Getting Back on Track

Well it is time..... We are getting back on track with our South Beach Diet.  We started the diet back in April and fell apart a little more than a week into it, although we did lose some significant weight.  We are starting again this Sunday with Phase I (No Carbs, No Sugar Phase).  In April I started out at 153.3 pounds and got down to 145.7 pounds in 8 days.  We will weigh in on Sunday but Im averaging 148.8 pounds most days lately and most of my clothes that fit are a size 12.  Aaron is doing the diet as well, in fact he is the one pushing to get us back on track but he isn't a fan of telling everyone his weight so I'll only post how much he has lost.  In Phase I you lose mostly water weigh, which I don't have much of post colonoscopy so I may not see much weight loss.  What will we be eating you wonder, well here it is:

Phase I

Meat

Lean Cuts of Beef

Tenderloin

Skinless Chicken

Skinless Turkey

All Seafood

Boiled Ham

Canadian Bacon

Pork Tenderloin

Veal (chop/cutlet)

Low-fat-free Deli Meat

No Baked Ham

No Ribs

No Duck

Low-Fat or Fat-Free Cheese

American

Cheddar

Cottage Cheese

Feta

Mozzarella

Parmesan

Provolone

Ricotta

String

Swiss

Nuts

Natural peanut butter, 1 tsp

Peanuts, 20 small

Pecan halves. 15

Pistachios, 30

Eggs

No limits

Tofu

No limits

Fats

Olive Oil

Canola Oil

Dairy

None (although this is not clear, the book says none but then the Phase I recipes use skim and low-fat milk)

Veggies and Legumes

No Beets

No Carrots

No Corn

No Potatoes

Tomatoes (1 per meal)

No Yams

All green veggies

Turnips

Onion

Bell Peppers

Zucchini

Summer Squash

Spices Etc

No added Sugar spices

Broth

Extracts

Horseradish sauce

I can’t believe its not butter spray

Smart Balance Spread

Pepper (any kind)

Sweets

Limited to 75 cal/day

Sugar Free Hard Candy

Sugar Free Popsicles

Sugar Free Jell-O

Sugar Substitute

Sugar Free Fudgsicles

Fruit

None, except Avocado

Starch and Carbs

None

No Processed Foods

(No ketchup, mayo, jelly, jam or any processed/fatty/sugar/carb food)