Breakfast on Phase One of the South Beach Diet was our least favorite meal. It was the only difficult part of the diet. It's in Phase One that we get rid of our cravings for sweets and flour, so no fruit or bagels or muffins. It works, but, let me tell you, eating eggs or plain yogurt every morning is a drag.
What we did to get through this was a little bit of a cheat. We ate a small bowl of plain non-fat yogurt (Dannon tastes best in our opinion), and sprinkled a few plain, frozen blueberries on top. Just enough to give it some flavor. I figured the antioxidant value of blueberries justified it. And, if it kept us on Phase One, it was worth it. Then, we ate an egg or two. Usually, one egg yolk, mixed with three egg whites for the two of us. We sprinkled in some low-fat cheese (Cabot 50% reduced fat Cheddar is good). We're not big egg lovers and by the end of the two weeks, we couldn't face another egg. We just settled for the yogurt and berries, maybe with a piece of cheese on the side.
BTW, I know some people use a banana instead of blueberries. Potassium is a good excuse! Of course, if we found we weren't losing weight or our sugar cravings, we could have eliminated this little cheat, but we didn't have to. We were losing weight rapidly. All together, George lost 17 lbs. and I lost 7 lbs. in those first two weeks. Well worth it! ~~ Louise
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