For people already into this phase (or farther along)--what is helpful for adjusting to this style of eating? What did you buy that made it easier? Are you closely tracking your food, or just using the plate/bowl portion guide? Are you eating cereal for breakfast?

I finally got my copy of the book. so I feel ready to give this a solid try. I have my flavored, unsweetened seltzer to replace the occasional diet soda. There's lots of whole grains and canned beans in my pantry. So, here I go!

Thanks for the advice. If anyone would like to be a Sonoma buddy, please PM me. Wishing everyone a good rest of the week.

I think I had an easy transition into Sonoma because we had already switched to brown grains and olive oil a long time ago. Plus, I noticed that our preferred way of eating was already pretty Sonoma friendly. I just needed to tweak it and get serious about portion sizes and sugar.

I don't like cold cereal at all and so generally eat 1 scrambled egg and a piece of wholemeal toast for breakfast. I don't love eggs and was getting sick of them every morning when I suddenly remembered "DUH! Turkey bacon!" so I've been having either 1 egg, 1 slice of turkey bacon and 1 slice of wholemeal toast or 2 slices of turkey bacon on 1 slice of wholemeal bread. It only has 25 calories per slice and is very low in fat. I do love the steel-cut oats recipe posted in the recipe section but I'll wait til Wave 2 so I can make it with fruit. Frankly, breakfast is the most boring part of Sonoma!

I have not been closely tracking my food. I follow the plate percentages and am very careful about the snacks I have. I'm actually curious about how many calories I'm eating a day so I was thinking of tracking for a few days to get an idea. But in general, I'm kinda lazy about doing any extra work. That's why I like Sonoma, because it's taken the math out of dieting!

Good luck!

I've generally been following the Sonoma way of eating (with some small exceptions here and there) and I find that I'm eating somewhere between 1400-1600 calories per day, depending on the specific day (using Fitday to track calories). I never really tracked calories before, and was curious as to how many I was eating. The other thing I like about Fitday is that I can see how many grams of fiber, protein, etc. I've been eating...another thing I've been curious about and never tracked before now. I'm definitely getting LOTS of fiber on this plan...and a lot of the stomach issues I deal with have been a lot better lately!

I am waiting for my Sonoma Diet book but I've read the posts and some information on the diet. One question....I'm a big fruit eater. Why is fruit forbidden in the first phase of the diet? That's a big reason why I couldn't do Atkins...denial of fruit.

Cyl

This is my third week so far 4 1/2 lbs. (not bad). I think the main goal for the fruit omission is to reduce the sugar cravings from all sources. I've added (slowly) fruit into wave2 breakfast. I think the hardest is the limited snacking. I usually grab a few veggies or natural peanut butter & rye crisp or celery. Good luck and keep posting!