Hi I am new at this and I have no problems making meals with proteins, but I seem to be having some problems with meals just with veggies and carbs only.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Can I ask why you would want carb only meals?

If I got the Food Combinding correctly. You cannot mix your proteins and your carbs together. So in that case I have no problems with the protein meals, I only have problems with Carb meals.

I apologize, I'm only familiar with the low carb plans, and have no experience with food combining. As a diabetic, that would not be an option for me.

Well thank you for wanting to help me out

I'm not familiar with that plan either, but I have heard of not combining protein with carbs to avoid stomach stress.

If anything, I'd say try carby snacks, trying to keep the carb intake relatively low for one sitting. If you eat too much carbs at once with no backup (fat, protein) you'll set yourself up for an aesthetic crash.


Maybe I'll look into food combining later, but it doesn't sound like a plan up my alley, particularly because I'm not very sensitive like that, I guess.

Don't worry, someone will be around to help you get started. It just might take a little while.

I didn't mean for it to come out that way if it did I am sorry

I was checking out the great taste no pain site and Dr Hay's plan.

To be honest I wanted to find any receipes that sounded good for carbs, but I don't think there is any.

For the past month I was working on Atkin's (to a point) no loss there, then went to a slow carb plan 4 lbs loss. I just can't all proteins, with carbs coming from veggies. I need the fruits, and some rice, pasta, potatoes.

So this is where I am coming from the Food combining and it is also suppose to help the stomach distress.

This just all gets confusing with all of the diets out there.

Oh, sorry, I misinterpreted on my end. My fault. ^^; The internet is tricky when it comes to sarcasm. =P

If you really miss potatoes, rice, and such, then I suggest you do what I do: miss in only a small portion into your meal to give you that "carby taste" but not enough to really blow away your LC plans. Like slipping potato bits into something like soup or eggs. Whatever your mind finds fun. I especially love sticking some cashews into things I really hate eating, like walnuts. This makes it feel like an easier process.

I don't know how strict you are with the carbs though. Some people handle well with an upper intake of carbs, others just feel horrendous and don't get anywhere.

Try upping your carbs to see if that makes a difference. And diets are more like clothes: you need to find the one that fits you (with experimenting, of course)

You have stomach distress, though?

Wanna hear something funny. I have never had issues with my stomach until last week. I just don't think my stomach likes my eating habits So that is another reason why I was searching for something else that may work.

I was just checking out the Susan Summers Somersize diet, it is similar to the food combining diet that I was talking about.

Well, anything food combining probably should also tell you not to eat fruits and heavy foods at one sitting. That's a recipe for some stomach pain/indigestion.

So yeah, do what works for you, but try and keep some aspects that makes sense. You don't have to strictly, strictly follow a plan. =]

To all the non food combiners out there, we eat carbohydrate based meals - not a little carbs - lots of it! Jacket potatoes, pasta the works. We don't ever mix carbs with proteins. A protein based meal is therefore more or less carb free ans visa versa. Carbs and proteins are digested differently in the stomach and it is mixing them which causes a lot of problems such as acid refux.

Twins 0516, try any good vegetarian cook book. Think of it as avoiding protein more than eating carbs. I make spaghetti bolognase and chili sin carne both using vegetarian fake mince Baked potatoes can be topped with baked beans and a litel cheese. Risottos and other rice dishes. There is a lot you can do. On the plan I follow you do either a red day (protein) or a green one (carbs). It make sit much easier to stick to.

The Somersize diet is food combining. It is a sort of American adaption of the Montiac diet...and it all started with Hay's diet in the 1920's!

Good luck
Good luck.

Actually, protein with carbohydrates is ok, according to Somersizing. I think people keep getting confused because a lot of times a carbohydrate contains protein, but no fat. Such as beans and legumes. You can have no fat/vegit whole or refried black beans (easy to find in grocery stores), and combine it with a whole wheat tortilla with no extra fat, some veggies and some low or non fat (no added sugar as well) taco sauce or salsa. That is what I had for lunch today.

So to the person who asked, "why would you want to have a carbo only meal" that is my answer. Sometimes I crave it, especially if I had eggs for breakfast, I'll want to switch to no fat for lunch.

Last night I had a perfect pro/fat meal for dinner...baked some fennel with cream and cheese along with some fish and broccoli - yum. So for lunch I switched it up.

Hi, in Somersizing, you can eat carbohydrates that do contain protein - it's a little hard to avoid - just make sure the carb you eat doesn't have extra added fat. Some carbs have fat naturally, and according to the food combining rules of Somersizing, that is acceptable. One example of this would be no fat/vegetarian pinto or black refried beans.

Surely carbohydrates that do contain protein is different to protein AND carbohydrates? For example, I know pulses contain protein but I would class these as a carbohydrate food. What you can't do is chicken with potatoes for example?