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Mention the word diet and most people think celery sticks and cottage cheese. Not exactly what you would call a pleasant picture. But, the fact is that diets dont have to be about bland and boring food. If you are going to be watching what you eat, you might as well make it as interesting as possible. And thats where recipes come in.

Good recipes can be the difference between staying committed and getting bored. The question is how can you find or make south Beach diet friendly recipes? Here are some tips.

Finding south Beach diet recipes
The Internet is truly a wonderful thing. A simple search yields formal recipe sites (with specific south Beach diet recipes) and sites created by beachers. There is a wealth of information out there often categorized by phase, type of food or meal. You can even find vegetarian friendly recipes.

Also, the south Beach diet book itself contains a substantial amount of recipes and suggestions. For additional inspiration, you can check out an entire line of south Beach diet cookbooks such as the Taste of Summer Cookbook, the Parties & Holidays Cookbook and the Quick & easy Cookbook.

Modifying Existing recipes
Sometimes, youre not looking for something new. You just want that old favorite but its not very beachy. Thats ok some simple modifications are often the only thing between you and culinary bliss:

1.Substitute olive or canola oil for butter or margarine.
2.Use a sweetener instead of honey or sugar.
3.Go with lean cuts of your favorite proteins.
4.Substitute whole grain or whole wheat grains for white.
5.Use non or low-fat dairy instead of full-fat.

For recipes that dont lend themselves to modifications, the secret is to figure out what the taste is that you are really craving. Is it tacos or just the spicy beef? If its just the beef, mix lean beef with a taco spice packet (no added sugar) and serve it over a toasted low-carb wrap. It will satisfy your craving without blowing your diet.

Creating your own recipes
Some of us are more adventurous than others. If you would like to create your own recipes, more power to you. The best place to start is browsing through existing recipes. For the south Beach diet, it is best to look at Mediterranean (mostly Greek and Middle Eastern) recipes for new ideas. These cuisines use a lot of olive oil and spices rather than sugar or starch for flavoring. Another benefit is that they also have many vegetarian options.

All in all, you have many recipes options on the south Beach diet. Try as many new things as possible. Avoiding boredom and discovering new favorites are key to making your new eating habits stick.

Reggie Dunn is a long time diet enthusiast and follower of the south Beach diet.
You can find more information on the South Beach Diet at http://www.online-diet-reviews.info/south-beach-diet.html

You've probably heard this before but please don't discount what I'm about to say because it's so important the posture that you setup to a golf ball with has either a great positive or negative affect on your golf swing. For example, your setup posture largely determines whether or not you can shift your weight and turn fully and without restriction away and through the golf ball.

This obviously has a HUGE effect on your potential distance output.

Also, your posture position at setup will largely determine how well you maintain your balance as you're swinging and how forcefully you can swing down and through the ball, thus determining how far you can hit the ball.

Yes, the posture you set at address really is that important!

But don't believe me, instead listen to what this pretty famous golfer has to say about it

"You need to be in an athletically ready position so you can respond to movement quickly, smoothly and without losing your balance."

Tiger woods

But luckily, having a good athletic posture position is really, really easy to achieve. Unfortunately most golfers either don't place enough importance on posture or they think their posture is OK.

Unfortunately most amateur golfers have very bad setup posture and sadly they don't understand that this has a huge negative detriment on their golf swing itself. But like I said a second ago, it's really easy to have good posture and here's a simple exercise to help improve yours. Here's what you need to do

1. stand up straight with your feet about shoulder width apart, then

2. Take the straightness out of your knees, then...

3. Place a club along your spine, and then

4. Bend forward making sure that your spine remains straight. And a very, very important point when doing this exercise is you want your backside to move back when doing this as it creates a balanced golf posture position. You want your weight to be on the balls of your feet when you're setup and it won't be unless you follow the steps I've suggested.

And finally..

5. Once you've bent over (by moving your backside back and keeping your back straight) the next step is to move your left hip (right hip for lefties) slightly towards your target. Doing this automatically places your head behind the ball, which is just what you want.

6. Once in this golf posture position you can place a club on the ground in a position to hit a ball, and you probably will have to either bend over more or stand up straighter depending on what club you are using. For example, you will have to bend over more for a wedge than you would for a driver simply because a wedge is quite a bit shorter than a driver is.

If you really seriously want to improve then you should practice this setup exercise at least once a day. Hey, it only takes 30 seconds MAX and the consistency it gives you will be unbelievable.

nick Bayley is a professional golfer who has discovered just one golf swing fault that could be stopping YOU from ball striking consistency and success. But luckily for you, now you can take a simple 2 minute golf swing test to see if you have this swing fault or not. So don't delay! Go here to take The Golf Swing Test now.