South Beach Diet

[Tigger7570]

Hi Everyone:
DH and I are planning to start South Beach Diet tomorrow. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for breakfast for me as I do not eat eggs because I have never liked them in any form. Once we are out of the first two weeks I will be able to have some pita bread for breakfast or fruit, but until then, I have a challenge. Thanks for any help.

 

[sha_lyn]

I'm on Atkins and my favorite breakfast is Ketos Strawberry and creme hot cereal. 3 net carb grams a serving.

 

[Lisa F]

Since South Beach Diet is pretty different from atkins. The point of the stricter phase I is to detox your body and I think it would be against the diet to use these highly processed foods, even if they are low carb highly processed foods. Dr. Agatston advocates getting your nutrition from whole foods. It is also a diet low in saturated fat so you need to watch that about many "low carb" products as well. When it's time to add carbs back, the best hot cereal for you is oatmeal (not the instant kind). On SBD we don't count carbs, we just have limited good carbs combined with plenty of lean protein and limited good fats.

I'm not a big fan of eggs myself, so I generally just have something I do like for breakfast. It's not the eggs that are important, but having protein with a little fat and some veggies. Sometimes I have leftovers from the night before. I figure I used to have a bagel with cream cheese and lox so having leftover salmon isn't bad. I also make chicken salad with poached chicken breast, some diced onion, salt, pepper and low fat mayo and keep it in the fridge, I like that for breakfast. The ricotta dessert isn't just for dessert, it makes a wonderful breakfast. Sometimes I add some eggs to the recipe (1 egg per cup of ricotta) and bake the whole thing like a cheesecake and have a slice of that for breakfast. Basically don't limit yourself to "breakfast" foods, eat what you like!

Lisa

 

[sha_lyn]

I don't see how a hot fiber and soy protein hot cereal is highly processed. You would be getting much more toxins from eggs unless you are eating organic ones. They are very high in pesticides, antibiotics and synthetic hormones.

 

[JCJRSmith]

At the end of the phase one in the book, Dr Agatston gives you a list of foods to enjoy and foods to avoid. If you don't find the recipes or menus in the book to be to your liking, substitute from the "Foods to Enjoy" list:

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

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

MILK/DAIRY
Low-fat (fat-free and 1%)
Low-fat plain soy milk (4 grams of fat or less per serving)
1% or fat-free buttermilk
Fat-free plain yogurt


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


LAMB (Remove all visible fat)
Center Cut
Chop
Loin

LUNCHMEAT
Fat-free or low-fat only


MEAT SUBSTITUTES (SOY BASED)
Bacon - Limit to 2 slices per day
Burger - < 3 gms fat per 2-3 oz portion
Chicken Patties & Nuggets - < 3 gms fat per 2-3 oz portion
Hot Dogs - < 3 gms fat per 2-3 oz portion
Natural Peanut Butter - 2 Tbsp (may use as protein choice or limited nut choice)
Sausage Pattie - Limit 1 patty per day
Seiten
Soy Crumbles
Soy Nuts - 1/4 cup for a protein snack is suggested serving
Tempeh
Yuba

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
All varieties

VEAL
Chop
Cutlet, leg
Top round

Vegetable Choices
(includes legumes)
(May use fresh, frozen or canned without added sugar)
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
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

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
Grapeseed
Safflower
Soybean

NUTS
Almonds, 15
Brazil, 4
Cashews, 15
Peanut butter, 2 TBS
Peanuts, 20 small
Pecans, 15
Pine Nuts (Pignolia), 1 ounce
Pistachios, 30
Macadamia, 8
Walnuts, 15

 

[Tigger7570]

Thanks everyone. Especially, thank you for JCJRSmith, those extra choices will help me out a lot. The hardest meal for me for the next two weeks will be breakfast. The other meals I can find plenty to pick from off the list that is in the book plus what JCJRSmith gave me. I can definitely do something with the fat free plain yogart for breakfast. Again, thanks and any other ideas anyone may have for the first two weeks I would love to hear.

 

[K and K's Mommy]

Tigger 7570 - I like to make the breakfast porridge which is in the recipe section of this board. Since it is Atkins, you can substitue light ricotta and either lowfat milk or fat free half and half. My DH eats cottage cheese for breakfast, but I don't like it without fruit on it which is not allowed in Phase 1. I am not sure if this is allowed on SBD because of the higher fat content, but I bought some frozen precooked sausages. I eat them every once in awhile.

 

[ZerasPride]

Tigger - I don't have any breakfast suggestions for you, other than what's already been mentioned, but I do want to welcome you to the Beach!

 

[dawgsgirl]

I am just finishing up my first 2 weeks on the SBD. I tried the eggs for breakfast, but it just wasn't working. So--I used Canadian Bacon as a wrap around a slice of fat free sharp cheddar cheese. A couple of these make a great breakfast and are easy and quick. Good luck on the SBD. I am loving it!

 

[Lisa F]

Originally posted by sha_lyn
I don't see how a hot fiber and soy protein hot cereal is highly processed.

In Phase I of SBD, you should be getting your fiber from fresh veggies and your protein from lean meats, low fat cheese, beans and yes, those horrible eggs that you mentioned (I don't eat eggs anyway, and neither does the OP). How do you turn fiber and soy into "strawberry and creme hot cereal" if not by processing it?

SBD is not Atkins. I know lots of people have tremendous success on Atkins, but they are not the same program (though granted, the big idea behind Atkins is also in SBD, but Dr. Agatston takes it a few steps further). If you are interested in Dr. Agatston's theory about how processed foods (albeit the low fat kind) has made americans fat, you should check out the book. It's a pretty interesting read and I happen to agree with it. I always wonder where all of these low carb foods that are flooding the market will leave the american people in another generation or two. Give me a bowl of good old fashioned steel-cut oats over a "fiber and soy" concoction any day.

Regardless about how you feel about such products, they are not appropriate for phase I, which is the strictest part of the program.

 

[sha_lyn]

How do you turn fiber and soy into "strawberry and creme hot cereal" if not by processing it?

In your first post you said highly processed. Yes it is processed, just like cheese, milk etc is. If you were truly not allowed anything that had been processed at all then many of the items you listed would not be allowed.

 

[Lisa F]

Yes, I think turning "fiber" and "soy", two things that in no way resemble hot cereal, into something that is a "low carb" substitute for a whole food (oatmeal) is IMO highly processed. You are free to disagree, but this is one of the finer points that distinguishes the SBD from Atkins. We are encouraged to make the whole food choice when available. I realize that regular oatmeal is probably too carby for those who follow atkins, but it's not for phase 2 of south beach. Please, if you are on Atkins, enjoy your hot fiber soy stuff by all means. It's not appropriate for phase I at the very least on SBD, and on phase 2, I would choose to have oatmeal rather than fake oatmeal made with soy based on the ideas in Dr. Agatston's book.