[Coffee Luver]

Hey all -
I started the diet yesterday, and I think it went pretty well!
Here is where I get a little confused. In the meal plan it has nonfat milk to go with the coffee or tea, but then in the foods to avoid for Phase I it says avoid all dairy including fat-free milk.
Soooooo......... what is the deal???
Also, when I went grocery shopping I didn't get peanuts or walnuts, I got almonds (raw)... then I look closer on the the list and they aren't on the "Foods to Enjoy" list, but they aren't on the "Foods to Avoid" list.

[City Girl]

Under the old version of the diet, there was no dairy, but under the new guidelines you should have two 1-cup servings of nonfat dairy (milk or yogurt) per day. Almonds are permitted, but you don't want to consume more than 1 ounce of nuts/seeds per day--that's why they're not on the "enjoy" list.

[femmecreole]

The dairy thing has changed:
two servings per day of the following foods can be included on the Foods to Enjoy list of Phase 1:

1 percent milk
fat-free milk
low-fat plain soy milk (4 grams of fat per serving)
1 percent or fat-free buttermilk
fat-free plain yogurt

And for the almonds, I think you can have 15 for a serving. I go with pistachios cause you can have 30!

[Coffee Luver]

I didn't know that there was an old and a new version.... The book I am working off of is from 2003. Is there a newer one??

[Kiko]

Here you go! There is lots of good information in the Frequently Asked Questions section of the forum.

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=49548

Welcome to the beach!

[luvscoffee]

Welcome!! I asked a similar question when I first started back on the diet as I have an older verison of the book also. You can also have fat free half and half. I know that putting non fat milk in my coffee every day is gettig boring. I am going to get the half and half. Nice to meet another fellow coffee lover! Good luck to you.

[City Girl]

I'm also a coffee freak. I drink iced coffee with skim milk in it. I generally use 1/2 cup milk so I count it towards my daily dairy allowance.

[tomandkara]

Thank goodness for this forum, huh?!

Kara

[xJennJennx]

I'm also a coffee lover! I make a little frap when I'm needing something a lil sweet that is totally SB friendly
1/2 a teaspoon instant coffee
1/2 a teaspoon vanilla extract
2 packets of sweetner
1 cup FF milk

I add like a teaspoon of water to the coffee first to dissolve it, then add the others
It really helps my frap craving without all the added sugar

[Schmoodle]

Oh, two coffee threads going at once, you guys are really trying to get me excited! There are some confusing things in the book - good to ask here, these chicks know what they are talking about.

[cottagebythesea]

Add me to the list of coffee lovers! I love it iced or hot, as long as it has milk and splenda in it.

[indigal]

I'm a coffee lover as well! Love mine black and strong!

In the Summer time though, I'll put splenda and milk in hot coffee, then chill for a nice iced coffee on a really hot day.

[ladybugnessa]

coffee girl here

i use Davinci Sugar free syrups in mine!

[KO]

is soy creamer allowed?
Right now I'm using the Omega 3 plain soy milk but I love the texture of the soy creamer in plain
the FF 1/2 & 12 makes me sick

[choices]

WooHoo..coffee lovers,count me in too! I also didn't know that I could have ff half/half..the thing that confuses me is so many of the ff items that I check,have MORE sugar in them than the Light version..in those cases, what does a person do? choices