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The South Beach Diet book became tremendously successful when the diet book with the fitting name was published and picked up with fast succession among a dedicated inner circle. Armed with dieting success stories 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, continues to grow in popularity, but The South Beach Diet phase one continues to confuse readers.

The South Beach Diet phase one is designed to be the shortest of all phases of the diet, only lasting for a fourteen day period. It was designed to be in your face, kick-start your body and how you think about dieting from that now on. The myth to popular thinking and one of the harder to understand 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 ample 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 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, is to consume all the salad, greens, and (most) vegetables you want, as they are right in line for dietary benefit.

It's during Phase 1 that Dr. Agatston believes that one's body resistance to insulin will decrease, thus depending on your current weight and current health, you may lose 3 to 9 pounds initially, just in the first 2 weeks right off the bat, as your body begins to eliminate extra body weight.

The major purpose of The South Beach Diet phase one is two fold: to throw you into a routine that you stick with which keeps you feeling full and to plant a seed and the groundwork for a frame of mind that ensures you rid yourself of the bad foods and gravitate towards the food that sheds pounds, guarantee more energy and improve your lifestyle.