dreamaholic
Silver Member
I've joined a group and read the food optimising book but am still trying to get my head around why SW works. With low-carb I understand why it works, so I can understand why red days would work (red day is like a low carb day, isnt it). My consultant suggested me to go for EE, but I don't understand how EE works - you eat rice / meat / potatoes etc all as free food, but you'll need to fill 1/3 of your plate with superfree food. Yes 1/3 of what you eat is veg / fruit, but still, if I eat carbs AND protein... how does food optimising work on EE? What's the mechanics behind this EE plan for weight loss?
I've been on EE since I started. To ensure I eat at least 1/3 of superfree food, say if I'm having some chargrilled chicken slices for lunch, apart from having a salad (I had a whole bag of M&S rocket and italian leaves salad yesterday), I also always munch on apples / fruit salad. But I only lost 0.5 pounds during my first week. :sigh: I wonder if I'm doing it right. Yes I did dine out occassionally, but given the huge amount of superfree fruit I had I expect to do slightly better than losing 0.5 pound in the first week. And I don't think I've had that many syns. It's supposed to be the golden week, right :cry:
If you know how SW work please can you tell me? I go to a "pop in group" near my office over lunch, I wonder if I should go to a proper group instead, as the consultant talked me through the green food optimising book briefly and that's about it. I'm still confused...
many many thanks
xxx
I've been on EE since I started. To ensure I eat at least 1/3 of superfree food, say if I'm having some chargrilled chicken slices for lunch, apart from having a salad (I had a whole bag of M&S rocket and italian leaves salad yesterday), I also always munch on apples / fruit salad. But I only lost 0.5 pounds during my first week. :sigh: I wonder if I'm doing it right. Yes I did dine out occassionally, but given the huge amount of superfree fruit I had I expect to do slightly better than losing 0.5 pound in the first week. And I don't think I've had that many syns. It's supposed to be the golden week, right :cry:
If you know how SW work please can you tell me? I go to a "pop in group" near my office over lunch, I wonder if I should go to a proper group instead, as the consultant talked me through the green food optimising book briefly and that's about it. I'm still confused...
many many thanks
xxx