South Beach Diet - All foods allowed in the First 2 week phase
The first 2 weeks of the South Beach Diet are critical and only allow certain foods. This phase restricts your eating by eliminating all the BAD carbs - refined starch, sugar, potatoes, rice, bread etc..
You are allowed to eat as much as you want of any of the food groups below, there is no calorie counting or keeping track of what you eat. You are encouraged to only eat UNTIL you feel satisfied.
What can you eat on the South Beach Diet? Here is a list: for foods approved during the first 2 week phase.
Phase I: Authorized foods
- Beef: Lean cuts, such as sirloin (including ground), tenderloin, top round
- Poultry (skinless): Cornish hen, turkey bacon (two slices per day), turkey and chicken breast
- Seafood: All types of fish and shellfish (Shrimp,clams,oysters)
- Pork: Broiled ham, Canadian Bacon, Tenderloin
- Veal: Chop, cutlet, leg; top round
- Lunchmeat: Fat-free or low-fat only
- 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
- Nuts: Almonds (15), peanut butter (1 tsp), peanuts (20 small), pecan halves (15), pistachios (30)
- Dairy: Milk (lowfat or nonfat), Yogurt (lowfat or nonfat PLAIN), unsweetened or sucralose sweetened soy milk.
- Eggs: The use of eggs is not restricted unless otherwise noted by your physician. Use egg whites and egg substitute as desired
- Tofu: Use soft, low-fat or lite varieties
- Vegetables: Artichokes, asparagus, beans (black, butter, chickpeas, green, Italian, kidney, lentils, lima, pigeon, soy, split peas, wax), broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, collard greens, cucumbers, eggplant, lettuce (all varieties), mushrooms (all varieties), snow peas, spinach, sprouts (alfalfa), turnips, water chestnuts, zucchini
- Fats: Canola oil, olive oil
- 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, pepper (black, cayenne, red, white) Sweet treats (limit to 75 calories per day): Candies (hard, sugar-free), chocolate powder (no-sugar-added), cocoa powder (baking type), sugar-free fudgsicles, sugar-free gelatin, sugar-free gum, sugar-free popsicles, sugar substitute.