Tosha, When you made the pumpkin cake, did you only use the three listed ingredients (dry cake mix, pumpkin, spice)? Also, did you use the 15 oz. pumpkin or the bigger can? How many pieces/serving? Sorry to be a pain, but I got the ingredients and wanted to make this correctly. It sounds good! Thanks, Jill

I hate to be the bringer of bad news, but after looking through my maintenance book, I noticed that bagels (which are one of my favourite starches!) count for more on maintenance! 1/2 a regular bagel counts as TWO starches, and a full mini bagel or half a small Lenders type (whatever that is) count as a full starch instead of half! But on the other hand, reduced fat bread counts for less on maintenance for some reason; two slices count as a starch! Crazy dieticians, I'll never understand the reasoning behind some things.

Sarah - My COD e-mailed the LA Dietician for me (before I had access to LA Online) and confirmed that the Western Bagel brand is indeed one starch, athough limited like other bulleted items in your program book. They also weigh 1 1/2 oz., and in your book, 1/2 bagel, or 2oz bagel counts as 1S. So enjoy!

We must have different books, because nothing is bulleted in mine.

Also, I was referring to the maintenance booklet, called Free to Live: Maintaining for Life Food Guide. So for now, I'm still following my regular blue plan, which says 1 starch per 1/2 bagel. But some serving sizes and exchanges change when you go on maintenance, so you get more of some things and less of others. Like most things on LAWL, I'm sure maintenance is done differently at different CODs, and the corporate vs. franchise thing probably comes into play as well. Just figured I'd give everybody a heads up though, just in case... I know I was sad and shocked to find out about the bagels :(

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Cassi,
How do you have access online? I looked at the website and I do not see that option. I think this might be something I would be interested in.

I think the link is laathome.com. It's not available in all areas, though, and I think there may be a difference in corporate vs. franchise. You can check with your COD too. It's $99/year, but when they do the open houses, etc. you can get it on sale. I got mine during a 30% discount sale.

Sarah - No bullets? Really? All of my books have had bulleted items. Are you corporate or franchise? Oh yeah, maybe the Canadian books are different?

My COD is franchise, and yeah, I still don't know exactly how the franchise vs. corporate and US vs. Canada thing factors into everything. Not even the manager at my COD seems to have a complete grasp on what the different centres offer, as evidenced by her complete confusion when I mentioned the name change :p

If it makes you feel better, the Alternative Bagels aren't available in Canada anyway. (Care packages have been smuggled across the border though, right, Kristen?)