Cycle 2 Food List

Cycle 2 of the 17 Day Diet (also known as the Activate Cycle) focuses on resetting your metabolism.  Your body naturally wants to preserve its fat and Cycle 2 helps keep your body in fat-burning mode by confusing your body with alternate high and low caloric days.  Cycle 2 helps keep you from experiencing weight loss plateaus as a result of confusing your body.

In Cycle 2 of the 17 Day Diet, you’ll alternate between Cycle 1 Accelerate days with Cycle 2 Activate days.

Proteins

Same as Cycle 1, but add in the following:

Seafood:

Shellfish**
Clams
Crab
Mussels
Oysters
Scallops
Shrimp

Lean Cuts of Meat:

Flank Steak
Top Sirloin Steak
Top Round
Eye of the round
Beef round tip
Beef top sirloin
Beef top loin
Lean ground beef
Pork Tenderloin
Pork sirloin chops
Pork boneless loin roast
Pork top or center loin chops
Lamb shanks
Lamb sirloin roast
Veal cutlet

Natural Starches

(all to be eaten  prior to 2pm)

Grains: (1 serving = ½ cup)
Amaranth
Barley, pearled
Brown rice
Bulgar
Couscous
Cream of wheat
Grits
Longer rain rice, such as basmati
Millet
Oat bran
Old-fashioned oatmeal
Quinoa

Legumes: (1 Serving = ½ cup)

Black beans
Black-eyed peas
Butter beans
Garbanzo beans (chickpeas)
Great northern beans
Kidney beans
Lentils
Lima beans, baby
Navy beans
Peas
Pinto beans
Soy beans
Split peas

Starchy Vegetables:

Breadfruit (1 serving = 1 cup)
Corn (1 serving = ½ cup)
Potato (1 serving = 1 medium)
Pumpkin (1 serving = 1/2 cup)**
Sweet potato (1 serving = 1 medium)
Taro (1 serving = ½ cup)
Winter squashes (acorn, spaghetti, butternut, etc) (1 serving = 1 cup)
Yam (1 serving = 1 medium)

Cleansing Vegetables

(same foods as Cycle 1)

Low-Sugar fruits

(same foods as Cycle 1)

Probiotics

(same foods as Cycle 1)

Friendly Fats

(same foods as Cycle 1)

Condiments

Condiments and seasonings are allowed in moderation:

Salsa
Low-carb marinara sauce
Lite soy sauce
Low-carb ketchup
Fat-free sour cream
Low-fat
Low sodium broth
Truvia or Nectresse** (a non-caloric sweeteners made from natural ingredients)
Sugar-free jams and jellies
Vegetable cooking-spray
Fat-free cheeses (i.e. parmesan)
Fat-free salad dressing
Salt
Pepper
Vinegar
Mustard
Herbs
Spices