New with a question..

[mich3]

Hello,

Today is my first day. I had eggs with veggies for breakfast. Then around 9:00 am (the book said to have my snack about an hour before I usually get hungry for my snack) I had 15 almonds. Then around 10:30 I was REALLY hungry again so I had a part-skim mozarella cheese stick. Do you have to limit the snacks to two a day? What should I have done?

Thanks,

Michele

[coloradogal]

Make sure your drinking your water. Sometimes we think we'er hungry but infact we are just in need of water.

[RedRox]

Sounds fine, you could have had the nuts and cheese together. I would count that as your morning snack, just in 2 stages. You still should have a mid afternoon snack. You also may just need a bigger breakfast, although I was hungry a lot in P1 too, the goal should be to eat more less-calorie dense foods, aka vegetables, to help with satiety. Don't know what kinds of eggs you had, but I like to make a little omelette with gr. peppers, black beans and canadian bacon. I find adding the beans stays with me longer and they provide some additional good carbs to start the day. I used them for a late afternoon snack a lot too with tomatoes, gr. peppers and salsa heated in the micro. I think different people have different hungry zones during the day. I'm fine in the morning, but late afternoon I need to EAT. Multiple snacks, esp. veggies are fine to keep from being too hungry that you can't resist the bad stuff.

More water is a great idea too!

[5 Cat Woman]

That omelette sounds delicious - I'm going to try that in the morning! I had been wondering about the snacks myself (I'm on Day 10 of Phase 1) but haven't had a chance to post. Thanks for the tips Red Rox because I have been hungry lately! (And I do drink a lot of water 8-9 cups a days, gurgle.)

[Tiny T]

I say you did perfectly fine...just don't overdo it all the time...but if you get hungry, please EAT something...just make sure your actually hungry and not just 'bored' or something...lol

An extra snack will not hurt you IMO...just make sure your staying SB friendly with them and you should be okay.

[mich3]

Hi,

Thanks for all the good advice. I appreciate it!

Michele