Thanks, Gina! I really like the sound of the Cook Once/Eat Twice thing - I have choir practice on Monday evenings and often find it difficult to fit dinner in around that. If I can cook Monday's dinner on Sunday, that will make things easier!
Thanks, Gina! I really like the sound of the Cook Once/Eat Twice thing - I have choir practice on Monday evenings and often find it difficult to fit dinner in around that. If I can cook Monday's dinner on Sunday, that will make things easier!
Ditto for me as well..why not cook once,and have enough for two dinners..that leaves more time for other things...and I think it also saves money.
Thanks Gina for the updated bk.info. choices~
I like the cook once eat twice recipes also. There is a quinoia recipe that I want to try. It is hard for me to make a meal for lunch. I really want left overs--I hope the cook once recipes help!
Hi guys
Nice to see a new group of Sonoma.
I pretty much quit and wandered away some time in December. And I have the regained pounds to prove it.
I have started again but have to retrain my brain.
weight July 1 214
I am happy to see the increased activity here.
I lost about 12 pounds last summer on the Sonoma Diet, but during the school year (I teach) I fell off the wagon and gained it back.
I own the first book, and I checked the new book out of the library and read it.
I love the way I feel when I eat this way. It also brought my cholesterol down to 161.
I was 144 at the end of the school year (June 1) and I am 136 right now. My goal right now is to get down to 130.
The hardest part for me is no sugar in my coffee and tea!
Hello everyone!
I have been in and out for a year and my husband and I are fed up with our eating habits and decided last night after a day of 4th of July feasting that TODAY was the day to start over and mean it!!!
Today's menu: egg sandwich with a little cheese and LOTS of veggies for Breakfast
Large salad for lunch
Supper is going to be chicken, veggies and fruit
Keep us in your thoughts--my husband has high cholesterol and we don't want him to go on medicine!!!
I'll be thinking of you all too!
My weight has crept up over the past 2 years---I would be happy to maintain at 130.
We walk for exercise---and ride bikes if it is still light out when we get home.
Hi all! This must be catching on! LOL! I have been reading polls on which diets were the best all around and Mediterranean was right up there. But that isn't a weight loss diet... so I dusted off my old Sonoma Diet book and decided to see if I could get through the first Wave! Wow... has anyone done this and did you get crazed with hunger? Now I understand there is a newer version of the book, so of course, I ordered that today. My kitchen isn't totally ready for me to start but I have been practicing. Is chocolate in Wave 1? I also saw somewhere she included desserts. I am excited to try this out...but afraid to be out of control if I get too hungry. I am a big ol baby. How different is Wave 1 in the new book?
I'm on Day 4 of Wave 1 today. I've been hungry between meals, but not crazy-hungry. You're allowed snacks, so that helps. There's no chocolate in Wave 1, but in Wave 2 you can have dark chocolate three times a week. The main change to Wave 1 in the new book is that you can have 1 serving of fruit per day, so you can use that as a dessert if you want. Other than that, I think Wave 1 is still the same as before. I'm posting summaries of each chapter of the new book on another thread, called "My book arrived", and I wrote up the Wave 1 chapter yesterday, so you can head over there for an overview if you want.
Hi there, Windsong. I have the new book and am in my first week on Wave 2. I really like this diet so far - I have found it easy to stick to, and the emphasis on whole foods suits me really well. I also much prefer the plate method for portion control compared to the food pyramid or counting points/calories etc.
The only thing I would say is that since you're working from the old book, you may want to add a portion of fruit in Wave 1 rather than following the old plan exactly. The author now says that she thinks banning fruit altogether in Wave 1 was contrary to the spirit of the diet because fruit is so good for you. If you want a quick summary of the new book, see the thread "My new book arrived" on this forum. Good luck! If you do decide to do Sonoma, I hope you'll come back here often and share your experiences with us.
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