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[firstmamawizz]

Does all the food listed in the day to day menu need to be eaten? I’m not started yet but joined and then got sick. Getting ready to start now but read daily trying to get more info. Not much if you just join the basic membership.

[Ossie-Sharon]

Hi, firstmamawizz, and welcome. I’m glad to read that you’re feeling better.
Yes, the intention is for you to eat all the items in your menu.
By the way, basic membership includes help from me in these forums – I’m at your service :).

[Noreennolan]

I’m new to this and I am a little confused about the exchange of recipes on my daily menu. If I look at a menu and it says at the bottom two proteins and 1 carb I don’t understand how to exchange this. If my menu calls for 3 ounces of shrimp and the recipe calls for two proteins does that mean I still have one ounce of shrimp left? Is there somewhere I can go that has a list of how many proteins per meal and snack, and how many carbohydrates per meal and per snack and of course fats. And somewhere that lists how much a portion sizes of proteins carbohydrates and fats for example a serving size of shrimp is 3 ounces or 4 ounces.

[Ossie-Sharon]

Hi, Noreen. It looks like you actually understand it pretty well! You can of course see your allotted exchanges for the day by clicking on “Exchange mode” in the toolbar above your menu, and refer to the following link for the sizes of exchanges: http://www.trimdownclub.com/exchanges-lists.

[fatjean16]

Do I need to eat all the foods at the specified time? I am not a fan of eating nuts at breakfast or fruit in the evening.

[Ossie-Sharon]

Hi, Jean. The intention is for you to eat everything in the menu, but you don’t have to eat anything you don’t like (or when you don’t want). You can change your breakfast by clicking on the circular arrow icon to the right off the meal header and build your breakfast from scratch, guided by your meal pattern.
You can also try the personal version of the Menu Planner (the right-most option in the application area – http://www.trimdownclub.com/menuplanner) so that you can choose which foods go where in your day.

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