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1. Start each meal with a soup and/or salad and/or fruit.
I still plan to ask for clarification about this item when I post in the weekly weigh-in thread. I had a pre-dinner salad. At breakfast I ate my kale first, then at my groats and pear together. At lunch I had a large amount of vegetable soup that I feel worked as both a preload and half of my 50/50, if I am allowed to count part of it for each,
1. Start each meal with a soup and/or salad and/or fruit.
I have some questions about this checklist item. For breakfast I usually eat about a cup of vegetables, a cup of fruit, and a cup of oat groats, and I am wondering if it counts as effective preloading if I eat the vegetables first, then the oats and fruit together, or do I really have to eat the fruit first? For lunch I had a large bowl (about a quart) of non-starchy vegetable soup, followed by my starch. I would like to know if that amount of soup can count as both a preload (checklist item #1) and the vegetable portion of my 50/50 (checklist item #2). I don't lack understanding of the principles of preloading and dilution, but due to the way the checklist is worded, I am having trouble understanding whether I should answer yes or no to checklist items #1 and # 2 when I eat in the manner I described.
I think this criterion is spot-on.Marla wrote:I've decided that if the vegetable soup/salad/non-starchy vegetables/fruit in a meal is a large enough volume that if combined, it would fill a soup or salad bowl AND the remainder would still fill half my plate, I will count it as fulfilling checklist items 1 & 2. If the volume is less than that, then I will count it for either 1 or 2, but not both. So today, my answer is yes for breakfast, yes for lunch, and no for dinner because I completely forgot to eat soup or salad first!
I think this criterion is spot-on.
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