Thanks for the details. It is a bit different, but it sounds like it is similar in that it is very "do-able".
With somersizing, you eat fruit by itself, and you're supposed to eat it at either 20 minutes before a carb meal or 1 hour before a protein meal. This is more for digestion that for weight loss. But I admit that this is one of those rules that I break fairly often.
Most veggies are considered freebies and you can have them with either fats/proteins meal or a carb meal. I love my veggies - now more than ever since I have started eating them so often and I could never limit them as you have to do in low carb. There are a few veggies that you avoid in somersizing, like beets, corn, potatos, carrots.
Actually, you probably have more options with the french diet than with somersizing. For example, eating a low GI pizza dough with any fat in the cheese would be eating level 2 in somersizing, what you do when you're ready to maintain.
By comparison, a typical day for me (today) was
Breakfast:
FF yogurt
Fresh strawberries and blueberries
2 Tbsp. Grape Nuts added for crunch
Lunch:
Cabbage Rotel Hamburger casserole (leftovers from dinner)
green beans with mushrooms and bacon
Pumpkin custard (not really legal for somersizing but it sweetened with splenda and made with cottage cheese and pumpkin)
Snack:
1 oz. cheddar cheese
Dinner:
Roasted chicken breast
steamed broccoli cauliflower with lemon and butter
Green salad - I have a no sugar ranch dressing that I mix with taco sauce
Fresh strawberries with whipped cream sweetened with Splenda
Thanks for getting back with me. I appreciate the information. Good luck. It sounds like you're doing great.