Any tips

[littleone]

Thank you. Okay, I am on my day 2. This is hard. I am craving donuts! And I never eat donuts. Mind over matter though. I am so short I look a lot bigger than what it sounds like. But thank you for your nice thoughts.
Can any of you give me little snacking tips or some good meal ideas? The recipes I find are not that great. Also I drink a lot of water but especially when i work out...I am very hungry. Any tips. Thanks.

Cynthia

[jade]

Re: Any tips

Hey Cynthia,
What have you tried? A typical day for me might be to start with bacon and eggs (overeasy thank you! Then if I'm hungry in the mid morning I might have some string cheese. Lunch would consist of a spinach salad with oil/vinegar dressing with maybe some chicken in it. Mid afternoon I might have some sugar free jello. For supper I might have some salmon, another small salad or veggie from the Induction list. Before bed I may have some pork rinds and my 'dip' (I take some cream cheese, put some salsa on top of that and then sprinkle on some shredded cheddar cheese. Delish! Just remember to count all the carbs) I might have a glass of decaf iced tea with that too.
If you are hungry you need to eat. Make sure you have shopped for this food plan. Fail to plan....plan to fail. Take the book or copy the Approved foods for induction off the website with you to the grocery store and buy a little of what's on there. That way you can have those things on hand and not feel tempted. Take some raw veggies and dip with you to work. Have some string cheese or other allowed cheese with you in your office fridge, I like beef jerkey as a snack as well.
Hang in there! You'll be fine!

Be well
jade

"]Thank you. Okay, I am on my day 2. This is hard. I am craving donuts! And I never eat donuts. Mind over matter though. I am so short I look a lot bigger than what it sounds like. But thank you for your nice thoughts.
Can any of you give me little snacking tips or some good meal ideas? The recipes I find are not that great. Also I drink a lot of water but especially when i work out...I am very hungry. Any tips. Thanks.

Cynthia[/quote]

[DebbietheHugBug]

Cynthia, like Jade said, make sure you are eating enough. Snacks could be celery w/cream cheese, deviled eggs, lettuce wraps, etc. The list is endless. You are only limited by your imagination.

If you are having cravings for sweets, you might want to start taking L-Glutamine. It REALLY helps with the sweet tooth! Take 2000mg/day. There is a recipe for Clouds in the recipe board. They are really rich and they kill any sweet tooth I might have (none since being on L-Glutamin).

Hope this helps. Good luck!