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Originally Posted by kbroyles3
No I havent had a chance to get it yet, and wont be able to until next week sometime, thats why I was just seeing if there was a place on this board that people post what they have eaten (that has worked) in phase 1
thanks
Kbroyles, I know that you have a lot on your plate, but reading the book
before starting this Way Of Eating (WOE) is
essential, IMHO. There is so much of this WOE that involves making decisions based on the information you learn from the book, the principles of the plan, and knowledge of your own body that, without the book, you'll be totally lost (and pretty ineffective). Just as an aside, even though the book might look big, half of it is recipes and menus. The first half is the only part you have to read before starting. Hope that helps!
Do yourself a favor. Try to eat as healthy as you can for now and read the book. When you've finished the book, then start Phase 1. Doing this without the book would be like taking care of your baby while only knowing how to change a diaper and how to make a bottle. If you don't know how to hold the baby safely, what's safe to feed her, how to feed her (and that you need to burp her afterwards), how to tell when she's hungry, how much sleep she needs, etc., you don't make a very effective parent. Right?
We'd be glad to help as much as possible, but none of us are a good enough stand in for reading the book, okay?
As for sample menus for Phase 1--since I hate eggs and fish, I didn't follow the menus in the book at all. I just used them as examples of what a Phase 1 day can look like. My days usually look like this:
Breakfast: 1 cup FF cottage cheese and 1/2 cup grape tomatoes.
Snack: 1 cup FF plain yogurt with SF syrup and 2T ground flax seeds.
Lunch: Leftovers from yesterday's dinner, SF Jell-o cup.
Snack: red bell pepper strips with 2 T of roasted red pepper hummus
Dinner: Taco Bake (see recipe forum) on bed of shredded angel hair cabbage with 2 T of light sour cream. (or Chicken Divan with extra broccoli or white chicken chili with sour cream, etc.)
Snack: Peanut Butter Cup (see recipe forum) and homemade hot chocolate (1.5 cups of milk, 5 tsp. of unsweetened cocoa, 3 T SF syrup)
If you make salads every day, I think you'll get sick of them quickly--but you know yourself better than I do!
The most common complaint I hear from people who quit the plan early, however, is that they got tired of all the salads. But there's no reason you have to eat salads--I eat one maybe once or twice a month, no more than I did when I wasn't on a diet.
If you do eat them, please make sure you have a lot of good veggies in them. A chicken caesar salad doesn't have much to fill you up and has very little nutrients. You have meat and cheese, dressing, and romaine lettuce. That's usually it (since you can't have croutons of any kind in Phase 1). I'd either add other veggies to it or make a side of veggies to go with it so you feel more full. Just my humble opinion.
For more info on how to eat more nutritious vegetables, check out the
Best Veggies to eat... thread.
I look forward to hearing what you think after you read the book!