The South Beach Diet Phase 1: A Dieter's Guide
The South Beach Diet book became extremely successful when the diet book with the fitting name was finally published and picked up with rapid succession among friends, families and fellow dieters. Armed with their own 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 popularity, but the South Beach Diet Phase 1 keeps confusing readers.
The South Beach Diet Phase 1 is designed to be the shortest of phases 1, 2 and 3 of the diet, only lasting for a two-week period. It was designed to be confrontational, kick-start your body and your mindset about how you diet from that point 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 instills in you the thinking to: rid yourself of bad carbs that aren’t doing anything nutritionally for yourself, replace the bad carbs that are found in surplus in the American diet with large amounts of protein, good fats and low glycemic index (G.I.) carbs that satisfy your hunger and regulate your blood sugar balance.
Foods that cause you more harm rather than benefit: fruit, candy, cereal, potatoes, grains, etc. all are to be eliminated, or the dieter must wean themselves off of during the South Beach Diet Phase 1. A safe bet, if you should have any confusion, just consume all the salad, greens, and (most) vegetables you desire, as they are on target for nutritional benefit.
It is during this stage that Dr. Agatston has proven that one’s body resistance to insulin will go down, thus depending on your current weight and condition, you may lose 7 to 8 pounds initially, initially in the first two weeks alone, as your body begins to eliminate extra body weight.
The major goal of the South Beach Diet Phase 1 has two objectives: to push 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 get rid of the bad foods and move toward the food that will shed pounds, deliver energy and improve your quality of life.
Discovering no b.s. health content and healthy resources about the healthy lifestyle you want to achieve, is not as hard as you think. No matter your interest: from water conservation to alternative health dieting tips you can’t find in a book, you name it. Committing a healthy life is not sacrificial, or at all life altering if you do not want it to be, nor must you have to forgo all the tastes, living like a rock star lifestyle and adventure you now appreciate as often is the misconception.
- Thor Daniels
Tags: Hospitality Recreation, bad carbs, nut shell, good fats, Low-carbohydrate diet, south beach diet phase, diet phase 1Originally posted 2008-01-15 22:01:41.
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