Tips, Tricks, Recipes & Encouragement!

Hi, kydano. Try health-oriented stores, such as Whole Foods Market and Trader Joes. If all else fails, 100% whole grain bread is just fine.

Hi, kydano. Any of the foods in the lightest blue (healthiest) will help raise your health score.

Hi, kydano. A good health score is 80 and up.Hi, Melinda. The intention is for you to eat all the food on the menu.
As for sugarless gum, gum sweetened with natural sugar alcohols such as xylitol and erythritol are fine.

Do I just post it all here? Also, do you need the full days diet of what to eat or just the total days exchanges.
What suggeston do you have for gum. sugar free is a no no and so is sugar. I normally chew a lot of gum since I quit smoking. What is a healthy substitute.

Hi, Melinda. As I mentioned in response to your other recent post, the diet is designed to support getting your metabolism up. If you would like recommendations for the period in which you are more sedentary, I just need your height, weight, and a sample day from your menu, and I will make recommendations.
Because you have diabetes, I would suggest that you consult with your healthcare provider regarding what exercises you can do – even if they are very simple and light, at least you will keep some muscles moving.

Hi, Lois1939. I’m hoping that your message indicates that you are not hungry on this program. I think it is great to listen to your hunger signals, and it is recommended that you don’t overdo, especially if you are not awake for the typical 16 hours per day.
However, it is important to be sure that you don’t consider this to be a lot of food just in comparison to typical weight loss diets, which tend to be quite restrictive. Restricting intake can lead to rebound weight gain, whereas eating according to your nutritional needs can keep your metabolism up and ensure you can follow the plan long-term (and keep off the lost weight).
I would be happy to help in calculating how you could cut back to your comfort while still maintaining the metabolic advantages. I just need a little information – your height and weight (I’m assuming the 1939 indicates your age), and a sample day from your menu. It would also be good if you could briefly describe your physical activity level.

This is my third day.What if I cant eat all the meals on the daily menu.Thats a lot of food.Will I still lose weight.I had breakfast at 8 snack 10:30 lunch at 5pm snack at 8:30 then its bedtime

Hi, ACornuelle, and welcome. There are a couple of options for portable snacks. The first is snack-type foods, such as nuts, seeds, crackers and cheese slices, cut fruits and vegetables, etc. Another option is to drink your snacks – you can make shakes and hearty soups, put them in a thermos and take them with you wherever you go. Recipes are here: shakes – https://www.trimdownclub.com/?s=shake&post_type=recipe; and soups – https://www.trimdownclub.com/recipe_type/soups/.