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Hi, Sonrise. There isn’t a particular requirement for the same thing each day. Olives can always be swapped for a teaspoon of oil, and bananas can be swapped for another fruit.
This is a perfect example of how you can work the dietary suggestions in the trim down club into your daily diet. I usually have two olives every evening…………………….usually with a couple of Martinis. Sorry folks, I could not resist that.
I am just beginning my journey. I am a little confused. I did the menu planning and printed out my shopping list. Then I took a look at the recipes and decided some of them sounded good, but I don’t know how to fit them in to my planned menu. Should I still to a planned menu for a week or two before I go in to the recipes?
Hi, Bethaniel. In the toolbar above your finished menu, you will find the function the righthand side.
Hi, rabo1960. Many of our recipes are in the Personal Menu Planner lists. For those that have not yet made it in, just select something similar and make the switch at mealtime.
Hi I’ve just joined, Iv read others questions and comments and it’s all useful information, I’m going to find it really hard to stick to the planner, there’s lots of foods I dont normally buy even though I like them, but it will help me follow some of the healthier foods, please excuse my writing or choice of words I’m dyslexic so has been difficult to come and post here, but really want to try and lose more weight but in a heather way, thank god for spell check,
I just joined and created a menu. I’m confused on a lot of things. When it says “cooked oatmeal”, what kind of oatmeal and what do you cook it with? Milk or water?? I need more direction, I’m little dissapointed. Please help, also if you eat canned tuna, can you eat mayo with it?
Hi, kyeventer, and welcome. There is a lot of information to take in, and I’m happy to help.
Since this program is based on whole foods, when in doubt, go for those. So in the case of “cooked oatmeal,” we encourage non-instant/non-quick types, particularly steel-cut oats, which are the closest to whole that you can get. The basic cooking is in water, but if you have extra milk in your menu, that’s great for cooking (it is extra in your menu because it has natural sugars in it). Similarly with canned tuna, mayonnaise is extra – you can use it instead of any oil that is in your menu.
If you have additional questions, please do repost here.Hi Sharon (assuming this is your first name, not Ossie):
I am trying out the menu planner. How do I get details about individual items? For example, when it says sour cream, is it as a spread or just to eat? What about honey mustard dressing, is there a particular brand or a recipe somewhere? Thank you for your help.EMo
My menu said to eat yogurt as a snack. I purchased non fat vanilla Greek yogurt but the label said it had 18g of sugar!! Is this still ok? Could that be natural sugars? I wanna do this right to a T so still confused on what to get.
Hi, EMo. It’s Ossie 🙂
The menu planner is purposely vague and generic to give you the freedom to prepare foods as you wish, hopefully following the guidance we offer in our downloads and articles. We encourage you to make foods from scratch as much as possible from whole food ingredients, and buy similarly formulated products – using your example, if you wish to buy the honey mustard dressing, then look at the ingredients label to be sure there aren’t added artificial ingredients. The following is an example of the type of thing we encourage:
WATER, DIJON MUSTARD (DISTILLED WHITE VINEGAR, WATER, MUSTARD SEED, SEA SALT, WHITE WINE, CANE SUGAR, ALLSPICE, CINNAMON, TURMERIC), HONEY, APPLE CIDER VINEGAR, EXPELLER PRESSED VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), SEA SALT, XANTHAN GUM.
I hope that helps.Hi, kyeventer. We encourage you to look for whole food ingredients without excess sugars or artificial flavors, colors of preservatives – this article may help: http://www.trimdownclub.com/the-benefits-of-whole-foods/. Taking the yogurt example, we encourage you to get plain yogurt and sweeten and flavor it yourself – pure vanilla extract or fresh fruit with the sweeteners recommended in this article: http://www.trimdownclub.com/the-best-way-to-sweeten-your-tea – that way you avoid excess sugars.
Is it a major issue if I can’t consume everything that is on my menu? I try but I never seem to get hungry before it’s time for next snack or meal. I also went well for the first 3 weeks losing weight and then last 8 days gained 1.1kg. I walk about 3 kms each day is this creating a problem with muscle/weight gain and loss. I have been type 2 diabetic for nearly 20 years and am struggling with the amount of food definitely not the type as I eat much of my food raw. Any help would be appreciated
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