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Originally Posted by Nancy LC
Deb, question for ya. Are you following their menu? Or are you just eating a good low carb meal?
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I am not following their menu because, I confess it, I HATE eating plans that require you to eat certain things. Also I live alone and cook only for myself - and trying to eat a varied menu plan like that means buying far too much food, and far too much wastage. So I have consulted the veggie substitution lists at the back of the book and am just trying to pick a meal choices from there.
My meal the first day, for example, was bacon and eggs with a 1/2 cup of green beans sauteed in the bacon grease. My meal yesterday was a few cocktail shrimp with curried mayo, and them some all-beef meatballs with a small side of spinach and butter. I have some more shrimp at home (got them on sale at the supermarket on Friday) and I have some zucchini, so I'm thinking I may shred some zucchini to make sort of "zucchini spaghetti". Then I will sautee the shrimp in butter with some garlic, and have that over the zucchini.
Though I have referred to their menu plan to get ideas, and some of the recipes sound worth trying, but I'm not specifically following their menus.
Which does lead me to the one major nit I have with the book. Unless I missed it their book never comes right out and gives a "menu" for what the eating plan should be. I mean it doesn't say something like:
- enough protein to feel satisfied
- one vegetable serving
- one fruit serving
- X amount of butter, mayo or other condiments.
And so sometimes, from the menus given, I'm not sure quite what I should be having, but have felt that a protein portion with some amount of fat, and a veggie from their veggie list, and possibly fruit (though have to watch fruits as they do affect my blood sugar, but avocado is on the "fruit" list and that is fine for me) should work as a meal.