The South Beach Diet book became seriously successful when the diet book with the fitting name was finally published and grew with rapid succession among a grassroots following. Armed with dieting success stories to brag about, the South Beach Diet book, officially titled as, The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Loss, continues to grow in readership, but The South Beach Diet phase one continues to confuse readers.

The South Beach Diet phase one is designed to be the shortest of phases 1, 2 and 3 of the diet, only lasting for a two-week period. It was created to be confrontational, kick-start your body and how you think about how you diet from that now on. The myth to popular thinking and one of the stickier parts to Phase 1 of the South Beach Diet, you do not have to limit yourself only eating low carb foods.

In a nut-shell, Phase 1 force feeds you the thinking to: rid yourself of bad carbs that aren't doing anything nutritionally for yourself, replace the bad carbs that are abundant in the American diet with large amounts of protein, good fats and low glycemic index (G.I.) carbs that satisfy your hunger and balances your blood sugar.

Foods that cause you more harm rather than benefit: fruit, candy, cereal, potatoes, grains, etc. all are eliminated, or the dieter must wean themselves off of during The South Beach Diet phase one. A safe bet, if you should have any confusion, just eat all the salad, greens, and (most) vegetables you desire, as they are on target because of their nutritional benefit.

It is during this South Beach Diet Phase that Doctor Agatston believes that your body's resistance to insulin will lower, so depending on your body weight and condition, you may lose 2 to 9 pounds initially, even in the first 2 weeks, as your body begins to eliminate excess body weight.

The major goal of The South Beach Diet phase one two fold: to throw you into a routine that you stick with that keeps you free from hunger and to lay the groundwork for a mindset that ensures you rid yourself of the bad foods and gravitate towards the food that sheds pounds, deliver energy and improve your quality of life.

 

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Source: Jackie Black