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Originally Posted by PamBlue
I'm new, too. On day 4. Unfortunately, not all centers are created equal. They didn't give me much info on why they have you eat certain things or do certain things. If I knew why, I'd be far more likely to follow the plan strictly.
However, this forum is a virtual treasure trove of information. Just do a search for words you are interested in learning more about. That's what I did and learned a lot they didn't tell me at the center. Plus lots of recipes and less expensive alternatives for their supplements.
One thing I will encourage you to do is go to the food instruction class (I think that's the name, it's the first one they offer after you start). In my opinion, they should have that before you start because it explains a lot of things. When I started I was just given the pre condition menu and said eat these things. When I asked how much I was told, eat until you aren't hungry. That frustrated me but I plugged along.
Until you get to the class, the easiest way to explain this is you eat a protein and every thing else (fruit, veg, carb). Your protein has to be more than the everything else because the protein burns it away. The protein will burn the carb, fruit, veg etc and any protein that is left will burn fat. It's why (at least for me) it seems you are constanly chewing on that protein. The HNS are like a bonus protein to help the fat burning out as well. I hope this makes sense because I see the chart in my head and not sure how explaining it seems without it.