cow fudge bar.
As I hope you can see, it is extremely easy to combine Skinny Cow ice cream sandwiches, fudge bars and cones with the Best Life weight loss program.
