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Hang in there Oregon girl. We are here to encourage and help. Just remember this is NOT a diet but a healthy way of eating with losing weight as a side benefit. My husband and I have been doing this for about 3 weeks and feel so much better than we did. We fill full and not at all tempted to eat unhealthy things. Haven’t had soda, candy, cookies etc. I am going to make the cookies in the recipes. Banana brown butter bread in the oven and all the ingredients for the cream cheese chocolate fudge cake on the counter getting ready to make. It’s the second for both of these. The lemon cottage cheese muffins remind us of cornbread in their consistency. Made those twice also. We are all here for help. Have a great day y’all
this menu planning is hard to follow I don’t even know what some of the ingredients are or where to get them like what is SWGBread all I find is whole grain bread or 100 percent whole wheat bread which now you make me feel is no good for me !!! Secondly I never could eat all that food on the menu !!!
Welcome to the club, Sandy. Yep….my sentiments exactly. Trying to see if there is a list of offsetting items that can be used to come up with our own menus. In other words SWG bread on one side, a can of tuna fish on the other. By the way, SWG means Sprouted Whole Grain….I feel your confulsion.
TRY NOT TO FEEL CONFUSED. I DO KNOW HOW YOU FEEL, AS I WAS IN THE VERY BEGINNING, BUT ONCE YOU READ ALL THE DIRECTIONS IN HOW TO CHOOSE YOUR FOODS AND MAKING YOUR MENU CHOICES, YOU WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO SEE HOW AND WHAT YOU CAN SUBSTITUTE EACH FOOD WITH ANOTHER EQUAL FOOD. You can always post your questions on the NEWBIE Formum and address them to OSSIE. She is very helpful. There is a whole list of FREE Vegetables to be used. If you can keep up with all of the messages posted on the NEWBIE formum, that will also give you ideas. For myself, I didn’t choose lots of different foods in the first place. I wanted to make it simple until I could get used to it. I still don’t make the recipes. I chose the simple menus without the recipes. I’ve been on it from Jan 7th, 2013 and have only today made out a new week of menus. I still kept the simple menus, but changed some of my foods. I am very full with these foods but I don’t need to be cooking from recipes all the times. I do love to cook, but this is simple for right now. BUT, BE SURE AND READ ALL OF THE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST. I GET THE IDEA THAT SOME PEOPLE JUST JUMP INTO IT AND DON’T READ INSTRUCTIONS. 🙂 BEST WISHES IN YOUR NEW AND HEALTHY JOURNEY, AND DON’T BE AFRAID TO ASK.
Evening all, or morning or afternoon. apensa I’m in santarcangelo di romagna near rimini but originally from scotland. Firenza is a beautiful city but only been once, agree totally on your take on the weather here. If it helps I wrote down a reply from Ossie on here once that said this plan is based on 45% energy from Carbs, 25-30% fat and 25%-30% protien, the ratio 1.5 grams protein to 1 gram fat to 3 gram carbs, if that is any help to you. I really like the personal menu planner, it gives me structure to potion sizes which I was no good at before, and I love changing items (by hitting the refresh button) when I get bored or cant get the stuff here. Hope it gets easier for you and you Sandydan. I know it recommends SWG bread primarly but the next best things are 100% whole grain breads, just don’t pick SWG on your personnel menu planner, as it has all the other alternatives, I love rye crispbreads now and whole grain rolls. It true what Chai says try reading as much as possible, then when you get a quesiton just post on here, Ossie is trim down club dietitian so she answers all the quesitons, otherwise just moan away and someone will always try and give you encouragement on what to do or try. We all had doubts to start with but a little efford goes a long way
Ginnerlou,I know I’m surely blessed living here but scotland has great scenery too, it may rain more there but I hate the heat of summer here. I love both countries now for different reasons but if I had to choose the best, Scotland is where my heart truely is. Love how your try all those now recipes, will have to try more out myself…although cheese on toast has always been a favorite of mine, I love adding a little onion on top too. Have a great weekend with you wee girl there too. I watched the austrilian tennis today, so please Andy Murray is through to the final.
Marcia2013, don’t be discouraged, let everyone know whats up and someone will always give engouragement. A ld to 2lbs is great, well done, little by little your get there.
Hope your slept well seaborn, has it stopped raining yet, I do hope so, as then you can take the boys out to jump in those muddy puddles. have fun baking too. Kelz, has your bread arrived yet and how tasty is it?
Well folks happy sailing all, hope you all stay positive, it’s not easy getting started and I know theres lows along the ways but keep your goal in sight and try with all your might. 🙂To apensa, I agree about foods I do not recognize. Also I have lactose intolerance and need to be careful with dairy products. I need a menu planner that offers foods i can eat.
Marcia, there is probably enough choices that you can find something to fulfill the eating criteria here. It is confusing though. People suggest I read a lot…..not one of my forte’s. I’ll have to get to Huckelberry Finn one of these days. I really would like to have them develop some sort of a guide where you put in a food you want to have and then give you a list of offsetting items to go along with that. Maybe that would simplify things more. I don’t know.
Jackiee, isn’t Remini a beach resort area? I think my daughter and family have gone there for vacations.
Morning everyone….
Ginger I tried to buy the ingredients for the banana bread yesterday, but couldn’t get them, so I was going to ask the same questions!!! I can’t get quinoa, almond and brown rice flours.
The rain hasn’t stopped, the wind is like a cyclone….places are flooding that haven’t been flooded for many years…our dam is about 5 metres over the top…amazing. The river is flooded and some people have had to be moved from their homes to the community centre. It is amazing as we are on hills and the rain usually drains straight off to the river…but with the dam spilling over, and the high tides and all this rain, the river is overflowing well and truly!!! I thought the rain was going to stop last night, but I was sure wrong!
The Bruce Highway which runs down the Queensland coast is closed in different areas, so food items will be scarce on the shop shelves! They were rationing milk to one bottle or carton per family yesterday.
Anyway, everyone, got to go and feed the hungry mouths in my house!!! Three men!! and then we are playing scrabble, and after I might go out with the boys and try and get some good photos of what is happening….will put them up on FB. There is a pond at the top of our hill that I drive past every day, and today it will be overflowing!!! Exciting!!! Lol..
Good to read everyone’s comments…keeps me encouraged…and don’t stress over the menu everyone…it will pass and you will wonder what you were worrying about!!! Get on board and hava good time!!
Goodnight all of you…and hi to my Aussie compadres…we will be enjoying our wet, wet, windy day here…Rimini is probably one of the biggest beache area, it just blend onto to each town down up and down the coast but Rimini is a very popular one. I live on the outskirts of a historic town about 15mins away, best of both worlds really. I moved here 6 years ago but have piled on the pounds after stopping smoking 5 years ago and then having a child 4 years ago, both in my early 40’s so now I need to lose at least 20 kilos to help me feel a bit better going down the beach again 🙂
I do hope you find a way for this plan to suit your needs. I printed a full weeks menu plan off and then hit the refresh button on each item to see what it can be changed with. I saved all these lists on a documents too. This has given me a guide to what can be eaten together and changes ect. Good luck.
Well happy cruising all I’m off to bed, have a great weekend everyone.How about a real life critique of my eating so far today. For breakfast I had two cups of coffee….still sipping one, a bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios, and my usual glass of Metamucil. I forgot to have a snack. At or around noon, I fixed a salad…my salads are legandary…with 3/4 of a Romain head, six mini peppers (red and yellow), 1/2 of an avocado, one medium tomato, 1/4 of a red onion, 12/of an English cucumber, a scant fist of pine nuts and a scant fist of Cranberry Raisins topped off with about 2 oz of sliced turkey (the regular stuff off the shelf deli sliced. For a dressing I used olive oil (the good stuff we just brought back from Tuscany) wine vinegar, garlic and herb packaged seasoning, a dash of red pepper flakes, ground black pepper and a dash of salt.
I would like an honest critique. This is an ordinary menu for me. I would have two EB eggs from vegitarian fed hens (whatever that has to do with anything)that are supposed to be high in Omega 3 now and then….fried in butter (I don’t care what you say) a couple of patties of Jimmy Dean turkey sausage and a slice of SWG bread and alternate that with the cereal but I worry about the cholesterol (175 mg) I’m very open to suggestions, comments or critisisms.
Another thing I want to know is, are you supposed to feel hungry when you have your snacks. They are something I almost need to be reminded of because I very seldom actually get hungry. Is that because of the fat that I am carrying around my middle?
Hey there Ginnerlou. When I saw the use of the word “y’all” I had to ask, are you from the US? I find it so interesting that our little community includes people from all over the world, and a lot of Aussies. I must admit, I love the Australian accent and every time I read one of the posts my head hears it in that accent!!!hahaha I hope that made sense. I myself am a “y’all” girl from Oklahoma.
have a great eveningdoryssb you got it right! We are neighbors. I’m from Texas, just east of Dallas. I, too, love our community from all over the world. It’s fun to find out where people are from. I guess we have it pretty good here in the US, when it comes to finding the foods we need. I’ve shopped at Whole Foods and found that Kroger here has a pretty good selection of organic foods, flours, etc. Just a word to those who want to exchange the foods listed in the menus – they are there for a reason. The way of eating as I like to call it is very healthy and good. My husband and I have been eating this way for 3 weeks and we can tell a difference in the way we feel. We are full and satisfied. Please try to follow as closely as you can with what you can get in your area. I know there are people who are doing just that. Anyway, better get off my soap box and check on hubby. Have a wonderful weekend and hey you Aussies! Send Rain!!!!!
a bit envious of your success stories .may be it works different here in australia,one week after starting ,on the 16th i had 3 heart attacks ,lots of drama but here iam
Good morning everyone round the world, How are you all doing?
hi Terryandmarg, sorry to hear you’ve suffered so much and hope you have a quick recovery. I love this program it has helped me so much, a little weight lose but I feel great, full of energy. I assume you’ve talked to your dr about this plan, because even if its only health eating you still need to consult with your own doctor too when you have health problems.
Hi Ginnerlou, oops I though you were austrailian….a bit of the mark there, in fact a long way of the mark….agree with your soap box talk…excellent…Good to see you Doryssb..how you getting on?…you sure are lucky having all the food items available, but I have found with a little more effort there are good alternatives.
Seaborn, I struggled a little with flour too but found Kamut flour and Ossie says thats ok too. I think, those healthiest are wonderful but if you have trouble getting them, stick to organic at least. RAIN, lol, you are always a ray of sunshine, seeing the exciting part of the rain fall, best to laugh than cry aye 😀 when possible but I do hope it doesn’t get any worse and it stops soon for you especially for Monday.
Ossie….I hope you come on here to check soon as looks like apensa needs a wee pep talk…. apensa, just curious have you completed your personal menu planner with the items that you like and are available to you….please give it a try…no point joining a program if you want to just eat what you did before….your salad sound yummy, but don’t think honeynut cheerios are good as ladled with sugars, ect…do you like porridge?….either way…remember what Ossie replied to you before regarding your sausage pasta…think that would apply to some stuff very occasionally but nothing will change for you if you don’t make the changes too. Good luck. The menu planner is designed to give you a nutrional balanced eating plan.
How are all the other UK healthy eating people getting on?….
Hope you all have a wonderful weekend were every you are all having it….I’m away to have a lazy family orientated weekend 😀
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