[livein]

I have the list of Authorized foods. I also went to the recipes on the BFL website. There are things on the website such as low fat cheese, ff sour cream Morningstar farm products. Are these foods in the recipes acceptable? How do I make that judgement?
Also, I'm confused about the serving sizes. Do I really determine things by a palm size etc? How do I measure yogurt or cottage cheese? Obviously, I have tons of questions, I would like to start out the right way. Any advice and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[Tideypoo]

The foods on the website are given out by (i think) EAS who now owns the program/contest and are NOT authorized by Bill Phillips (BFL author). EAS just want you to buy their stuff and get into the program, so they authorized more stuff. Sticking to the list in the book is your best bet. Admittedly I use some FF dressing once or twice a week, but because of the sugars it contians (as do 99% of fat free items) you should avoid it as much as possible. They just wanted to make the plan easier and more mass appealing.

As for cottage cheese, go by the Protien grams for your serving. I eat 20-25g of protien at a time and that works out to about 1 cup of cottage cheese. Yogurt is a carb and you should do the "fist in water" dispacement test to find your serving. I use between 200ml and 250ml (2/3 to 1 cup) Yogurt is not a very filling carb tho, and many kinds are high in added sugars for the flavoring. Make sure you read your labels

I eat "by the book" as much as possible. If you have any specific questions about foods go ahead and post, im sure there are lots of ppl who can give you feedback

Hope this helps!

Tidey

[rochemist]

They make Blue Bunny Yogurt out of Splenda and its pretty darn good, still has some carbs from the milk averages 11-14 g carb per serving. But you can balance that pretty easy with a good protein portion :-)

Miss Chris