I am really Struggling!
 | I am a ‘newbie’. I have been a vegetarian for years but was not eating correctly. This is my day 2 and I feel wonderful! I know what it is to struggle, I have all my life…every diet, every fad but until I changed my lifestyle it was all for naught. Thank you Trim Down Club for leading me in a better direction, more sensible direction. My energy level has soared and that is something at 73. |
 | Hi, Deen. Some users swap in a shake that they can sip on instead of eating. Any combination of fruits, vegetables, and a source of protein (dairy or vegan milk, for example) will do. We have a few recipes here https://www.trimdownclub.com/?s=shake&post_type=recipe. |
 | Hi, I am really having a tough time fitting the snacks into my work schedule. I work in retail and it can be really hard to take get a break to eat some of these snacks. Can anyone help me ? |
| | Hi, Tavery. I will forward your query to the tech support team. |
 | Just joined and I am struggling with the menu planner. It keeps giving me items that I do not check. Am I doing something wrong? I also can not figure out how to enter my profile. Where do I do that? H |
 | It’s taken me 2 weeks to actually get started. I’m struggling too, Pebbles. But we’re all friends here at The Trim Down Club. So let do it one meal, and snack at a time. |
 | Hi Pebbles, You have to allow your mind and body to adjust to a new way of eating. Your body will naturally signal a withdrawal mode to your brain because of cutting sugar and simple carbs out of your diet. This is a natural process that occurs for everyone as they journey though the process. This will pass if you stick to the plan in about 3 to 5 days. Perhaps when you feel the urge to relapse into “old eating habits” you could reinforce to yourself that this is a temporary state that is necessary to get to the other side. Changing old habits will take adjusting to. Don’t give up! You really need to start looking at your kitchen as a “center of wellbeing”. This is the place in your home that will be leading you back to health and happiness. Your kitchen is your friend. Remember to eat every 2 hours during the day and then pick a time in the evening to close the kitchen down. Your body is used to insulin peaks and valleys and until your blood sugar is under control, you are going to have cravings. It will pass. |
| | You have all given me some great advice! Thank you so much! I will continue to work hard and stick with it! I can do this! |
 | Hey pebbles do you have to get through the kitchen to get to the outdoors and go for a walk? LOL! Seriously try a brisk walk but before you go have a reward waiting at home. What I mean is…. get one of the many recipes for the shakes in here and make it up before you go for a walk. When you get home find a nice place to relax and grab that shake! Then say to yourself…. wtg girl you rock! This is a lifestyle change and not a quick fix! This is one day at a time and you CAN do it! Chris |
 | I think that MIND SET is a factor in this plan. You choose your foods for your menu and often times it does show repetitiveness in the day but on that particular meal you can just go to the menu history and look up your day you are on and click the little grey thingy next to the item and look for alternatives. Or just get as close as you can. For instance today,on my menu plan, I had 3 oz. of can tuna for my lunch with 1/2 c millet and 1 c steamed veg. I had defrosted some cooked shrimp for my husband today and he decided he didn’t want it so I replaced the tuna w/ 3oz. of the cooked shrimp. Having a food scale is a good tool to this program. You sort of have to play around and make a plan of your own to fit this wonderful plan of TDC in order for it to work for you with what you have. YOU CAN DO IT! Following your plan is essential, I feel, to success. I print off my weekly plan about 2 days prior to going shopping for the next week and make my shopping list from that week of menus. I’ve eve saved $ by doing this; it’s amazing. I’m going on a tangent now, so I’ll close here. Good luck Pebbles |
 | I use the higher fibre pasta..Catelli in the purple box..it is a nice change! I seem to have come to a standstill too…I’m going out for dinner tonight and than get right back on strict again tomorrow ..you do need a little treat from time to time..this my 6 th week and I don’t weigh myself..but my clothes are very loose..FINALLY someone noticed I had lost wt this week..so it is working! |
 | I agee that evenings have to be the toughest because you have to make dinner for yourself and your spouse (and other family it you have more). I can usually do well with breakfast, lunch, and snacks. When it comes to dinner, I have to make dinner for my husband and I refuse to prepare two different things. I try to stick with chicken or fish and just eat a smaller portion. So hard to stay away from carbs with dinner. I’m getting tired of brown rice, so sometimes I’ll cheat and have pasta (small portion). After dinner, I’m usually too full to have the evening snack so I end up skipping that. This worked for me in week 1, but now I’m not losing any more and I’m very tempted to go off plan. Staring Week 3 and I will keep trying for one more week. Hopefully I’ll see some results this week. |
 | I too have problems with sticking to the planned menu. but mine is with lunch and snack 1 i enjoy fruit and there seems to be little of it in my menu |
| | Thank you so much you guys for the wonderful suggestions.. Sometimes it really helps that people know exactly what you are going through and can offer ideas of how to get over a slump.. Have a great day! |
 | That word was understand. |
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