I woke up at five a.m. and did my workout, exactly as planned. Then I began my new job, and wouldn't you know it, somebody was having a birthday A nice, gooey, chocolate
cake, there for the taking But I didn't! I
didn't have the smallest bite! I sat there and ate
my cottage cheese and banana as planned
Pardon me tooting my own horn, but I'm so
happy!

---<--@ Sue

P.S. Are green beans a starchy carb or a veggie?
I'm about to eat my fifth meal and want to cut the
starchy carbs as suggested, but I'm a bit uncertain
on that one...

WELL DONE!!!

not sure on the beans....

JC

hiya Sue,

that's just fantastic !!! good for you!!!

i'm also not sure about the beans, i think they are a starchy carb though, but i'm not 100%. they sure are good for you though!

have a wonderful day,

adriana

Green beans are a veggie; it's the mature beans (pinto, chickpeas, navy, black) that are carbs.

Enjoy

I made a wonderful stirfry last night that had pork, green beans, red bell peppers etc in it.

Laura

Congrats Sue!! See that wasn't so difficult!! Keep up the great work...

Lana...

Green beans = veggies...

Congras. I too just started yesterday. I just finished my cardio and breakfast. I would think that green beans and peas are a vegie. I think it show that in the book.
Tanya

The list I have says peas are veggies.... IMO I really don't think so, I find that peas are like corn and they are a carb..... I guess it doesn't matter as long as you don't eat a ton of it...

Peas and corn are really starchy vegetables, tho technically vegetables by the book. They also have the highest glycemic index of just about any veggie you could choose. Green beans are great- sometimes I eat 2-3 cups of them with a meal. Wouldn't touch corn or peas tho.

mel

I never thought of peas being like that. I know that corn is a carb but I would not have put peas there. I will remeber that.
Tanya

I always thought of corn as a grain myself. Probably because it shows up in so many horse feed mixtures! (along with my kitties' food).

Not a pea lover here, unless it's split peas which I believe are legumes (when I was growing up, we visited Solvang in SoCal - a lovely Danish-style town near Santa Barbara - and they have a famous hotel/restaurant called "Pea Soup Andersen's" that served a bowl of split pea soup at EVERY meal, yes even breakfast! Try having green split pea soup with your eggs or pancakes sometime...kind of a weird combo but it was really good soup!).

Yep, in the book Bill does call carrots and peas veggies. I think he was just throwing us veggie-haters a bone - because I know an awful lot of people (mostly at work) whose only veggie intake is carrots - specifically those baby-cut carrots (yuk!) that are so popular for some reason. (Personally to me they have absolutely no flavor whatsoever - I like eating REAL carrots, unpeeled). If you're doing BFL by the book, I honestly don't believe eating carrots and peas as veggies is going to impede your progress, as long as they aren't the ONLY veggies you're eating. Make sure you get plenty of those leafy greens in there too! (actually carrot tops are good for that - if you can find them nowadays).