I was told that it would take around two weeks to get this diet down and it probably wouldn't be easy to learn. As a matter of fact they wanted us to mostly focus on getting our breakfasts and snacks figured out when we are using our protein. The first two days were not really easy but I made it through but now I'm finding it easy. I usually have my breakfast and plan my dinner and then eat accordingly for the rest of the day. I am eating all my exchanges and making healthy choices. So, what I'm trying to figure out is; have I simply just done a good job and learned the diet or am I missing something and totally not following the rules. I'm leaning towards the first one but still I wonder. Tomorrow night is an other nutrition class and I have a few questions. Hopefully they will say I'm doing great.
One thing that has been heard is dropping all the random snacking. I plan out what I'm going to eat for the day and there isn't room for a hand full of this or that. I teach 4 year old Sunday school a few times a month and we had Teddy Grams with our snack. There were plenty and my normal tendency would be to just grab a handful and eat them. But instead of my brain saying "yum" my brain said 1 starch exchange per 10 or so and I don't want to eat my starches that way.
This has got me thinking what happens after the 16 weeks of the study? Do I live in exchange world for ever? Are they going to teach me how to eat like this with out counting all the time? Do I just learn how to eat better by all this careful practice for 16 weeks? I just don't know but like every body else once the weight is off you don't want it back on again and if this leads me to a thinner middle I want to stay.
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