Newbies - Trim Down Club

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Foxx 12 years ago	I joined TDC late yesterday. I am looking forward to starting this new life change. I lived a healthy, organic life in the Oklahoma country as a child, with a good variety of vegetables from an enormous garden and fruit from the orchard, wheat and peanuts from the fields, freshly slaughtered beef and poultry, healthy eggs, and raw milk, butter and cheese. When my parents were forced to moved our family to town, our eating habits changed. I had never before eaten food from a can or a box. I missed the farm and the country meals and I still do today. Over the years, I have developed a few health problems, kidney stones being the most painful to deal with. I started looking for healthy information online and happened upon a TDC video which led me here. This feels right and I believe I will get the help I need here to, once again, live a healthy life, loose weight and enjoy eating again.
annaleeramos 12 years ago	Hi Arthurmae. Welcome to the trim down club. Hey. From the sounds of it you have done all you need to do to get you weekly menu. Did you push the finish button, and if you did.\\\ Scroll to the top of the page and click on the apps section. Then from there, click on the menu history. It will show you the most recent menu for the week. click on it and it will show you your menu. If there are some thing on the menu that you would like to change, click on the button next to it that looks like a refresh button and it will give you different options to choose from. I hope all this help you out. It you have any questions, just let us know and someone will try to help you out. We are all here for each other. Have a great day and Happy Healthy Eating. Anna
Arthurmae54 12 years ago	Hi I’m new to this …getting off to a bad start, I checked my menu choices for breakfast,lunch and dinner I checked the next button ? How o I get it to generate my menus for the week? Thanks Mae
annaleeramos 12 years ago	WOOOOOO HOOOOO…….! Weighed my self this morning and have already lost 4 pounds. It feels so good to say that. I am looking forward to lose the next 4. Have a great day and hang in there. Happy Healthy Eating Everyone. Anna
slimasharon 12 years ago	Ossie – there have been a few posts about flour and I’ve come across raw organic purple corn flour from Peru. I tried it mixing in with the rice flour in the lemon muffin recipe – made 1/2 as recipe and 1/2 with purple corn flour and chillie. These were a hit with friends and the colour is great. I assume its OK for the diet?
slimasharon 12 years ago	Hi everyone. I’ve been off the diet for a couple of weeks, partly work pressures, partly invites out for meals. I was a wee bit naughty and expected to have put on weight but amazingly have lost a bit. I’m making very small progress compared to many of you but it is going down. Sharon
Ossie-Sharon 12 years ago	Hi, ebenner, and welcome. Is there a medical reason you have been following a 1000-calorie diet? If not, this amount is much, much, much too low for an adult, and is generally promoted as a short-term type of diet. The Trim Down Club program is intended to be a lifelong healthy way of eating, which is why you see more food than you are used to. I am glad to read that you are losing, and assure you that your chances of being healthier and happier are much higher this way.
Ossie-Sharon 12 years ago	Hi, Chia. Yes, we will be coming out with an Easter recipe collection. If you want a cheesecake more in line with your health goals, try our spring-themed recipe https://www.trimdownclub.com/recipe/strawberry-swirl-cheesecake/. As for salts, if you are not allergic to iodine and don’t eat a lot of seafood or vegetables grown in areas exposed to seawater, iodized salt is indeed recommended. “Sea salt” does not have any tangible advantage over that. If you choose a salt substitute or “light” salt, be sure to check for iodine there, too (usually as potassium iodide).
Norunyan 12 years ago	Hi everyone.Boy,it sounds like you are all staying on track.I am still down 5 lbs.All of my family likes to cook so I have to pick out the right food and not eat too muck.My Daughter made homemade bread tonight.Mmmm it is good.I took a small slice and it was enough.To change my habits I have to decide not to eat too much I love it that I do not have to cook like I used to but it is hard to pass up such good food.Am seeing my clothes be a little large. Good night all.Have a good day tomorrow.
CHIA 12 years ago	OSSIE: Do you have any recipes for delicious desserts for Easter dinner this Sunday? I’ve been seeing cheese cakes coming through my e-mail and they look so good and refreshing, but I know they are full of fat. Is there anything sugar and carb free?
ebenner 12 years ago	A question from this newbie: I have gone online to check out substitutions for various things to make it easier for me. Doesn’t this seem like a lot of food? I’m used to 1000/calories/ day and it seems like I’m eating a lot BUT I am down a couple of pounds.
CHIA 12 years ago	OSSIE: I’m confused about salt. IS IT BEST TO USE SEA SALT FOR EVERYTHING, including baking and all cooking? I know Sea Salt has lots of good things in it, but what do we do for IODINE? Our bodies need Idodine, don’t they? Also, It seems to me that sea salt is stronger tasting than regular table salt – Mortons. Is that correct or not? Should we use less sea salt than regular table salt?
apensa 12 years ago	Ossie: So the bottom line is control the amount of salt intake but it really does not matter which type of salt you choose unless you are talking to a gormet’ cook. Seaborne: Good way to put it. I just feel a little disappointed that Trim Down is getting involved in this, but like you say, if it works, I guess no harm is done.
Ossie-Sharon 12 years ago	Hi, LuckyLady. Glad to read things are going well. We don’t like to think anyone is depriving themselves when the options might benefit from an upgrade Try this recipe here https://www.trimdownclub.com/recipe/rhubarb-strawberry-tart/, but substitute cherries for the strawberry+rhubarb (fresh, frozen, or jarred in juice, not heavy syrup). Once you bake it, divide it into individual slices and freeze them; then just thaw each one for, say, an evening snack (dessert for your dinner) instead of what’s usually on your menu. Please do remember to find ways to enjoy yourself – this isn’t a diet, it’s (hopefully) your new healthy lifestyle 🙂
LynnM 12 years ago	Good news, LuckyLady! Great to read all the progress that people are making, and that some are sticking with it even when nothing seems to be happening. That was my case, plateau for 3 weeks, then all of a sudden it seems today I have lost one inch everywhere (almost!) and feel lighter too, must be more muscle there! I’m down a total of 13lb since Jan 1!!