Guest guest Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 Hi everyone, I will try not to be too lengthy. A few months ago I tried unsuccessfully to start the 7 steps. I couldn't even get step 1 down. I could not find something that would give the required protein. One problem is that I dont like protein shakes. Currently I am not a practicing vegetarian, but I have been off and on and it is the direction I want to go. At this point, I definitely want to let go of meat and have only occasional chicken. I have never been a huge cheese eater, but at this time I am not choosing to let go of cheese. I do not however like cottage cheese. I do like Boca burgers, Boca chicken nuggets but these do not seem to have large of quantity of protein. I still do not have a club how to get going on breakfast. I dont like breakfast that much (typical for sugar addicts) and I dont know how to get the 40 grams of protein I need at breakfast. Something else I am wondering about is vegetables. I do like vegetables, love them actually. And all of the health and disease prevention guidelines are constantly saying we need at least 5 fruits and/or vegetables per day. Are vegetables supposed to be limited on the program? If so, is that healthy?. Anyway, as everyone can see, I just need help. I appreciate any input and I appreciate everyone's time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 Hi dd1nmt, welcome! What shall we call you? To answer the easy question first, there is no limit to how many vegetables you eat on the program, so no worries there. I think a good protein source is veggie sausage patties (I am familiar with the brand called morningstar); they are 10 grams of protein a patty. So if you had two veggie sausages (20 grams), two eggs (12 grams) and 2 oz. cheese (12 grams), you'd have your breakfast protein. You'd also want to make sure to get some whole grains in there, so whole grain toast is a good option. But you can really eat anything for breakfast that you would eat any other time. I had stir-fried tofu and brown rice for breakfast this morning, for example. I don't like cottage cheese either, but I have found that if I eat if with some pineapple chunks, I can get it down. It's a great source of protein (one cup has 24-28 grams), so I eat it frequently. Hope some of these ideas help! Blessings, Sharon in CAdd1nmt <dd1nmt wrote: Hi everyone,I will try not to be too lengthy. A few months ago I tried unsuccessfully to start the 7 steps. I couldn't even get step 1 down. I could not find something that would give the required protein. One problem is that I dont like protein shakes. Currently I am not a practicing vegetarian, but I have been off and on and it is the direction I want to go. At this point, I definitely want to let go of meat and have only occasional chicken. I have never been a huge cheese eater, but at this time I am not choosing to let go of cheese. I do not however like cottage cheese.I do like Boca burgers, Boca chicken nuggets but these do not seem to have large of quantity of protein. I still do not have a club how to get going on breakfast. I dont like breakfast that much (typical for sugar addicts) and I dont know how to get the 40 grams of protein I need at breakfast. Something else I am wondering about is vegetables. I do like vegetables, love them actually. And all of the health and disease prevention guidelines are constantly saying we need at least 5 fruits and/or vegetables per day. Are vegetables supposed to be limited on the program? If so, is that healthy?. Anyway, as everyone can see, I just need help. I appreciate any input and I appreciate everyone's time. Access over 1 million songs - Music Unlimited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 Debby, Welcome to the group. There have been quite a few breakfast discussions recently, you may want to dial back into some of them. The 1st 6 months of the program I had either Nuts and Triscuits, Cottage Cheese and Whole Wheat Toast, or (Non Veggy) Tuna Sand on Whole Wheat Toast during the week for breakfast. These were the only foods available to me at the Universal Studios Hollywood Backlot store. On the weekends would have an Omlette of some sort. Breakfast was one of the most difficult steps as I skipped it for over 20 years. Putting it in my mouth was one thing, swollowing it and getting it to stay down was another. Think one of the reasons why it was so hard to eat was the Sugar Sensitive Portion of me was saying " Hang On Here " were not letting go of sugar (LOL). The program will work, just take it one solid step at a time and you will do Great. Bob , " dd1nmt " <dd1nmt wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I will try not to be too lengthy. A few months ago I tried > unsuccessfully to start the 7 steps. I couldn't even get step 1 > down. I could not find something that would give the required > protein. One problem is that I dont like protein shakes. > > Currently I am not a practicing vegetarian, but I have been off and > on and it is the direction I want to go. At this point, I definitely > want to let go of meat and have only occasional chicken. I have > never been a huge cheese eater, but at this time I am not choosing > to let go of cheese. I do not however like cottage cheese. > > I do like Boca burgers, Boca chicken nuggets but these do not seem > to have large of quantity of protein. I still do not have a club how > to get going on breakfast. I dont like breakfast that much (typical > for sugar addicts) and I dont know how to get the 40 grams of > protein I need at breakfast. > > Something else I am wondering about is vegetables. I do like > vegetables, love them actually. And all of the health and disease > prevention guidelines are constantly saying we need at least 5 > fruits and/or vegetables per day. Are vegetables supposed to be > limited on the program? If so, is that healthy?. > > Anyway, as everyone can see, I just need help. I appreciate any > input and I appreciate everyone's time. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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