Newbie questions
 | My addiction is coffee with liquid, flavored, non-dairy creamer. Is there something I can switch out to make up for the creamer I use? Not replace the creamer yet (although I am researching…trying…some options). What part of snack or a meal (pro, carb, etc.) would I need to switch out? |
 | Hi, Randi. Yes, of course you can eat the same snacks every day. Technically, variety is really only crucial when it comes to fruits and vegetables, but the seasons usually take care of that. Whatever you do, be sure it’s comfortable and at least a little better than what you were doing before. |
| | Thanks Sharon. It will be a struggle for me to eat everything. I just don’t have an appetite. I made a special effort this morning and ate an egg and 1/2 cup of Grape Nuts with a 1/2 cup of unsweetened Almond Milk. Then managed to get about a cup of cantaloupe down at around 12:15. Around 3:00 I snagged the last of a head of lettuce out of the fridge and dipped it in fat free Italian dressing. About an hour later I had 2 celery sticks and about a teaspoon of fat free Italian. The family (husband and 4 young children–oldest is 6–that have to have high-calorie diets of they shrivel up to nothing, very, very active bunch) had pork roast I cooked in the crock pot. I had two small bites. And I’m not hungry. Is it okay if I eat the same thing for each snack all day? And maybe do the same for meals? I guess I could pick a breakfast from a day, a lunch from a day, and a dinner. Find a couple snacks that I can make a bunch at one time and have them ready to go so I can grab them. Can I do that? |
| | Hi, Randi, and welcome! Below are answers to your questions: |
| | A few newbie questions: 1) Do I need to be eating ALL the food on the menu for the day? 2) Are the daily menus a culmination of everything I need for that day (so I would need to eat that whole day’s menu) or can I swap out meals (like put Tuesdays 1st snack in place of Monday’s morning snack)? (I see there is something similar in another thread and will have to read that thread, but need to post this before I lose it). 3) Is there a list of the basic principles, such as how much protein you need with so much of a certain type of carb per meal? Something with a basic guideline? We’re out in the sticks and have a very limited selection, but abundant in things that might not be available elsewhere (like we raise our own natural, grass-fed beef….a luxury that I surely couldn’t afford if I had to buy it in the store!). But things, such as almonds, are VERY expensive, as is any fish or seafood. Those latter items are so expensive that they are cost-prohibitive. Randi |
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