If he is really honestly and truly hungry, extra portions of Wave 1 veggies will satisfy him. If he claims he doesn't want that, then he is probably dealing with a craving..

Has hubby ever been on a diet before? The reason I ask is that most of us women have been many times and for men, well the first time is a rude awakening.

One thing, the men seem to get almost double the snacks women are getting. Is he getting that much or your sized snacks?

What about a pinch of brown sugar to go with the cinnamon in my oatmeal in the morning???

Jules you really want to stay away from sugar... brown or white. If you must have something, get yourself some Sugar free torani or sugar free davinci syrups. I use sugar free almond roca or caramel on my steel cut oats and it is great.

The syrups are available at places like Walmart, Cost Plus

Thanks, I'll add it to my list when I shop this weekend.

This was in my e-mail this morning.

Snack Smarts
If you're like most people, you love to snack. The good news is that snacks are fine on The Sonoma Diet — in fact, they may help you in the long run by keeping you from getting too hungry between meals and then overeating once you sit down at the table. The trick is to snack mindfully, which means eating the right amount of the right foods. During Wave 1, a small snack between breakfast and lunch or between lunch and dinner is fine — as long as it's a Tier 1 vegetable. (Don't worry — there are a lot more choices once you hit Wave 2.) One exception to this rule is if you're a bigger man, or a man or woman who leads a very physically active life that includes lots of exercise. In that case, you can expand your options during Wave 1 to include ½ cup of low-fat cottage cheese with Tier 1 raw veggies, 3 ounces of hummus with veggies or a slice of whole-grain bread with one tablespoon of peanut butter.

Donna did you get the email because you subscribe to the Sonoma site?? I am thinking of doing that. What do you think of it?? Gina

I did subscribe to the Sonoma site. It was $65 for the quarter, with a minimum charge of $25 which works out to 5 weeks. Once I have hit my five weeks, I will be cancelling. I just don't get enough out of it to be honest, over the next couple of weeks, I'm going to copy the recipes that I like, but I get more out of the book which I bought after I joined the site.

I feel that the recipes in the book are terrific. Are the recipes on the web site as good?? Is it the same person who came up with the recipes in the book??

Yes, the recipes on the web site are just as good, it has the ones from the book plus more. I believe they are all from the same person.

Now in the book if you follow the meal plan, she give women more than veggies on wave one for snacks. One day it is 28 peanuts and another day it is celery with laughing cow cheese. For women. She is not offering only Tier 1 veggies as a snack. In the meal plans she is surely balancing fats etc. She likely wants you to eat Tier 1 first. I *have* been hungry following the plan and I weigh 265, I could prob use more protein or something. I am just doing what she says to eat by the letter until I get the hang of it LOL

Zombiemommie - I noticed that also in the book, the only thing that I can come up with is possibly the meal plans in the book are written with the assumption that the person following the plan will be exercising. I don't know, that is just the information that I got in the e-mail and since the question was raised, thought I would provide the information.