Re: Newbie with a question! Where does it say 5.5 cups of veggies?

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Well, Carol, I've been looking for where I found that requirement. Literally.

I know I read it SOMEwhere -- either in the book or on this site -- and I've

been carrying

the darned book around with me all day, and, now, of course, when I need to go

through it

with scrutiny, I can't find it. Nuts is what I am today in more ways than one.

But, I will

look for it and post when I find it. I know that I could not possibly have made

it up! It had

to be either in the book or else in something I read on this site.

However, you are right that all the menu suggestions in P1 in the files section

of this site

add up to 5.5 cups of veggies, if you include the two 1/2 cup " recommended bean "

servings (lunch and dinner or snacks) in the measurements. (1/2 cup at

breakfast, plus

two cups at lunch and two cups at dinner). But that's not where I got the

amount. I

remember seeing, somewhere, the 5.5 cup figure. Maybe someone wrote it to me in

an

email when I first started. But then it got stuck in my head as a requirement

of P1.

Anyway, I have been learning this just looking for this statistic, so all is not

lost.

For example, in re-reading the transcript of Dr. A's speech in November, 2004, I

see that,

although he does not rule out coffee, he does discourage it, saying that it

causes

increased production of insulin which sparks cravings. So, in spite of the fact

that I was

successfully on Day 3, so far, I couldn't understand my rather mad cravings for

" something, just anything, to have. " (That's the only way to describe it.) And

I was

wandering around trying to find something to go into the mouth. (After the

pecans, I then

also had several more small slices of the yeasty bean bread, plus another 3/4

ounch of

75% lean cabot cheese. I feel fairly content now, so maybe I just hadn't eaten

enough at

dinner. Or, maybe, just MAYBE, it was the fact that I DID overindulge in coffee

mid-day.

Ole HoneyPie had made a fresh pot, and it smelled very, very good.... and I was

hungry

after doing my 46 minutes on the stationary bike . . . .and so I ate something,

but also

guzzled some coffee.... so that must explain the cravings.

ALSO, in that same address, he mentions that in Phase 1 we need be MORE

concerned with

eliminating cravings than with actual weight loss. I had heard so many stories

of all these

people who have lost SO MUCH weight during Phase 1, but I doubted that I would

because

I've been trying to get away from my inclination to measure everything.. . . I

know that the

concept of measuring is SO alien to SBD. I recommend writing things down,

though, so I

know if I'm really hungry or not . . . but without MY computer (I write it all

down on

Fitday), I'm not doing that right now, so I have no real " anchor. " And I might

be over-

eating. It's hard to know. I feel like I'm sort of " flying blind. "

Anyhow....as soon as I find my book (Good grief! It's gotta be here

SOMEWHERE!!!) I will

re-read all my underlinings and cite you chapter and verse (that is, IF it is to

be found in

there.) If not, then, I stand corrected and will, of course, apologize for

whatever

misinformation might have unknowingly been passed along.

Annie

>

> I have a quick question! I believe it was on this

> board, but I've read several posts mentioning needing

> to finish eating the required 4-5 cups or whatever of

> veggies for the day. I've searched thru the SB book,

> and I can't find anywhere that it says that...could

> someone enlighten me, in case I'm not doing what I

> should be doing? Thanks!

>

> Blessings,

> Carol

>