Healthy Food Choices for the Bob Greene's Diet

Video Transcript

Bob Greene is well known for being the personal trainer of Oprah Winfrey and helping her lose a tremendous amount of weight. His particular plan really focuses on lifestyle changes, making sure that you are eating healthy and including daily physical activity. Before you begin his program, he requires that you assess your readiness to change, really asking yourself tough questions such why you're overweight. His particular program includes three phases. The first phase is a minimum of four weeks and that's where you begin to increase your physical activity and change some of your eating habits, being sure to eat at least four to five small meals daily with a variety of foods including whole grains such as whole grain bread, something like a whole wheat pasta. You also want to include low-fat or non-fat dairy milk or soy milk. Also include vegetables such as spinach, fruits such as grapefruits, and healthy fats such as peanut butter. The second phase of the program involves being a little bit more intensive on your physical activity as well as eliminating six problem foods. The third phase gets into the maintenance and this is where you start making sure that you are maintaining portion control, continuing to eat your small frequent meals and continuing with your daily physical activity.