Newbies - Trim Down Club

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Dec2951 10 years ago	Also just new and am wondering if it is best to follow the plan meal by meal and day by day or can you meal hop and day hop for example can i eat lunch breakfast from Monday and lunch from Thursday or Lunch from Friday and Dinner for lunch on Monday when its Tuesday
Marcymj 10 years ago	Hi I have only just joined and I’m finding this web site a nightmare to get any information about what I can drink or what I can use as spreads or sauces? It helps you plan your menu but it’s not very user friendly with giving any other info. Am I looking in the wrong place?
Support 10 years ago	Hi hodgos2, happy to help. Here is a list of drinks that you can drink freely while on the plan: https://www.trimdownclub.com/free-drinks/ For more detailed explanations of beverages, be sure to have a look at our Quick Start Guide located in your My Downloads area. Regarding the cup measurements, 1 cup = 16 Tbsp = 8 fl oz = 240 ml For more information on our measurements, please see here – https://www.trimdownclub.com/reducing-the-size-of-recipes/ Hope this information helps. Please do write back if you need anything else. Best 🙂
hodgos2 10 years ago	Could you tell me more about what drinks we can have and can I have milk in them Thanks
hodgos2 10 years ago	Hello I would like to clarify what a cup measure is please as there are many different sizes Thank you
wsaitken 10 years ago	Is it a major issue if I can’t consume everything that is on my menu? I try but I never seem to get hungry before it’s time for next snack or meal. I also went well for the first 3 weeks losing weight and then last 8 days gained 1.1kg. I walk about 3 kms each day is this creating a problem with muscle/weight gain and loss. I have been type 2 diabetic for nearly 20 years and am struggling with the amount of food definitely not the type as I eat much of my food raw. Any help would be appreciated
Ossie-Sharon 10 years ago	Hi, kyeventer. We encourage you to look for whole food ingredients without excess sugars or artificial flavors, colors of preservatives – this article may help: https://www.trimdownclub.com/the-benefits-of-whole-foods/. Taking the yogurt example, we encourage you to get plain yogurt and sweeten and flavor it yourself – pure vanilla extract or fresh fruit with the sweeteners recommended in this article: https://www.trimdownclub.com/the-best-way-to-sweeten-your-tea – that way you avoid excess sugars.
Ossie-Sharon 10 years ago	Hi, EMo. It’s Ossie 🙂 The menu planner is purposely vague and generic to give you the freedom to prepare foods as you wish, hopefully following the guidance we offer in our downloads and articles. We encourage you to make foods from scratch as much as possible from whole food ingredients, and buy similarly formulated products – using your example, if you wish to buy the honey mustard dressing, then look at the ingredients label to be sure there aren’t added artificial ingredients. The following is an example of the type of thing we encourage: WATER, DIJON MUSTARD (DISTILLED WHITE VINEGAR, WATER, MUSTARD SEED, SEA SALT, WHITE WINE, CANE SUGAR, ALLSPICE, CINNAMON, TURMERIC), HONEY, APPLE CIDER VINEGAR, EXPELLER PRESSED VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), SEA SALT, XANTHAN GUM. I hope that helps.
kyeventer 10 years ago	My menu said to eat yogurt as a snack. I purchased non fat vanilla Greek yogurt but the label said it had 18g of sugar!! Is this still ok? Could that be natural sugars? I wanna do this right to a T so still confused on what to get.
emoreau 10 years ago	Hi Sharon (assuming this is your first name, not Ossie): I am trying out the menu planner. How do I get details about individual items? For example, when it says sour cream, is it as a spread or just to eat? What about honey mustard dressing, is there a particular brand or a recipe somewhere? Thank you for your help. EMo
Ossie-Sharon 10 years ago	Hi, kyeventer, and welcome. There is a lot of information to take in, and I’m happy to help. Since this program is based on whole foods, when in doubt, go for those. So in the case of “cooked oatmeal,” we encourage non-instant/non-quick types, particularly steel-cut oats, which are the closest to whole that you can get. The basic cooking is in water, but if you have extra milk in your menu, that’s great for cooking (it is extra in your menu because it has natural sugars in it). Similarly with canned tuna, mayonnaise is extra – you can use it instead of any oil that is in your menu. If you have additional questions, please do repost here.
kyeventer 10 years ago	I just joined and created a menu. I’m confused on a lot of things. When it says “cooked oatmeal”, what kind of oatmeal and what do you cook it with? Milk or water?? I need more direction, I’m little dissapointed. Please help, also if you eat canned tuna, can you eat mayo with it?
apensa 10 years ago	Amen on the Spellcheck, Jojor. You are doing fine. Welcome.
Jojor1969 10 years ago	Hi I’ve just joined, Iv read others questions and comments and it’s all useful information, I’m going to find it really hard to stick to the planner, there’s lots of foods I dont normally buy even though I like them, but it will help me follow some of the healthier foods, please excuse my writing or choice of words I’m dyslexic so has been difficult to come and post here, but really want to try and lose more weight but in a heather way, thank god for spell check,
Ossie-Sharon 10 years ago	Hi, rabo1960. Many of our recipes are in the Personal Menu Planner lists. For those that have not yet made it in, just select something similar and make the switch at mealtime.