Diet to Go buddies 2009

Mustang480 · 03-05-2009, 06:10 PM

Thank you for the quick reply Barb!

JulieJ08 · 03-05-2009, 07:17 PM

FWIW, dry ice temp is -78.5 degrees C, so it frozen much colder than your freezer gets it. That gives it some leeway after the dry ice is gone.

PrincessDietMuch · 03-05-2009, 07:22 PM

Yay! So glad to hear the food arrived still frozen!

Good news!

hacamila · 03-05-2009, 07:22 PM

Hi ListMates.

Is anyone else on the veggie plan? If so, how are you progressing?

Thanks.

Mustang480 · 03-05-2009, 07:38 PM

I just found on the DTG website the instructions for how to store the food. It says to store the first 3 days of food in the fridge and the last 4 days of food in the freezer. Then, on day 3, you take out the remaining 4 days that are in the freezer and transfer them to the fridge.

Just wanted to throw that out there in case anyone else needed to know. The website, IMO, could be a little better organized. The information seems a bit scattered and difficult to find.

Anyway, I'm having my first DTG meal tonight, the Orange Roughy, and I can't wait to get started on the plan!!

bgpa · 03-05-2009, 07:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mustang480

I just found on the DTG website the instructions for how to store the food. It says to store the first 3 days of food in the fridge and the last 4 days of food in the freezer. Then, on day 3, you take out the remaining 4 days that are in the freezer and transfer them to the fridge.

Just wanted to throw that out there in case anyone else needed to know. The website, IMO, could be a little better organized. The information seems a bit scattered and difficult to find.

Anyway, I'm having my first DTG meal tonight, the Orange Roughy, and I can't wait to get started on the plan!!

I tried it their way, I like my way better.

Some stuff cooks better straight from the freezer, some stuff is better if it thaws for a few days.

bgpa · 03-05-2009, 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hacamila

Hi ListMates.

Is anyone else on the veggie plan? If so, how are you progressing?

Thanks.

I'm on the veggie plan. I love it!!

PrincessDietMuch · 03-05-2009, 08:11 PM

For me personally, I never put any of it in the fridge. I store it in the freezer and simply microwave each thing when it's due to be eaten. I told the rep that and she said that this was not a problem. That the only downside is that some of the food may seem runnier that way. I solved that problem by scooping it out of the tray when it's done and putting it on a plate. It looks nicer and I leave the runny stuff (condensation) behind in the tray. This worked better for me with the low carb plan because it's all meat and veggies. Bread is a bit trickier. I have learned to put the bread in a paper towel instead of wrap. Zap it just enough to make it soft and pliable. Then I take out the middles of the sandwiches if it's that type of sandwich, and heat it longer on the plate.

The low fat plan has so many little containers and things so you need to sort of do it in stages, but eventually you get the hang of it. I'm a but of a germphone so I didn't like the idea of letting the food sit in my fridge for a few days even though I am sure it's fine (just me). Also I did not want to be locked in to having to eat that particular food if I didn't feel like it on any particular day. The freezer just works better for me.

Mustang480 · 03-05-2009, 10:45 PM

Well.....the orange roughy and veggies were okay.... but I really wasn't digging the cous cous. What do you all think of this meal?

blw · 03-06-2009, 12:15 AM

I liked the orange roughy, and I loved the cous cous. But then again, I've cooked it before and have a box in my cabinet. Tonight was turkey tenderloin with thai sauce. Yummy!

PrincessDietMuch · 03-06-2009, 09:55 PM

I actually really enjoyed the Orange Roughy a lot, but I agree the Couscous was not a fave rave for me.

I am thrilled that Die To Go has begun using full coolers to ship the food. I am noticing that the food is frozen solid when it gets here and we no longer have those huge clunky boxes to break down anymore and toss. Plus it gives more of a heads up to UPS that they are handling perishable items. You can't miss the fact that it's a cooler!

I can barely contain myself waiting for my low carb food to arrive next week. I swear this low fat thing has just thrown me for a loop. I've cheated more then I normally do and with all carbs. I am craving them like crazy and my blood sugar is so off. Thank God Diet To Go has three plans to choose from. I will miss a few of the foods from the low fat plan but will be gad to be back to the Atkins approach again!

blw · 03-06-2009, 11:59 PM

Just checking in..down just over 12 lbs in 2 weeks.

Brenda

Mustang480 · 03-07-2009, 12:13 AM

Ok....so I feel like I'm the only one complaining here

Last night I had the orange roughy, which was okay. Well, the cous cous was not okay, but anyway.... This morning I had the bagel. I was starving all the way until lunch, when I had the turkey sandwich with tomato and mushroom salad. To me the sandwich and salad were both pretty gross, but I was so starving I ate them anyways. Ok, then I was starving until dinner, when I had the tamale pie. I took one bite of it and threw it out. It was SO spicy!! Even besides the spice, I didn't like the flavor at all.

I'm getting discouraged, maybe this isn't for me

PrincessDietMuch · 03-07-2009, 12:35 AM

Mustang don't feel badly about complaining or sharing your honest thoughts with us. We're not a cult here. It really is OK to say bad things and good things about the diet plans we are on. There is no politically correct here (or at least there shouldn't be). I don't think we have any plants here or people who secretly work for the company etc.

I have to agree that I am not impressed with the low fat plan at all and I am a huge Diet To Go fan. I think their strength really is their low carb plan, but that's just my opinion for what it's worth. The Prime Rib, The delicious, fall apart Short Ribs, the many luscious omelets you get every morning with those massive sausage links, the Andouille Sausage that I could have every day of the week it's so delicious, the yummy Baked Salmon dishes and the hamburger (OMG those are so delicious with the charred edges and everything)! In fact even their sauteed veggies in those wonderful sauces were the best I have ever tried in my life (the spinach was incredible)!

Those were the things that really made Diet To Go stand out for me and those are all on the low carb plan I began with. In fact it was because of Cheeseheader (another poster out here) that I wanted to try that one. When she told us about the delicious short ribs and how she had a nice juicy pork chop her first night for dinner, I was suddenly VERY Interested in Diet To Go! I was in love with the food and even my husband was fighting me for some of it because he could not believe how great the food looked and smelled (and he was right). I'm not getting any of that excitement with the low fat plan.

For the first time in my life, I was not hungry on the low carb plan at all. I could go for hours and that generally happens with diabetics, pre-diabetics or insulin resistant people and I am insulin resistant. We do so much better on a high protein very low carb plan. I have a feeling you would maybe feel like I do that the low carb and the low fat being night and day as far as quality and everything, but you are a vegetarian so this would obviously not be an option for you. I say give it a full week because there will be days where the foods are not your favorites and other days where the food rocks, but I have to agree that the low fat has not impressed me much. But hey different strokes and all that. Just don't ever feel funny about sharing out here because this is after all the very purpose of this forum. hang in there sweetie!

PrincessDietMuch · 03-07-2009, 01:24 AM

Oops forgot to say you go girl! Brenda that is amazing news!!! You must be totally stoked! Awesome start!!!