Wave One ~thread~
 

I am starting wave one tomorrow.
Does anyone want to join?
I have the book and am reading it now; so i should be prepared in the morning.


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Hi there,
I've actually started Sonoma today too. I would love to be your buddy.

Hi, I started sonoma diet three days ago and I would like to post here. I'm going to weigh in the morning just to see if I've lost anything. My first week on wave 1 will be over next Wed.

How do you get the ruler at the bottom of your post?

I am starting today! So far so good! LOL BUT I have only had breakfast!

Well actually I will be starting tomorrow; And i glad you all are joining me!

I just wanted to add; I am going to follow the MED. diet but use the Sanoma structure. I really dont think it will be much difference.
Anyways I am going to phase out chicken and beef. And stick to mainly fish and nuts/beans.

Hi Jenn - I started today too. It's almost 2:30 and so far so good. The biggest shock was the grocery store bill - I was on nutrisystem before and it really only did cost about $12 per day for all day. I spent $200 yesterday and didn't get the whole week's worth. I figure I'll drop off of the recipes quickly and just follow the portion control.

I did notice the recipes have alot of oil and salt. I know olive oil is good for you but I am thinking about cutting it back a bit. Any thoughts on that?
Barbara

fourth day on Sonoma diet
 

Hi everyone, I'm on my fourth day and I weighed this morning and I have lost three pounds so far, still have three days to go. The food is good. I do my own recipe's. I can't efford all that stuff at once. I'm going to try some of the recipe's each week just to make it interesting. My cravings for sugar are no longer around.

Pat:wave:

A thread just for me :D.

I started today as well. I was doing the Med Diet for a while but the last few weeks haven't been healthy eating for me so I think I need more structure for right now. It's a good time to start for me because I'm at Spring Break (grad school) and I just finished a lot of major projects (like, erm, my master's thesis... ;) ) and other pressures have started to ease off (getting replies from PhD programs and some are good though most have been bad :( )

I'm only doing Wave 1 for a week because of time constraints but since I was on the Med Diet before that and on low carb for a few years before that, I've cut out refined sugars and grains from my diet a long time ago. So far I'm doing ok, no major slips for the first day, no feeling of lethargy or headaches or the like.

I'm also trying to up my exercise a bit (as much as I can with the limited time I have between studies, teaching, etc.) I've kkept up exercising even while I've been eating badly, which is a plus at least. I've added some resistance band training 4x a week (not for long - about 15 minutes - but it's something) and also some yoga 3-4x a week for relaxation mainly. That's in addition to about 3 hours of brisk walking a week.

Good luckk to all!

Tam

I just started the diet today. So far so good. I just got hungry for the first time today and it's 6:00 so I don't figure that's too bad. I have a little bit of a headache, but haven't had any soda today and I usually have at least 24 ounces of caffeinated soda a day. I also went to the gym and worked out

The marinated flank steak and broccoli w/goat cheese were worth the hassle
 

First day on and I decided to follow the recipes for at least a week. I fixed Day 2 food today - the dinner was really good - if you like Greek/Italian type food you will like it. I used all fresh herbs - after the last set of chopping I was wondering, but it was very flavorful. I am on spring break for a week (but still working ft) so I'm guessing I may cook this week and then go to ckn breast/steamed vegetables once school starts :)

Barbara

Thanks for the tip Barbara, I'll try the marinated flank steak and broccoli. So far I like everything about this diet.

Pat

I did pretty good yesterday till I got to work! LOL I had TONS of water but when I got to work(I work around food) I got massivly hungry. I did give in :( BUT I did good till I got to work! LOL I work at night so during the day I did pretty good. I have to go with the basic structure because of my schedual. I can't really cook at night just for me. I work at 5.

I weighed tonight and I lost three pounds in the first day! I figure it's water weight, but hey I'll take anything!!!

This is my fourth day and it was kinda ruff. I didn't plan my dinner tonight and that is a bad deal for me. I always plan so I don't get tempted. I ended up eating a bowl of shredded wheat with bran and a little unsweeted soy milk. That wasn't bad, it could have been worse. Thursday I will weigh in and see if it made a difference. I hope not.

Pat

I just started yesterday. Doing well, and feel good. I kind of made up my own meals as hadn't really planned on starting, but got so inspired decided to go for it.

Good luck everybody!

Hi, I hope you really like it. I weigh Thursday, it will be one week of wave 1. I've already lost three pounds. I was hungry when i first started but it really didn't take very long to stop the cravings.

Pat

On this plan do you have to follow the recipes or can you plan you own around the "allowed foods"? I've never looked into this plan but it sounds great, you can actually have fruits and veggies?? It looks like you can many food choices as long as you cut out the sugar and white foods...is that right? I'm just trying to get info before I go out and get the book.

thanks!
Jen

Jen,

No you don't have to follow any recipes in the book or plans. Those are merely suggestions. There are two really informative stickies at the top of the forum that explain the plan. Also you might want to check out the Sonoma Recipe sub forum at the top of the page. Lots of good recipes there and they list which wave they are good for. Wave one recipes are good for Wave 1,2,3 and Wave 2 recipes are good for Wave 2,3.

Hubby and I are completely starting Wave 1 Sonoma again this Saturday, Friday is grocery shopping day.

We have kinda been following it for the last month with other life changing events that have been going on, but it's time to really get back into it.