Phase 1 (2 weeks of missing fruit!)

Phase 1 lasts 2 weeks and is the hardest because you're basically detoxing your body of all the sugars and bad carbs. It's the strictest and the hardest and you get crabby in those 1st few days but its worth it once you get past the first few days and you will notice that you don't even crave the food that you used to eat all the time.

Here is the list of foods to enjoy:

BEEF Lean cuts, such as:

Eye of Round

Ground beef:

Extra Lean (96/4)

Lean (92/8)

Sirloin (90/10)

Tenderloin

Top Loin

Top Round

LAMB (Remove all visible fat)

Center Cut

Chop

Loin

PORK

Boiled ham

Canadian bacon

Loin

Tenderloin

POULTRY (SKINLESS)

Cornish hen

Turkey bacon (2 slices per day)

Turkey and chicken breast

SEAFOOD

All types of fish and shellfish

TOFU

Use soft, low-fat or lite varieties

VEAL

Chop

Cutlet, leg

Top round

EGGS

The use of whole eggs is not limited unless otherwise directed by your doctor. Use egg whites and egg substitute if desired.

LUNCHMEAT

Fat-free or low-fat only

VEGGIES

Artichokes

Asparagus

Beans, Green

Beans, Italian

Beans, Wax

Beans or Legumes:

Black Beans

Butter Beans

Chickpeas or Garbanzo

Pigeon Peas

Soy Beans

Split Peas

Broccoli

Bok Choy

Cabbage

Cauliflower

Celery

Collard Greens

Cucumbers

Eggplant

Lettuce (All varieties)

Juice (Limit to 6 ounces per day)

Tomato

V-8

Mushrooms

Mustard Greens

Okra

Onion - Limit to 1/2 per day

Peppers (All varieties)

Pickles - Dill or those sweetened with Splenda®

Radishes (All varieties)

Rhubarb

Sauerkraut

Snow peas

Spinach

Sprouts, Alfalfa

Squash, Spaghetti

Squash, Summer

Yellow

Zucchini

Tomato - Limit to 1 whole or 10 cherry per serving

FAT CHOICES (with some suggested serving sizes) The following monounsaturated oils are recommended to be consumed daily:

Olive Oil

Canola Oil

Other Oil Choices that may be chosen (Polyunsaturated or a blend of Monounsaturated):

Corn

Enova

Grape seed

Safflower

Soybean

OTHER FAT CHOICES:

Avocado - 1/3 whole = 1 TBS oil

Guacamole - ½ cup = 1 TBS oil

Margarine - Chose those that do not contain Trans Fatty Acids such as Fleishmann's Premium Olive Oil or Smart Balance

Mayonnaise - Regular or Low Fat

Olives (Green or Ripe) 15 = 1/2 TBS

Salad Dressing - Use those < 3 gms sugar per serving

DAIRY

Low-fat (1 percent) or fat-free milk or soy milk

Plain or sugar-free low-fat or fat-free yogurt

Fat-free half & half

CHEESE (FAT-FREE OR LOW-FAT)

American

Cheddar

Cottage cheese, 1-2% or fat-free

Cream cheese substitute, dairy-free

Feta

Mozzarella

Parmesan

Provolone

Ricotta

String

TOPPINGS & SAUCES use sparingly (check labels for added sugar)

Hot Sauce

Salsa - Limit to 2 TBS during phase 1

Soy Sauce - 1/2 TBS

Steak Sauce - 1/2 TBS

Worcestershire Sauce - 1 TBS

Whipped Topping (Light) - 2 TBS

SPICES AND SEASONINGS

All spices that contain no added sugar

Broth

Extracts (almond, vanilla, or others)

Horseradish sauce

I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! Spray

Lemon Juice

Lime Juice Pepper (black, cayenne, red, white)

SWEET TREATS (Limit to 75 calories per day)

Candies, hard, sugar-free

Chocolate powder, no-added-sugar

Cocoa powder, baking type

Fudgsicles, sugar-free

Gelatin, sugar-free

Gum, sugar-free

Popsicles, sugar-free

Sugar substitute Some Sugar Free

At our house string cheese and sugar free fudgsicles are a must at all times. I remember after eating breakfast one day I was craving something sweet and ate a fudgesicle just to get me through the day…it worked and eventually I didn’t need that sweetness to get me started!