I'm so glad you're doing well, Teresa.Originally Posted by trixiedb
Enjoy your abstinent Monday today!
I'm so glad you're doing well, Teresa.
Hi, not sure if this is the place to post about this but here it goes anyway.
In the food plan, when it says 1 cooked vegetable and 1 fresh vegetable, can we instead mix a smaller amount of different veg? as in instead of having a whole portion of cucumber can we have half a portion of cucumber and half a portion of pepper? also how much is a cup exactly? i'm not too sure about this.
also, in my experience fats trigger my addiction quite a lot, all the ones listed on the food plan page (mayo, oil, margarine, salad dressing), i don't think i should put them on my plan, any advice on this and on other foods that i could replace these with?
thank you
Also, sorry for "spamming" this thread, I sometimes will be unable to eat at the appropriate times due to work etc, is this ok? like tomorrow, i won't be able to have dinner till 7pm tomorrow yet i am having lunch at about 1pm as i would have had breakfast about 9am......
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hello, yes you can mix veggies to make your one cup. so for you 1c raw veggie you can have a mixed salad with whatever veggies you want that are on the food plan. same with the 1c of cooked you could do 1c of brocclie/carrots/greenbeans etc. a cup is an actual 1c measuring cup that you buy at the store. having out 1tbsp of fat per day is very important for the health of our bodies to have. we need it for our cells, heart, hair, nails, etc. if you are sensitive to these things i would stay away from the mayo, margarine, and dressing and just stick with putting 1.5tsp of olive oil on your food at lunch and 1.5tsp of oil on at dinner to make the 1tbsp required daily and see how it goes from there. hope this helps
it is important to stick with the meal times as much as possible to keep our blood sugar levels stable throughout the day. your timing between breakfast and lunch is correct, but your dinner is a bit late. may want to possibly bringing your lunch with you to work and eating it before you leave, or even eating it in your car so that you can get it in at the correct time. i often need to pack my food with me and eat it cold or in the car even though it is not the most ideal situation in order for me to eat when i am supposed to in order to take care of myself and my recovery. i infact had to do this with 2 meals today b/c i was gone the entire day and was only able to eat breakfast at home. today i need to view food as fuel for my body. and just like i need to put fuel in my car when it is needed i too need to put fuel into my body when it is required.
The other way that some food addicts get their daily oil (and it can be olive oil, walnut oil, sesame oil or some other quality oil that agrees with you), is to split the tablespoon of daily oil between 3 meals and have 1 teaspoon of oil with their morning grain and the 2nd teaspoon with their salad for lunch and the 3rd teaspoon with dinner (can be put on your cooked veg and eat a cup of chunk raw veg).
Just a suggestion for what it's worth.
Some of my sponsees have run into this problem if they have long commutes home or need to run some errands on the way home. And what they do is to take their MA to work with them and eat it before they leave work and then have their usual dinner when they get home.
Others have split their breakfast because of a long commute to work in the morning on the train and eat half of their breakfast right before leaving home and carry the other half and either eat it on the train or at work. And when splitting meals, it's best to have the two halves to be exactly alike - 1/2 the protein, 1/2 grain, 1/2 fruit and 1/2 dairy in each split meal.
Some have split their dinner meals because they need to eat smaller meals for medical reasons and some have added a starch/grain to lunch and split it also.
This food plan as given is only a suggestion and has helped many, many people and can be altered with your sponsor's help or your doctor's for medical reasons - I love how flexible this food plan can be.
thank you very much, that's helpful to me! how do people feel about avocado and lentils?? both things aren't on the food lists..
anna
lentils are part of the bean family and are part of the food plan, but avocado's are not part of the food plan.
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I am new to FAA and am very excited about following the food plan and staying away from the sugar and flour.. I know and realize that foods containing either or both are what have kept me overweight and obsessing over diets, width loss, food choices, etc! Can't wait to learn how to do an online meeting and find a sponsor!
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