Phase 2 South Beach Diet, Filled with Enthusiasm Here We Arrive!
Forgive me for being skeptical, but major enthusiasm for a diet? Phase 2 South Beach Diet here we come! Now that you’ve finished Phase 1, your body is prepared for the rest of the diet.
Phase 2 is the longest phase. Phase 2 will last until you have reached the goal of your diet plan. How long will this last? Like snowflakes, people are different and there’s no set answer to how long it will take an individual to reach their desired weight.
Following the plan of the diet is critical to success. Unnecessary weeks could be wasted by not adhering to the plan, thus keeping you from reaching your weight-loss goal at a much earlier date.
Don’t forget how important your body fits into the equation of a successful diet. The relationship between your body and the diet; is not that a key to success? What sort of exercises are you doing in addition? Water is integral to health, are you drinking enough?
Your diet got a great start with Phase 1. You probably lost somewhere between 8 and 13 pounds. Carbs and sweets were a casualty of your Phase 1 diet. A huge advantage you learned from Phase 1 was to eat healthier food. Bad food often is eliminated from one’s diet before Phase 2 is begun.
Unlike Phase 1, there are many dietary options available to those who move on into the second phase of the diet. In some ways, “What Phase 1 Taketh Away, Phase 2 Will Bring Back”. Listening to what your body is telling you is key in Phase 2, which is less restrictive in nature than Phase 1.
As you add in carbs, watch how you feel. Do you crave sugar or more carbs? Does your body feel weak because its energy has been depleted? Eat other foods, if any of the aforementioned questions generate red flags in your thinking.
The whole plan with Phase 2 is to introduce carbs back in, finding what works for your body. Diet plans, though many in number, cannot achieve success for all who use them.
Most diets fail for that very reason.
Different bodies handle carbs differently! Determining how carbs impact your body is a cornerstone to why Phase 2 is a longer process than Phase 1.
You need carbs, but factors as to how they best can be used include:
- Help you lose weight.
- Not crave bad foods.
- Help you maintain an increased energy level throughout the day.
How do you find the exact right amount of carbs to take to accomplish these? The key is to gradually add carbs to your diet until a craving arises. At this juncture, you have exceeded your personal carb limit. Back off from that point a little and you have your ideal level.
Each week, you will slowly add back in the carbs, bit by bit. Getting you back into the carb-eating arena might be, during the first week, fruit after lunch or, for breakfast, a high fiber cereal. Your carb consumption will double on the second week, possibly one carb after lunch and a second carb after dinner. Let your body govern your decisions as you sample a third carb during the third week of Phase 2.
Planning to lose 1-2 pounds a week in a diet isn’t a short term sprint, but a marathon. The potential to keep off the weight you lose is enhanced if this diet is used as it was designed to be used.
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