Guarantee Your Success for Breakfast in Phase One Of the South Beach Diet
The South Beach Diet’s Phase One is the most difficult part of the diet. It can also show some of the most rewarding results. If you are careful to rid your diet of all carbs in the first phase you can lose a lot of pounds before moving onto the second phase. Losing the carb cravings is the goal for this phase and I will give you some tips to get you through this phase successfully. Success is different for each meal in the SBD so I am going to break down my success tips according to the meal, in different posts.
We will start with breakfast.
During this two week phase, the ingestion of bad carbohydrates is limited as much as possible. The South Beach Diet relies on the Glycemic Index. The lower the number on the Glycemic Index the less bad carbohydrates makeup the food.
The amount that the food raises your blood sugar compared to the how much the same amount of white bread would raise your blood sugar is the Glycemic Index number of that food.
The foods with high Glycemic Index (GI) numbers would raise your blood sugar very fast and then cause the levels to drop as fast. Not only should they be avoided for success when on the South Beach Diet, they also cause a drop in performance levels. The drop in blood sugar causes fatigue and makes you have to work harder to get through the day. A high GI numbered
Waffles have a index number of 109. Even Corn Brand which you think would be a very healthy breakfast has an index of 107. Total cereal is 109.
If you love cereal and feel like you are missing it on Phase 1 of the South Beach Diet, you should consider Rice Bran cereal. It’s GI is a lowly 27. That is lower than every bean except Soybean at 23 GI. The Rice Bran cereal is very good and I found it was great to have an alternative to the other breakfasts. One can only have bacon and eggs so many days in a row. Uncle Sam is also a very good cereal that works well in Phase One. It is a high-fiber cereal, so portion accordingly.
Low fat yogurt is a great breakfast item that fits in very well for the South Beach Diet Phase One. It has a super low 20 GI. I used to not be a big yogurt fan, but now I eat yogurt with some of the low GI cereal. I basically substituted the yogurt for the milk. It makes a great crunchy snack. (I do this when I make my South Beach Diet Ice Cream recipe. I will share that with you soon.)
The successful way to handle breakfast during Phase One is to put variety into your mornings. Many people are not morning people and when you add the rush that most of us have to do to get out the door, it is very easy to cheat and have a high GI food. Make most of your breakfast the night before if you fall into this category.
You can get through Phase One breakfasts. Vary your food, so you don’t get bored and remember: It’s only two weeks.
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