 Ossie-Sharon 12 years ago | Hi, senseableme. I would be happy to evaluate the menus you are getting. Can you post your age, height, weight, physical activity level and sample day from your weekly menu? Nearly all of the feedback posted so far is that there is a perception of “too much food,” so depending on what you send, I may forward it to the tech support team to see if there is something that needs fixing.
A shopping list program is on the way. In the meantime, most users copy the menu items and portion sizes into a spreadsheet program and sort to make a consolidated list.
Regarding unfamiliar foods, the program does recommend healthy items that provide a metabolic advantage for people looking to get fit and healthy. These are mostly protein-rich, fiber-rich, low glycemic-index, with more vitamins and minerals than the usual staples, unprocessed for the most part, and with fewer undesirable chemicals. You can select familiar foods, but we do encourage you to at least try healthier versions (i.e. brown instead of white rice) and something new once in a while. To find out more about some of the unfamiliar foods, try the articles posted on the site (in the Articles section above).
You do not have to weigh food, as items are posted in measured portions as well.
Whole milk products are listed in the Menu Planner as “raw,” “organic,” or “grass-fed”. If grain-fed and conventional and homogenized, there is not enough of a health advantage for it to be recommended here; in that case 2% is better.
Please let us know if you have any other questions. |
 senseableme 12 years ago | I finally managed to get through the menu section, and print it out. I am already discouraged. The meals don’t seem big enough to even enjoy, let alone make for your family. They seem like diet meals to me. Does this site offer a grocery list to go with it’s menu? That way I could shop for the week and know I have the right items to prepare meals with. The other thing I am having problems with, is some of the ingred. I have never heard of. Can anyone give any help with this so I can give it a fair try. I am not a food weighter, and I love whole milk products, such as Milk, sour cream, cottage cheese and most all cheeses. |
