Foods I can always enjoy

Foods I should avoid initially
Beef

  • Lean cuts, such as:
  • Sirloin (including ground)
  • Tenderloin
  • Top round

Poultry (skinless)

  • Cornish hen
  • Turkey bacon (2 slices per day)
  • Turkey and chicken breast
  • Low-fat turkey sausage (one serving per week)

Seafood

  • All types of fish and shellfish

Pork

  • Boiled ham
  • Canadian bacon
  • Tenderloin

Veal

  • Chop
  • Cutlet, leg
  • Top round

Lunchmeat

  • Fat-free or low-fat only

Cheese (fat-free or low-fat)

  • American
  • Chedder
  • Cottage cheese, 1-2% or fat-free
  • Cream cheese substitute, dairy-free
  • Feta
  • Mozzarella
  • Parmesan
  • Provolone
  • Ricotta
  • String

Nuts

  • Almonds, 15
  • Cashews, 15
  • Macadamias, 8
  • Peanut butter, 2 tbsps
  • Peanuts, 20 small
  • Pecan halves, 15
  • Pistachios, 30
 Eggs

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

Dairy

  • Milk, fat-free or 1%
  • Milk, soy, plain low-fat (4g of fat or less per serving)
  • Buttermilk, fat-free or 1%
  • Yogurt, plain fat-free

Tofu

  • Use soft, low-fat or lite varieties at contain 6 grams of fat or less per 2-3 oz serving

Vegetables

  • Artichokes
  • Asparagus
  • Beans
  • Broccoli
  • Cabbage
  • Celery
  • Collard greens
  • Lettuce (all varieties)
  • Mushrooms (all varieties)
  • Snow peas
  • Spinach
  • Sprouts, alfalfa
  • Tomatoes
  • Water chestnuts
  • Zucchini

Fats

  • Oil, canola and olive

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)

Sweets (limit to 75 calories per day)

  • Candies, hard, sugar-free
  • Chocolate powder, no sugar added
  • Cocoa powder, baking type
  • Fudgsicles, no sugar added
  • Gelatin, sugar-free
  • Gum, sugar-free
  • Popsicles, sugar-free
  • Sugar substitute
 Beef

  • Brisket
  • Liver (darn)
  • Other fatty cuts
  • Rib steaks

Poultry

  • Chicken, wings and legs
  • Duck
  • Goose
  • Poultry products, processed

Pork

  • Honey-baked ham

Veal

  • Breast

Cheese

  • Brie
  • Edam
  • Non-reduced fat

Vegetables

  • Beets
  • Carrots
  • Corn
  • Potatoes, white
  • Potatoes, sweet
  • Yams

Fruit

  • Avoid all fruits and fruit juices, including:
  • Apples
  • Apricots
  • Berries
  • Cantaloupe
  • Grapefruit
  • Peaches
  • Pears

Starches and carbs

  • Avoid all starchy food, including:
  • Bread, all types
  • Cereal
  • Matzo
  • Oatmeal
  • Rice, all types
  • Pasta, all types
  • Pastry and baked goods, all types

Dairy

  • Yogurt, cup-style and frozen
  • Ice cream
  • Milk, whole or 2%

Ensuring you have NO fun

  • Alcohol of any kind

Foods I can have eventually

Foods I should have rarely
Starches (use sparingly)

  • Bagels, small, whole grain
  • Bread
    • multigrain
    • oat and bran
    • rye
    • whole wheat
  • Cereal
    • Fiber One
    • Kellogg’s Extra-Fiber All Bran
    • Oatmeal (not instant)
    • Other high-fiber
  • Muffins
    • Bran
    • sugar-free (no raisins)
  • Pasta, whole wheat
  • Peas, green
  • Pita
    • stone-ground
    • whole wheat
  • Popcorn
  • Potato, small, sweet
  • Rice
    • brown
    • wild

Dairy

  • Yogurt, non-fat flavoured, artificially sweetened
 Fruit

  • Apples
  • Apricots
    • dried
    • fresh
  • Bananas
  • Blueberries
  • Cherries
  • Grapes
  • Kiwi
  • Mangoes
  • Oranges
  • Peaches
  • Pears
  • Plums
  • Strawberries

Vegetables

  • Barley
  • Beans, pinto
  • Black-eyed Peas
  • Carrots

Miscellaneous

  • Chocolate (sparingly)
  • Pudding
    • fat-free
    • sugar-free
  • Wine, red or white
 Starches and Breads

  • Bagel, refined wheat
  • Bread, refined wheat or white
  • Cookies
  • Cornflakes
  • Matzo
  • Pasta, white flour
  • Potatoes
    • baked (white)
    • instant
  • Rice cakes
  • Rice, white
  • Rolls, dinner

Vegetables

  • Beets (darn)
  • Corn
  • White potatoes

Fruit

  • Canned fruit, juice packed
  • Fruit juice
  • Pineapple
  • Raisins
  • Watermelon

Miscellaneous

  • Honey
  • Ice cream
  • Jam