Newbies

Sorry – I’m going to repeat my last question since it hasn’t been answered yet. I suppose the main question is how much does it matter if you have 3 fruits and 2 veg in a day instead of 2 fruit and 3 veg. I’m aware that fruits are obviously higher in sugars than veg, and so probably affect your blood sugar levels more.

However, on the days I go to the pool to work out, they are considerably easier to use as snack while driving home. I always eat nuts or cheese with them to be sure I have some protein at the same time. It is also considerably easier to keep small containers of nuts and dried fruit in the car for ’emergencies’ – such as driving past a drive-thru after your errands have gone later than you thought they would.

Is it a problem to have more fruit than veg on almost half of your days? I could switch my breakfast fruit to veggies if needed. I already eat veggies in my eggs most days and I like tomatoes as a side with eggs. That way I could use fruit for snacks only. However, I’m still likely to end up with 3 fruits that way. Is this a problem. I have noticed I’ve actually gained 1/2 lb for each of the last 2 weeks.

I would take sugar snap pea as being in the limited serving list, hwyla.

I don’t know if cashew cream is there or not, but if you use the ‘make your own menu planner’ (choice 3?) Nut milks and nut butters are options you can choose.

While it is more time consuming to use this planner over the others, I’ve just made it using some favorite meals to find how much of each exchange, then printing it out for multiple reuse. When I come up with something else I’d like I go back and figure it into the menu and print it out again. That way I have many choices of what to eat at any given time.

It does make shopping more difficult to figure out, but it is quite possible to figure what foods to keep on hand to keep your options open. Of course, I eat out of my freezer a lot. I always freeze my meats and breads and even most of the raw veggies after blanching them. But I find that way I have less waste from fresh foods going bad.

Hi. My name is Anita. My husband and I have been on the plan for 2 weeks. I am finding it quite challenging. My husband claims not to be a fussy eater but he will only eat white bread(I have given up trying to convert him). He doesn’t like any form of pasta , and rice is for pudding. He will tolerate a small salad occasionally (no cucumber or peppers) as long as he can have salad cream. It’s a ‘no’ to dark green leaf, squash of any sort, pulses, beans (except runners) or seeds. Oh, and he doesn’t like herbs or spices. As you can imagine trying to sort an interesting tasty menu is very problematic. Still, hopefully something will give soon. Hopefully it will be some weight. If not it will be my sanity!!!!

Hi – I have just signed on and am reviewing foods. One big problem I have is that I cannot eat green salads due to some dental issues right now. What can I substitute every time salad is recommended, vegetables? Or would blending and drinking spinach salad be better.

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Can I mix up meals from different days or do I have to stay to the meal plan for a specific day?

I am already eating ‘clean’, grass fed organic meat, organic fruit and veg where possible,and gluten free but my weight is still creeping up.
After spending a few hours reading up on this site it looks as though I will have to add an egg to my organic porridge and fruit breakfast. Eat much more at lunch and include snacks. Altogether much more than I have been eating. Is this really going to lead to a weight loss as I couldn’t bear another increase in weight?
Also goats’ milk is not on the recommended list. I have skimmed or semi skimmed usually just for my cocoa. Is goats’ milk OK? Can’t remember if goatsmilk yoghurt is on the list – but same question. Also is Kefir OK as a substitute for yoghurt?