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sprout92 wrote:Roundcoconut, would you be able to give an example day with approximate amounts that you eat? I am inerested in how you eat and maintain a low healthy BMI. thanks
Ltldogg wrote:This is a Starch-based diet, which means at least 50% of your food should be starches. Yes, add the veggies, but remember, you don't need much and more is not better perse. Same with fruit.
Wild4Stars wrote:I think if you'll read some of Jeff's posts and some of Dr. McD's recommendations you'll find that the 50% is a visual of your plate. Nothing in the program suggests even counting calories much less determining the % of calories from different foods. Half of your plate can be starch, half veggies.
Wild4Stars wrote: What made this work for me when Dr. Fuhrman's focus on salads didn't, is because I didn't have to be hungry. If I got hungry I simply ate a potato. Or two. Or three. When I got off the salads and on the potatoes I quit being hungry and started losing weight. It was like a miracle.
Wild4Stars wrote:I think if you'll read some of Jeff's posts and some of Dr. McD's recommendations you'll find that the 50% is a visual of your plate. Nothing in the program suggests even counting calories much less determining the % of calories from different foods. Half of your plate can be starch, half veggies.
Wild4Stars wrote:graciezoe wrote:I don't think spaghetti squash is a starch, I believe only winter squashes qualify.
That is correct. I don't remember where I saw it but Dr. McD says that spaghetti squash is too low in calories to be considered a starch, it is counted as a vegetable.
000 wrote:Ad libitum eating isn't a good idea no matter what diet you're on, including this one. They won't tell you that, of course, because it's being sold as "eat all you want and still be skinny." YMMV.
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