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There are food addicts who are following an abstinent vegan food plan and doing well. They say they started with the food plan as written and followed it for several years giving their bodies a...

Joan Ifland in her book uses various grains as protein and eliminates the dairy. You might want to check out her book, Flours and Sugars etc.

Had my favorite breakfast this morning. It's quick and easy and tastes yummy.

Margot's mush (and I think the version where it's fixed in the oven is in one of Kay Sheppard's books on food...

I like the serving of canned tuna or salmon with a cup of the shredded coleslaw or the broccoli slaw or that rainbow slaw and I like a 2nd cup of raw veg chunks at lunch time (tomato, cuke, summer...

The four oz of meat is after it's cooked, except for tofu. Here's a link for a measurement converter:

http://www.metric-conversions.org/we...s-to-grams.htm

wish I could help you with those...

Hope you will share your journey and keep us posted - we care!

The FAA food plan supports up to 45 minutes of active, aerobic type of exercise on a daily basis. And many food addicts enjoy supporting each other as they add exercise to their daily routine.
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Welcome to FAA, Newbie!

Many of us have been in your shoes - the details of our stores may differ; but there are many similarities. Many of us wanted to be self-suffiencent and not need anyone...

When beans are eaten as a starchy veg, then it's 1/2 cup.

When beans are eaten as a protein, then it's 1 cup.

We've all been down this road also of learning about the food plan.

Best of luck...

Welcome to FAA,

There are many ways to get started. Some like to come to the FAALoop meeting which is on the yahoo/groups. Can just google, FAALoop, and it should take you to the page where you...

Tara,

Most food addicts find that the cravings stop after about 10 days (more of less - it varies as we each have a unique body chemistry), but if we have eliminated all sugar, flour and wheat -...

there is more than one way to do this depending on which browser you are using

the Internet Explorer -You can right click on the website page for the FAA food plan (the link is at the bottom of...

This was posted to the Old FAA message board by a loving food addict:

A really good book that helped me to come up with my own personal version of a higher power is "The Sermon on the Mount" by...

I used to use the Fleishman's Olive oil one in the green tub. I think there are others that are clean, but I'm not sure which ones and you might need to call to double check on some of the...

I'm not sure what kind of recovering shake you need, but I've had the green smoothies for breakfast. I put a cup of water in the blender and added 2-3 ribs of cut up celery, 1 very ripe pear also...

You can ask your doctor to write a prescription for the pharmacist to hand mix a "clean compound" for you.

So far I haven't had to do that, but others say they have had it done. You might want...

There are active groups in Sweden and you find the contact info under the meetings link on the home page and then click on the link for Sweden.

Best of luck to you in your recovery.

Vickie R.

I had a sponsor who traveled quite a bit in her work. She checked out restaurants in the towns she would be staying in to see if she could get an abstinent meal there. She packed some...

kgirl,

There is a "night eating syndrome" and more can be found on the web about this.

I also got up in the middle of the night and felt like I had to have "something". I would steal foods...

Joann E

Many of us felt the same way as you do when we first saw it - how can I change this food plan around so it will be more suitable to me. Those who accept the food plan as written seem to...

Welcome to FAA, Newbie

The grains, starchy veg and regular veg are listed in the FAA food plan.

The general food plan is also given:

Like for breakfast: It's 1 serving of cooked grain (or...

Many like to grind it fresh daily and they often find an old coffee grinder that works very well.

Many who use the ground flaxseed add it to their morning grain and it helps with regularity...

Janet,

The best way to find a sponsor is to get to as many meetings each week as you can and take down the names and numbers of those who say things you relate to. They share their contact info...

Anna,

Welcome to FAA.

The artificial sweeteners found in the diet soda you drank could have triggered the disease. The scientific community has proven that the brain recognizes sugar in...

Welcome to FAA, Mickey

Your story sounds so familiar. The details are different, but the main story could be one that many of us of here in FAA have.

The newcomer pkt has a lot good info on...