[Msahaller]

For those of you following the PCOS or Low GI Diet, what sort of items do you keep in your cupboard at Home?

[blueridgegirl]

for snacks: almonds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, weight watchers string cheese sticks

for meals: whole grain bread, eggs, skim milk, plain organic fat free yogurt, whole wheat pasta, whole grains like quinoa and brown rice, lots of veggies (right now we're getting spinach and kale and collards and lettuces from the garden...), hummus, berries, 97% fat free deli meat, super lean ground beef (from our free range cows right here in the blue ridge...)

just a few ideas off the top of my head...hope this helps. The nice thing about plans which look at GI and balancing carbs and protein (like the insulin resistance diet which I am more or less trying to follow) is that you don't have to go LOW carb or NO carb, just less carb and reasonable carb. So I can still have a piece of toast with breakfast, and crackers as part of my snack, which seems way more doable that slashing carbs in a more dramatic way.

[melissahasabigolbutt]

I tried out the Full Bars and found a recipe for them in another post (hopefully I can actually find it again to make them a lot less high in sugar)but even better than that, I've began drinking Citrecel Fiber Laxative. It makes me full, like I've just had lunch but doesn't give me gas or anything. I've been able to stick to a really low calorie diet as a result.

[Justwant2Bhealthy]

Doing much the same as BLUERIDGE GIRL -- switched to whole grain foods for bread (Weight Watchers whole grain 50 cals/slice); wg pasta & any kind of beans (measured); brown rice cooked in broth; wg cereals like low-fat granola mixed with all-bran buds; oatmeal & bran; natural cream of wheat (with flax seed); flax meal; lf/ls yogurt (Source); low GI fruits like all berries, peaches, nectarines, rhubarb, cranberries, GREEN bananas, etc; LOTS of VEGGIES & SALADS; lean meats: chicken, turkey, fish, steak, pork, deli; eggs; nuts like walnuts & almonds; pumpkin seeds & roasted soya nuts; cheddar cheese (measured;1 oz); sliced cheese and other low-fat cheeses & natural peanut butter; skim or 1% milk; HM fruit smoothies; Whey Protein Powder; wg tortillas for HM pizza; low-cal ICBIB, etc ...

And, I totally agree with her plan ideology, and am doing the same. Can't do no carb -- have Vitamin deficiencies so have to take lots of supplements: am focusing on lower carb, good fat, and almost no sugar instead. I have added in ideas from the GI Diet (as stated above); and Volumetrics (lots of roasted veggies & salads); and Jon Gabriel (lean protein, omega-3s & flax meal, lots of raw veggies); plus the Beck Plan's positive tips on how to heal emotional eating.