Foods I limit...

Even though you eat fresh fruits and vegetables, there are certain veggies and fruit that have a higher sugar/starch content than others. When choosing your meals, be careful not to overload your meal or day with foods that have higher starch contents. Instead, spread them out over the course of the week, eating these foods only 3-4 times a week. 

THE VEGGIES:

The highest starch content:

Corn

Beans - all but green or wax
Dried Peas
Parsnips
Potatoes (red seem to do better than russett)

Sweet Potatoes and Yams

Close to the highest:
Artichokes
Beets

Carrots

Green Peas

Onions

Pumpkin

Rutabaga

Turnips

Winter squash

Veggies you can have more often:

Asparagus

Bean sprouts

Green or wax beans

Broccoli

Brussels sprouts

Cabbage

Cauliflower

Celery

Chicory

Cucumbers

Escarole

Eggplant

Greens (beet, chard, collard, dandelion, kale, mustard, spinach, turnip)

Lettuce

Mushrooms

Okra

Peppers (red or green)

Radishes

Sauerkraut

Summer squash

Tomatoes

Watercress

FRUITS:

Pineapple and watermelon seem to have higher amounts of sugar verses apples and peaches. Here's the glycemic index for fruit if you want to check it out yourself: http://www.lowglycemicdiet.com/fruitsgi.html. Whatever fruit you have, eat it with your meal rather than as a snack and you'll be fine.

OTHER THINGS TO AVOID or Limit:

Whey proteins and vegetable protein meat substitutes

Cream soups or anything that comes from a can!

Pancakes, waffles, sweet rolls, coffee cake, and doughnuts

~If you want waffles or pancakes, make them with whole wheat or buckwheat flours and eat them with fruit and peanut butter rather than syrup

Ice cream, sherbet, sweetened gelatin (jello), custards and puddings, pie, pastries, candies, chocolate, cake and cookies

Jelly, sugar, honey, molasses, candy, coconut

Sweet pickles

~Please don't freak out after reading this... once you get a handle on the foods you eat, I'll share with you some "sweet" recipes that you can have for special occasions that taste wonderful but don't have all the sugar and processed goods.

MORE THINGS I CAN HAVE!:

All meats, fish, and poultry

Eggs ... anyway you like them

Homemade cream/cheese sauces

Jelly made from real fruit and sweetened with fruit juices

Butter and oils

Milk and cream... yes, even sour cream in limited quantities

Dill pickles, olives, hollandaise sauce (homemade), butter sauces

Herbs, spices, flavorings, lemon, mustard, vinegars, etc...

Anything you can make from scratch, that isn't high in starch, is on the okay list!