Weighing out

[jomills72]

I thought this option was different and I didn’t have to weigh things out, that’s what put me off other diet options. I’m also confused because on the video, one of the foods not to eat was whole meal bread and yet it is on the meal plan for me?

[hwyla]

Regarding the whole wheat bread – they are suggesting the preferred version is 100% whole grain bread. Many breads that are called whole grain are actually still predominately white flour with whole grains thrown in.

However, they have included other breads (even if they are not the ‘best’ version) presumably because people will still choose them. That’s the reason for the different shades of blue text used for the choices – so you know which are the healthier versions. You could choose the less preferred choices, but your ending health percentage of your menu will be lower.

I think the idea is to get you to make the healthier choices, but allows one to choose the less healthy choices and wade incrementally into the deep end. For some people that will work better than diving in and never getting in the shallows. Some people would sink, not swim.

I’ve started with rye because it is my preferred bread. I rather like cracked wheat bread, but 100% whole wheat is not my favorite. Yet following other preferred choices is leading me to feeling healthier, so I am now trying to find a way to make whole wheat/rye bread. That would be better than store bought rye which usually uses white flour with rye.

Hopefully I will eventually be able to wean myself into 100% whole grain, even if not 100% whole wheat. So far it is working for me to wean myself off fruit flavored yogurts (mixing more and more plain greek into my original flavored) It also means that by adding the healthier ingredients to the less healthy I am at least getting a better food, even if not perfect.

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