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The South Beach Diet book became extremely successful as soon as the diet book with the obvious name was finally published and picked up with fast succession among friends, families and fellow dieters. Each with their own dieting success stories to tell everyone 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, is still growing in popularity, but The South Beach Diet phase one keeps confusing readers.

The South Beach Diet phase one is the shortest of all phases of the diet, lasting for a fourteen day period. It was created to be in your face, kick-start your body and your mindset about how you diet from that point on. The myth to readers' thinking and one of the stickier parts to Phase 1 of the South Beach Diet, you don't have to limit yourself only eating low carb foods.

In a nut-shell, Phase 1 instills in you the thinking to: get rid of bad carbs that are not doing anything nutritionally for yourself, substitute the bad carbs that are found in surplus in most American diets with ample amounts of protein, good fats and low glycemic index (G.I.) carbs that solves your hunger and balances your blood sugar.

Foods that do more harm 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 difficulty, just eat all the salad, greens, and (most) vegetables you desire, as they are right in line for dietary benefit.

It's during this stage that Doctor Agatston believes that one's body resistance to insulin will lower, so depending on your current weight and current health, you may lose 7 to 9 pounds initially, just in the first 2 weeks alone, as your body begins to eliminate surplus body weight.

The major purpose of The South Beach Diet phase one is 2-fold: to test and discipline you into a routine that you can manage which keeps you free from hunger and to lay the groundwork for a mindset that ensures you rid yourself of the bad foods and move towards the food that drops pounds, guarantee more energy and better your lifestyle.

A contributing author of the independently operated an up and coming healthy living tips web site, Dave Whitsom, strives to contribute with his readers the essentials of healthy living eating and its role in your quality of life.