The South Beach Diet Phase 1: The Inside Skinny

by Thor Daniels

The South Beach Diet book became seriously successful as soon as the diet book with the obvious name was published and picked up with fast succession among a grassroots following. Each with dieting successes to brag about, the South Beach Diet book, authored by Doctor Arthur Agatston, The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Loss, is still growing in popularity, but the South Beach Diet Phase 1 continues to confuse readers.

The South Beach Diet Phase 1 is the shortest of phases 1, 2 and 3 of the diet, lasting for a two-week period. It was created to be intense, kick-start your body and your mindset about eating from that point on. The opposite to popular thinking and one of the more difficult to grasp parts to Phase 1 of the South Beach Diet, you don't have to hold yourself back only eating low carb foods.

In a nut-shell, Phase 1 force feeds you the thinking to: rid yourself of bad carbs that are not doing anything nutritionally for yourself, replace the bad carbs that are overwhelming in quantity in most American diets with large amounts of protein, good fats and low glycemic index (G.I.) carbs that entertain your hunger and regulate your blood sugar balance.

Foods that do more harm rather than benefit: fruit, candy, cereal, potatoes, grains, etc. all are to be eliminated, or the dieter must phase themselves off of during the South Beach Diet Phase 1. If in doubt, if you should have any confusion, is to consume as much salad, greens, and (most) vegetables you want, as they are right in line because of their dietary benefit.

It is during this South Beach Diet Phase that Dr. Agatston has proven that your body's resistance to insulin will lower, so depending on your current weight and condition, you may lose 4 to 15 pounds initially, initially in the first 2 weeks alone, as your body begins to shed excess body weight.

The major goal of the South Beach Diet Phase 1 is 2-fold: to throw you into a routine that you stick with which keeps you from being hungry and to plant a seed and the groundwork for a frame of mind that ensures you rid yourself of the bad foods and move toward the food that will shed pounds, guarantee more energy and improve your quality of life.

Tapping into no b.s. health content and real resources about the healthy lifestyle you want to adopt, is not 'brain surgery'. No matter your interest: from blending up a favorite banana smoothie recipe to how to eat yourself thinner, you name it. Adopting a healthy life need not be sacrificial, or at all life altering if you do not want it to be, nor is it mandatory that you have to sacrifice all the tastes, fun and adventure you have grown to love as much of the time, is the misconception.

Published December 8th, 2007

Filed in Fitness, Health, Women

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