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From: cyndibarre@... wrote:

>Please remember that the EFL book isnt just a cookbook. You really

have to adjust the servings to the portions that are right for you! If

you go the the " eating for life " site you will see the nutritional

stats are listed as average, male, and female. The average is the

portion size in the book, but you want to try and scale the recipe down

or eat a smaller portion for women..

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But if you look at the ingredients, say for the egg and ham casserole,

it is 4 portions, and it is made of about 4 portions of protein and 1/2

potato per portion, which sound fine. And it is challenging to make a

fist and palm out of that flat casserole. So I think we'll get used to

what a portion is, is it a snack or a meal, are we hungrier or less

hungry, and it'll be okay, probably even if we go exactly by the

recommended portion in the EFL book. Just don't eat 2 portions, or a

portion and an extra carb.

At first I was uptight about the portions in the book, but it IS a

recipe that I am making, so I KNOW what I am putting in it, so I know

about how much protein and how much carb I am putting in it, and that

also helps me figure the size of a portion.

It's only when I went to fitday.com and tried to put calories, and then

went and looked up calories in the EFL website, and saw the average,

man, woman,... .that got confusing and threw me off.

I think with these small meals and 2-3 hours in between, I am actually

beginning to feel hunger and not hunger at times during the day. I know

if I am feeling hungry, I notice that it may be 3.5 hrs since the last

meal. That feels like a great new awareness.

Etana

onto the second half of challenge 1, with pants finally about 1/2 in

loose in waste, but maybe 1 " loose in hips