Trouble with YOu on a Diet

[katrs5]

Ok, I've read the book, but I guess I'm a bit slow. I just don't really understand what to eat/not eat. I guess I'm too used to "eat 4 oz protein, 1 c grain" etc... for each meal...so when I don't get that I'm lost.

I have the menu (in the book) for the 2 week period and I've settled what I want to eat for breakfast every day (3 eggs hardboiled - do I eat the yolks? and 2 slices turkey). I think for lunch I'll have salad and sandwich or soup and sandwich depending. Dinner is an issue though.

Can anyone post their week or days menu? I just want to know how to gauge what to eat/what not to eat (besides the no Fructose, no enriched).

Can anyone help?

[p.a.]

I eat pretty much the same thing most days for breakfast and lunch

b-
cheerios or steel cut oats (1 cup)
skim milk
1 tsp maple syrup
2 glasses of water
l-
soup with wasa crackers and cheese or tuna
or
whole grain bread sandwich with low fat meat like turkey
or
salad with some type of cheese

dinner is a variety of things...mostly veggies with only a small piece of meat and another glass of skim milk


I would say 3 hard boiled eggs every day is way too many..that would be 21 eggs in a week.

[katrs5]

I relooked and he says 2 eggs, sorry, I knew 3 sounded a lot. It was 3 egg white omelet or 2 hardboiled.

Does the maple syrup have that HFCS in it? Do you eat the nuts before every meal? I've started, but need to get the unsalted b/c they make my ankles swell (the salted ones).

Is there a thread here where people are active and post what they are eating/exercising for you on a diet? I saw the support thread briefly, but wasn't sure if that's where folks do that or not (seemed more for chat of what I read).

[BfL_Cat]

katrs5 - feel free to join us on the YOU: support thread - we post about anything and everything. Sometimes I talk about what I ate, sometimes about my workouts, and sometimes just about life in general. New people tend to spark up the basics talk more. The rest of us have been doing YOU: for about 3 months now.

The maple syrup should be PURE maple syrup, so it would not contain any HFCS.

About the egg yolks - that's where the fat is, so the less you have, the better. I'd recommend a whole egg and then 2 additional whites, or the turkey, but you might want to consider some whole grain there - 100% whole wheat english muffin, or toast, or steel cut oats. That will give you a really filling breakfast that will keep you satisfied for hours!

I like my walnuts with breakfast (see below), so am not eating them before meals.

My daily food is as follows:

B:
1 cup steel cut oats w/walnuts, 1 scoop protein powder and 1 apple.
L:
Usually dinner left-overs - typically whole wheat pasta or brown rice with chicken and veggies - this is usually in a one-dish meal.
Snack:
Breyer's Light yogurt
D:
As listed for lunch - whole wheat pasta or brown rice with chicken and veggies - this is usually in a one-dish meal.
Snack:
1 oz. dark chocolate OR
2 Kashi TLC cookies (whole grain, lower sugar)

This program is great - you're going to love it. There was an older thread about what to buy to get started - I'll bump it up for you.
Cindy