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Hi DVANDA, you need to take the recipes choices of your menu planner, stick to plain foods you can find easy and add other when you source them. There also a refresh button on each food item on your menu which will give you a list of what you can swap with, i.e other fruit or card options. Ossie is the online dietian who will answer your ratio question when she sees you post, but in the mean time your time getting to know the site and food items, once you get more used to it you can add more recipes when you have time. I’m a very plain eater and for the first 2 weeks only ate porridge, fruit and a yogurt for breakfast, 2 ryecrist bread with banana for snack, tuna or chicken, green beans with my cards portion for lunch, a piece of fruit for snack, a similar dinner to lunch and nuts for my night snack. Remember drink your water, and add as much free veggies (listed at the end of the menu planner) if you every get hungry. If you need any other help always put up a post there always someone around to help out, good luck on your personal plan.

PAULA, just seem your post, so glad to read the up date on your work, good luck with the new project. Spring is in full swing here so hope it reaches you quick as after all the snow you got you deserve a supper summer spring, take care

Hi Jackie, thanks for the reply!
And Ossie I look forward to your advice! 🙂

My computer has been down for a few days, so I have not been online. However, I want to report that when I stepped on the scales today, I was down another pound…that makes 11 pounds for me so far! It still is very slow, but seems to be “sure”. I’ve been on the program since January 28, 2013.
While the computer was down, I rearranged my whole house. My computer was in this cabinet, which was very difficult to access all the plugs to the computer. I get so stressed every time something goes wrong with it and I have to struggle to get behind the cabinet and in between the cubby holes to disconnect everything. So this time I threw the towel in! I now have my computer in my bedroom on a desk and purchased a small table to accomodate all the aparatus. I took the large cabinet out of my living room, put it in my guest room, and filled it with all my CDs and DVDs, which were in tacky metal holders in my front room. I brought an over-stuffed chair out of my master bedroom, added it to my livng room, and love the new effect! It has made my front room much more cozy and inviting! So good things do come with hard work! lol
Ossie…I have a question for you. I occasionally make the coco banana pancakes (which I love), but when I first made them I didn’t have any rice flour so I used my oat flour. I have since bought the rice flour, but still prefer the pancakes made with oat flour. Does it matter which one I use? I always blend up a few strawberries to put on them and they are so yummy!
Have a great day, everyone! And good luck with this program!

Hi, davande01. What you are requesting absolutely is in progress as I type. The team is putting the final touches on the print function, so stay tuned…
You will probably find that it is similar to diabetic food guides, but with a minimal level of food combining based on the latest medical research. Basically, just to combine carbohydrates with proteins as much as possible, and when not, that the carbohydrate is a good source of fiber.
If you don’t want as many recipes, be sure to click on the box that asks how if you want just a few recipes – very important! I have also requested that more options be given for exchanges; in the meantime, however, just swap out whatever you want from the same food group as listed in the Menu Planner.
For recipes, go for anything with “Classic,” “Homemade,” “Basic,” or “Simple” in the title – those are our most popular for most folks. As for your own, once the Menu Planner adds exchanges to our menus, you can start planning your own recipes; in the meantime, however, try swapping out similar recipes.

Ossie,
I think you missed my question…I was wondering if I could substitute oat flour for rice flour in the coco banana pancake recipe. I prefer the oat flour, however, I do have both now.
Thanks

slimasharon: Hope you feel better soon!

When I’m down I prepare soup with either Beef or Chicken Fat free/no salt added broth: 900 ml/about 30 ounces of broth, sliced thin: 1 medium carrot, 1 or 2 celery stick, 1 or 2 small onion stick. If you like tomato soup instead: use a larger pot, double or triple veggies and add 680g/24 ounces of La San Marzano Strained Tomatoes with Basil. Season with fresh ground pepper to taste and a dash or two of sea salt. With that you can have a portion of low fat cheese and Brown Rice crackers. Enjoy!

Hi Apensa!

Its been awhile, read a lot of your comments. While I was in Florida we used Pepperidge Farm 15 Grain Bread which is sold at Publix. Have you ever tried it?