Weight Los Diet, Feta Cheese, Slow Carb, Spinach Salad

The key to long-term healthy weight loss is finding a " slow carb" diet that you enjoy just as much or more than the nutrient deficient foods that were causing the storage of excess fat. When preparing a weight loss spinach salad, knowing how to prepare and combine these foods is important for both taste and nutrition.

The Weight Loss Spinach Salad is easy to prepare, tastes great and can be varied enough to be eaten daily. By changing some ingredients each day, you will benefit from a larger variety of low glycemic vegetables with their distinct health benefits. The salad contains a variety of low glycemic carbs, each loaded with different nutrients. When consumed together it's like eating super foods on steroids because they all work synergistically together to promote, weight loss, long term energy and the feeling of fulness until the next meal.

The Weight Loss Spinach Salad has a powerful combination of fresh vegetables, seeds, feta cheese and dried fruit. To receive the maximum benefits for weight loss and overall health, choose organic produce whenever possible. This salad is best when vegetables are chopped small and feta cheese is finely crumbled. Crumbling feta is easily accomplished by mashing with a fork.

Here is the basic recipe and it's variations for the Weight Loss Spinach Salad for two:

4 cups spinach

1 tbsp raw sunflower seeds

1/2 cup dried cranberries

2 tbsp mashed feta cheese

3 green onions or 1 stick celery or 1/2 green, red or yellow pepper or a combination of all three

1 vine tomato or 8 cherry or mixed cherry tomatoes

5 pcs broccoli and or cauliflower, chopped, with or without stems

3 tbsp balsamic vinaigrette dressing

Eating this salad with high protein foods such as baked chicken or fish is the perfect combination for effective weight loss. A smaller salad can be made and combined with additional low glycemic carbs such as brown rice or whole grain bread.

The best thing about the " slow carb" diet is that you won't lose muscle mass. High quality carbs are effective in the maintenance and building of lean muscle. Severely restricting calories with low carb diets causes the body to burn away muscle instead of fat. Loss of muscle slows the metabolism making it more difficult to burn away excess fat.

Besides helping you to reach your desired weight you will find that eating the Weight Loss Spinach Salad daily will improve your energy and overall health. To achieve the best weight loss results from the "slow carb" diet make sure you are avoiding unhealthy food and getting a good combination of aerobic and resistance exercise.