Hi Silvia:

No - I'm not thinking of trying Fit for Life - was more wondering whether others have tried and how they compared it to this WOE. I like eating bacon in the morning over fruit - any day! I think bacon is a food group all on it's own!

Grins,

Hi Debaroo!

I agree!!!!!!! And how are cream eggshakes as a food group do you think?!?!?!?
Bye
Silvia

Silivia:

Cream eggshakes???? Do tell me where to get that recipe....yum.

Salivating,

Hi Deb!

Cream eggshake: 1 egg, heavy cream, unsweetened cocoa, sweetener. Beat with blender. Enjoy. MMMMMMMMMHHHH.

Hope you like it
Let me know!!!

Silvia

Hello everyone

I haven't stopped in on the forum in a while, but it's good to be back...I've been on atkins for almost 3 months and I've almost lost 30 lbs. Recently I've started more of a maintenance program, where occasionally I'll have bread with the eggs in the morning and today I had my first piece of fruit (lol) - a banana 9I realize, a poor choice b/c it had 25 carbs). Anyway, I still want to lose another 12, but I'm in no rush - I just bought new clothes...lol. I been thinking about the Somersizing plan, but I'm confused...so when I found this thread I thought it would help...

I want to possibly combine Atkins and Somersizing....so tell me if this is correct - if I eat carbs...they shouldn't be with protein....and if I want fruit, eat it in the morning, on an empty stomach???

If anyone thinks this is a correct, or wrong, let me know - I'm buying the book tonight

E

Hi Erin ~ I'd be happy to answer any SSing questions. I've been SSing for 10 months now (cheat free).

You can eat fruit whenever you want ~ it just must be eaten alone and on an empty stomach. For example, you can have fruit first thing in the morning, wait a bit (around 30 minutes for it to be digested and leave your stomach) and then have bacon and eggs, etc.

Carbs are eaten only with veggies. They cannot be combined with any protein or fat. so, if you wanted carbs for b'fast, you could have a bowl of Grape Nuts or Shredded Wheat with fat-free milk and sweetener. *Ü*

Hi DebB,
What does Somers have to say about whole milk, which has protein, fat, and carbs all together?
Also, do you know where she learned her method of food combining?

Hi alibabka ~ As far as the whole milk, we can't have it for the reasons you stated. We can have fat-free milk which is a carb or we can have cream, full fat which falls into the pro/fat category.

She wrote that she learned her food combining principles while in France. People say it's the same as Michel Montignac (sp), but I'm not familiar with his plan. *Ü*

Thanks DebB,
Sorry, but I have another question! I forgot to ask about (plain) yoghurt: where does Somers stand on that?

Hi ali ~ Please don't apologize, ask as many questions as you'd like!

For yogurt, we're allowed to have plain, non-fat yogurt, with no added sugar (or fruit). SSers then can sweeten it with a legal sweetner or add some flavored syrups, like DaVinci. This is a carb and can be eaten with a bowl of cereal perhaps.

I'll be honest - I've never bought the plain, non-fat yogurt just to eat. I do use it in muffin recipes however. *Ü*

On the somersizing plan, are we allowed to have low-fat dairy products such as low-fat cream cheese, cottage cheese, cheese and sour cream?

Or is it supposed to be non-fat to count as a carb and full-fat to count as a pro/fat?

Thanks!

hey gals..
thanks for your great recipes
i cannot wait to try them both
i did once use romaine lettice to make an egg salad sandwich
made the usual filling and spread it onto the romaine leaves
for want of something to put it on an dnotto use bread
well the bonus was the beautiful crunch i got hen eating this
we all like to have a crunch or two
well thansk again
and
debaroo, congrats on the first week...have patience...check your clothes and how they fir as well as that danged scale
have a grea tone
<')))><

I have a lady in Texarkana that used food combining and lost 60 pounds - she ate protein w/veggies/fat and then ate carbs/veggies. I tried it and found it gave me too much lee way with the carbs - didn't work for me.

sanzal ~ On Somersizing, there are no "low fat" products allowed. The fat-free dairy is considered a carb and can be eaten with other carbs and/or veggies. For example: fat free milk, cottage cheese, yogurt, etc.

For a pro/fat, these must be the 'full fat' versions of cheese, cream, whole milk ricotta, etc.

Cottage cheese is 'allowed' only in the fat free version. Hope this helps. *Ü*

When I think about what carbs I can't have. I think about how I'll miss them. I definitely have a psychological addiction to bread, rice and pasta. Then I'll go to the next level of Atkins and I'll have enough carb grams to have something I really miss and it either doesn't taste good or it makes me foggy headed. I definitely get the carb hangover. Pretty soon I'll stop having my Friday doughnut. It tastes okay, but it messes up my head and my stomach. And I'm getting to the point where I'd rather feel good than eat the "forbidden" food.