Phase I

I've gotten a few questions about exactly what we  can  eat on this diet, so here's a bit of clarity for those of you who are interested. The diet is broken up into three separate phases, with the first phase being the most restrictive. As you move into the second and third phase, you add more and more foods back into your diet. You can always go to the  official web site to learn way more than what I've got here, but here's a snapshot of what's allowed in the first phase:

Meat:

• beef
• lamb
• venison
• goat
• liver and heart
• veal
• buffalo
• elk

Fish:

• salmon
• tuna
• scrod
• haddock
• pompano
• trout
• orange roughy
• snapper
• herring
• whitefish
• halibut
• cod
• grouper
• mahi mahi
• wahoo
• tilapia
• sea bass
• mackerel
• sole
• sardines

Poultry:

• chicken
• guinea fowl
• duck
• turkey 
• cornish game hen
• chicken or turkey bacon (organic and nitrate free)
• chicken or turkey sausage (organic and nitrate free, only in small amounts)

Eggs:

• chicken eggs
• duck eggs

Dairy:

• goat's milk yogurt
• homemade kefir from goat's milk
• soft goat's milk cheese
• goat's milk hard cheese
• sheep's milk hard cheeses

Fats and Oils:

• avocado
• extra-virgin coconut oil
• extra-virgin olive oil
• flaxseed oil
• hempseed oil
• goat's milk butter
• sesame oil
• coconut milk/cream
• cow's milk butter

Vegetables:

• broccoli
• asparagus
• cauliflower
• cabbage
• squash
• beets
• brussels sprouts
• carrots
• celery
• eggplant
• garlic
• okra
• spinach
• peas
• string beans
• artichoke
• leafy greens
• sprouts
• sea vegetables
• cucumber
• pumpkin
• onion
• lettuce
• mushrooms
• peppers
• tomatoes

Beans and legumes:

• small amounts of fermented soybean paste (miso)
• lentils

Nuts and seeds:

• almonds (raw)
• hempseed (raw)
• sunflower seeds (raw)
• pumpkinseeds (raw)
• almond butter (raw)
• Sunflower butter (raw)

Condiments, spices and seasonings:

• salsa
• guacamole
• salt
• all herbs and spices
• wasabe
• tomato sauce (no added sugar)
• apple cider vinegar
• mustard
• Omega-3 mayonnaise
• soy sauce (wheat free)
• organic flavoring extracts (vanilla, almond, etc)

Fruits:

• blueberries
• blackberries
• cherries
• lemon
• strawberries
• raspberries
• grapefruit
• lime

Beverages:

• purified water
• natural sparkling water, no carbonation added
• herbal teas
• raw vegetable juice
• lacto-fermented beverages
• coffee

Sweeteners:

• raw honey, no more than 1 Tbsp. per day

Miscellaneous:

• Goat's milk protein powder

So maybe you're looking at this and thinking "Hey, that's a pretty long list of stuff. Why is this girl complaining so much?" You need to look again. Duck eggs? Homemade kefir? Sea vegetables? Lacto-fermented beverages? Yeah, maybe other people have a different experience, but the majority of stuff on this list I will not be eating anytime soon. And I like goat cheese probably more than most people....but just because you like goat cheese, doesn't mean you should try putting goat's milk yogurt in a smoothie. Actually, let me be more clear: DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, EVEN IF YOU ARE SICK OF COCONUT MILK AND THINK IT WILL BE JUST FINE BECAUSE, HEY,  YOU LIKE GOAT CHEESE, PUT GOAT'S MILK YOGURT IN A SMOOTHIE. I'd rather drink something I squeezed out of Uriah's dirty diapers. It was disgusting in the weirdest of ways. 

Notice what's missing from this list? Any and all carbs or grains, in any form. No bread, no pasta, no oatmeal. That's one of the most difficult parts. 

Good thing this only lasts for two weeks.