1. Snacks. The book only touches on snacks. I want to be sure that I understand. At one point I felt we could have a snack as long as it was balanced and later she said we could only snack on tier 1 vegetables and men could choose from a list (Whole grain bread and peanut butter for example). What is right? What do you do??
2. Alcohol. Ok, I got my husband on board with me and I am so so happy about that. But I know there is no way that he can go without drinking beer until wave 3. I am ok with the wine but what about my husband? Going without a beer for wave 1 isn’t a problem but after that I am sure he will think I am crazy. We are going to Vegas for a wedding on the 24th. By then we will be on wave 2 and have all of the sugar out so I don't want to take a step backwards but . . . we will be in Vegas!
The sample menus show more than just veggies for snacks. You can have almonds, or bell pepper strips with Laughing Cow, and other healthy snacks. Snacks should be about 100 calories or less. The nutritionist on the official site said to spread the snacks out through the day if you wish. You can also have unlimited tier 1 veggies. I think the general idea is that if you are really hungry, go ahead and have a snack. It will help tide you over and make it easier to stick to your next meal, and not overeat.
Alcohol - I don't know what your husbands weight loss goals are, but in my opinion, letting him have an occasional beer may be a good tradeoff if he is going to be supportive of the plan the rest of the time. I guess it depends on if it won't act as a trigger for him, making him crave other non-Sonoma friendly foods.
Thank you Suzanne! I saw that she said men and active people can have snacks but I thought she wanted us to eat only tier one vegetables for wave 1.
I think you are right about how to handle the alcohol for my husband. It could be a trigger. I think after have a couple of drinks our resistance to temptation is weakened. DH does want to lose weight.
It's really confusing. She does say on page 73 to just eat just tier 1 veggies for snacks in Wave 1, but then the sample menu shows other things, like Laughing Cow cheese and nuts. She probably just means that you can't choose tier 2 or 3 veggies or fruits for snacks, like you can on Wave 2. But since the almonds and a small amount of dairy are allowed each day, you can enjoy them as snacks instead of as part of another meal.
I have a question, but not necessarily on the diet itself - just a board policy question - Can I post recipes from a magazine? I was starting to flip through the latest issue of Light & Tasty and found a few recipes that would work for this plan. Is that okay?
One of my favorite snacks I discovered yesterday was the Babybel mini wheel semi-soft goat cheese and a serving of whole wheet triscuit crackers (12 according the the box) I spread a little of the cheese and make a cheese and cracker sandwhich...it is absolutely yummy imho. The crackers take some of the tanginess off of the cheese which some people don't like...I don't mind it, but I think it's even better with something, like the crackers. The whole wheat crackers have 3 g of fiber, btw.
do you think that a tbsp or 2 of hummus is an appropriate snack substitute for nuts or cheese snack in wave 1 or 2? while i love both nuts and cheese (yum!), i have recently rediscovered my obsession with hummus and want to incorporate that in too.
Yes, but I would say keep it to 1T. This is the amount she suggests as a snack for peanut butter so I think this should be treated along the same lines.
good to hear you, too, think that the hummus is 'sonoma legal', LindaT. a former roommate of mine got me hooked on it, but my obsession fizzled. then i saw it in the grocery store a short while back and now want hummus on everything
I've been taking smaller salads for snacks, I can make them out of Tier 1 Veggies, and have been using just a splash of Basalmic Vinegar or lemon juice and garlic, to "wet" the salad so to speak.
What I'm finding is that at work, I'm snacking because it's a habit, not really because I'm hungry.
I have a question, but not necessarily on the diet itself - just a board policy question - Can I post recipes from a magazine? I was starting to flip through the latest issue of Light & Tasty and found a few recipes that would work for this plan. Is that okay?
Lpree - sorry I needed to run this past Suzanne first since I didn't want to get her web site in trouble giving the wrong answer.
Go ahead and post it in the recipe section. make sure you identify in the title what Wave it is appropriate for.. look at how the other recipes are done and you'll be fine.
Help. My husband seems to be starving. A part of me says that he should just stick it out and stick to the portions. Another part of me wonders why he is eating the same portions as me. He is a 240 pound man. I just don't want him to quit. Do I encourage him to follow the plan as written or increase his portions. I did tell him that he needs to snack at about 3 on whole grain bread and peanut butter (he loves that).
Suggestions? Opinions?? Please help he is getting unbearable grumpy!!
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