RE: New with Intro

[Guest guest]

> Food: have a package of heart health oatmeal for breakfast.

No good for P1, but I'd wonder if it's good at all since it's a " package " .

Generally speaking, oatmeal that is packaged in individual servings is not

SBD friendly. Breakfast also needs to include a serving of veggies.

> Some pistacchios as a snack, lunch is a bowl of home made chicken

> vegetable soup, light on the whole wheat noodles.

Wheat anything is not allowed on P1. The rest is probably ok (no peas,

carrots or corn on P1). You should shoot for 1-2 servings of veggies at

lunch time.

On P1 you need a second snack before dinner. During P2, you can do away

with the snacks if you like, but many continue on with them anyway as they

still help keep blood sugar regulated. BTW, nuts are limited as a snack to

X number of nuts per day. For example, you can have 30 pistachios.

> Dinner is whatever - last

> night was an Italian sausage with 3/4 cup of tortelini pasta and red

> sauce, 1/4 cup broccoli, salad with low fat ranch dressing.

Sausage of most kinds is usually not allowed because of its ingredients,

especially the higher fat content. If the tortellini was not made with

whole grain flour (which most store bought versions aren't) then it would

not be allowed. The red sauce would also be circumspect depending on

whether it was home made or store bought. As for the ranch dressing, you

don't have to go low fat -- you can use the full strength stuff on the SBD

if you prefer.

> Glass of red wine at bed time.

No wine until P2.

> Had a large package of peanut m&m's during the day.

These are not allowed on the SBD at all -- added sugar. Once you hit P2,

you're allowed 2 pieces of Dove dark chocolate per day if you like.

> Exercise: Ran a mile in the morning, did the precor machine for 30

> minutes at lunch.

That's not bad. The plan calls for 30 minutes a day of exercise. To get

the best weight loss bang, you should do this on an empty stomach so the

body will blow its glycogen reserves and burn some fat.

> This is maintenance for me, too lose I have to do something radically

> different.

Well, it's so-so for SBD. Not enough veggies and a few things you can't

have on P1 of course (no surprise there, I'm sure) and the M&Ms are a no-no

period.

I put together a little P1 adapting your meal plan article series a while

back that I post every so often. I'll repost it here shortly; it's helpful

to getting a feel for how the SBD is setup.