Hi, Ladies!
I'm new on this forum, but I came here looking for help getting started on the Sonoma diet. I've been researching the meditteranean diet, but I understand that to be less about weight loss and more about maintaining health. I'm not too busy to read the books, but I'm so sick of being this heavy that I just can't bear to wait another day to start making some progress. I've been overweight for the last several years due to a hormone imbalance, which ultimately led to ovarian cancer. I'm not sure, now that my cancer treatment is over, why I have held onto this weight. I have never been skinny, but I was reasonably fit before these health problems. I guess I just thought the weight would come off naturally...but, I'm older now, I've had a hysterectomy, I'm not nearly as active, and my eating habits are not very good. In the South, we joke that if you stand still long enough we'll fry you up and see how you taste! I've recently found out that I'm insulin resistant (of course) and with a family history of diabetes, I am desperate to do something about this.
I plan to read the books - whatever is necessary, but I'm hoping to find some information that will allow me to get started now. Is there a food list and meal plan adaptation outline somewhere? Any Sonoma diet experts willing to set this fat chick on the right path? Please help!