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Re: VEGAN RECIPES?
Hi brezi.swann - are you on SCD or are you trying to build muscle/gain weight? Assuming the former, I have been making Julia Child's ratatouille (recipe link below), and adding beans (canned whit...
Re: blood testing lab results, What do you think?
Hi @mkr6taclai. Congrats on your progress - so much to be proud of! If you have questions about your blood work you should discuss them with your primary care physician who knows your entire med...
Re: varying dgw?
Hi @janboi. I don't know what your goal is, or how long you've been on SCD. My goal is weight loss and I've been at this about a year. Six months ago I was so cocky, I thought there was nothing...
Re: what to do when you feel ill and don't have an appitite ?
Hi @aahleyah. Forcing yourself to swallow food you don't want sounds like a terrible idea, and I think you should stop - my opinion. It sounds like torture. First and foremost, you should s...
Re: SCD and IF... seems promising...
Hi @wombat. You didn't ask a question, and I'm uncertain whether you are looking for responses or you're just blogging, so please excuse me if my insights are unwelcome. They are meant to be help...
Re: Cheese, please
Hi @OwlLady. It's confusing in part because there is contradictory information in the book. Bottom line: no dairy other than a little cream in your coffee if you can't live without it. That hav...
Re: Incredible Edible Egg
Hi @OwlLady. Yes and no. From a dietary point of view they are perfect, but quite frankly, you're going to be eating, as you say,"a lot of eggs in [your] future," and you will inevitab...
Re: Gym regime
Yia sou @ggg_garo. There's an interesting paradox that TF writes about in the book: for many people trying to lose weight, the more strenuous the workouts, the slower the weight loss. So you wan...
Re: Second time - not losing weight
Hi @rohjac. Congrats on your initial success; bummer on what's going on now. If you're doing everything right try the classics: make sure you're drinking enough water, not exercising too much, ...
Re: some help please new to the slow carb
Hi @aahleyah. Hard to know with the information you posted. It looks fine, but I have no way of calculating the amount of protein in an "eggs up cake." You do though. Just add up the...
Re: I've been cheating for 2+1/3 days and no real gain in weight...are carbs actually a problem?
Hi @thatruth34pp. Whether carbs are a problem depends on what your goals are. If I understand your post, you had grain Thursday night in your wrap, your regular binge day Friday, then an additio...
Re: Can we eat Semolina?
Hi JacquiA. You can eat anything you want on binge day, including semolina, which is the byproduct of durum wheat milling, or any of the products made from it, like pasta. Semolina is wheat and i...
Re: Still trying to figure things out
Hi @Lovee_Chanel. You've been with us for nine days and asked six questions, all pretty basic, and all fairly obviously answered in the corresponding chapters of the book. It's fine if you're lo...
Re: The Quest For CRUNCH!
Hi @ericnentrup. TF calls peanuts, garbanzo beans, and almonds domino foods "as eating one portion often creates a domino effect of oversnacking." His weight loss stalled three times d...
Re: am i eating enough or too much meat? SCD
Hi @ lw9012. The success stats for people who only eat two meals a day on SCD are not as good as those who eat three meals a day, and that may be why three meals are recommended. The recommendat...
Re: Airport food?
Hi @Mike25. We'd all like to have a Chipotle in our airports, but I've never seen one. At Bradley airport in Hartford they have a Mexican fast food place that is awful, so not an option. But yo...
Re: Anyone worried about gout?
Hi @ MheadArabi. People who already HAVE gout try to limit their protein intake, but eating a high protein diet cannot CAUSE gout. So SCD cannot increase your risk of getting gout, but if you al...
Re: How do I get my focus back?
Hi @adacandoit. I haven't fallen off the wagon (I also haven't reached my goal weight yet), but I've had days when I couldn't eat another @#$% egg or swallow another ^&*%! legume. I bought...
Re: no results...
Hi @lgkanary. I'm sorry you're feeling discouraged, but it's great that you persevering. We can all be more helpful if you give examples of what (and how much) you are eating at each meal. Keep...
Re: Body Temperature?
Hi @4hour49. "...my main question is if my lower body temperature is indicative of anything?" Body temps vary diurnally and by method of detection, so if you took your temp axially whe...
Re: 8 mos success now stall- pagg?
Hi @Nin Nappi. Congrats on your success overall. It's not a problem that you're only weighing yourself 2x per month. Problem is, you're not doing anything else, like taking measurements or usin...
Mercí mon ami. This is truly an awesome find. Thank you for steering us to it. Now if I can just find a way to get Nom Nom to cook for me...
Re: First cheat day last Saturday
Hi @Paula30. Yep, you can snack all day. Continued success. E
Re: Non-nut type snacks
Hi @booclause. Snacks that work for me include: beef jerky, snap peas, freeze-dried green beans (available on nuts.com), carrots, grape tomatoes, and peanut butter. Check out nuts.com for more ...
Re: iifym followers?
Hi @xanderlam. I've read about it, don't follow it. At it's simplest the diet says you can eat anything you want as long as you reach your targeted goal for macronutrients protein, carb and fat....
Re: i found mozzarella that has the same carbs as cottage cheese
Hi @ClaudiaM. So, no, it's not optimal on SCD. It is recommended that we delete dairy until cheat day. In fact, some on this site claim that staying away from dairy on your cheat day as well (h...
Re: Lemon juice, cream etc
Hi @Paula30. CREAM: Probably fine, but in truth, TF says to use cream if you can't drink coffee without it. If it's not a necessity you should leave it out with all of the rest of the dairy. C...
Re: 4 weeks and no weight loss
Hi @gibble. I'm sorry to hear you're having trouble, but I admire your dedication in sticking with the program. At first glance it looks like you're doing pretty much everything right (also frus...
Re: tomato sauce
Hi @ericaishere. It depends on the ingredients in your tomato sauce, but yes, that should be fine. Beware of hidden sugar and starches if by "tomato sauce" you really mean spaghetti s...
Re: First cheat day on day three??
Hi @setla. This is covered in the book. TF recommends you wait. I don't know if it matters in the long run. You'll be following SCD for a long time. Just do what you feel you need to do. It'...
Re: Today was the first time I almost cheated...
Hi @Jemmajolie. I cook a lot and have a fantastic rule you might want to adopt. When I started SCD I decided that from now on I DON'T COOK ANYTHING I CAN'T EAT. Period. No pancakes for the nep...
Re: Progress Update
Hi @kpartin. Well done! In Greece they have a saying, "each with his own pain," that means we don't all suffer in the same way, but we each have our own equally valid issues. It's awe...
Re: Falling back to carbs
Hi @juliamakingchanges. I'm not sure whether you are just sharing your experience or you are asking a question. If you want suggestions that might help you stay on the diet, I would say that you...
Re: Week 3 and need help
Hi @jroskott. If I'm reading this correctly you were one week on, one week off, now four days on. I wouldn't worry about "tweaking" until you've actually been on the diet for more tha...
Re: A bunch of questions.
Hi @fortheloveofoscar. So, you're trying to follow a cyclical ketogenic diet. These take a lot of work, and if you want to continue on this way, I recommend you read the work of Dr. Mauro Di Pas...
Re: Celery for Snack, Hot Sauce
Hi @Florida Mike. You can at as much celery as you want, whenever you want it. It's true that snacking isn't encouraged because hunger between meals may indicate that you're not eating enough pr...
Re: Chrones and Hello!
Hi @AKFLY. Congrats on your progress. Crohn's disease (CD) can be tough depending on what your girlfriend's specific digestive issues are. CD is highly variable from patient to patient. Some p...
Re: How much is enough?
Hi @Taquito. Your English is fine. Congratulations on your success! Progress is often the most rapid in the beginning of the diet, so you lost 11 lbs in two weeks - which is awesome. Don't be ...
Re: What's your take on my cholesterol?
Hi @LPC119. You're fine. I could offer more insight if you provided before and after data, or I knew your sex, age, and fasting glucose levels, but these are good numbers for anyone. Your trigl...
Re: vegetarian and SCD
Hi @michele. I am so sorry to read about your diagnosis. One positive regarding your choice to eat a veg heavy diet is that there are a lot of veggies with anti-inflammatory properties that can ...
Re: Is cocoa butter ok in SCD?
Hi @HappyGranny. Yep. It's fine. Best of luck. E
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