Full Version: just joined and would love any advice
I just joined after wanting to lose about 25 lbs for some time I would love to hear daily food choices and how people substitute Maybe I should just stick to JC food but I would like to eat some food with the family I hope I get lots of responses Ro
QUOTE(roberta belson @ Oct 18 2009, 12:35 PM) 
I just joined after wanting to lose about 25 lbs for some time I would love to hear daily food choices and how people substitute Maybe I should just stick to JC food but I would like to eat some food with the family I hope I get lots of responses Ro
Welcome! I joined last Monday and for my first week I didn't substitute anything, got on the scale this morning and I'm 6 lbs slimmer!!!! Very exciting. I asked the same question last week and was pretty much told that in the beginning you should stick with the JC menu and not do substitutions.
Good luck!!!
I've been on the plan since mid-July and didn't substitute at all for the first month or so. Then I had a time where I had to go out to dinner and I just made sure I had something healthy - grilled chicken, salad, veggies - and it worked out fine.
One of the things I missed alot with joining JC is going out to dinner periodically with my best friend. We used it as a chance to talk and catch up on things and I really missed it. My JCC reviewed the guide in the back of the volumetrics book and also the eating out guide and reviewed some of the healthier choices I could make and it worked out fine. Not always easy - obviously - but I have continued to lose, so I guess I did okay.
I try not to do it too often because I don't want to derail myself.
Talk to your JCC - they're there to help you along this path, to make the right choices and make it as easy as possible to stay focused and on the plan. If you really want to eat some things with the family and are blaming the JC food that you can't - it might make you start to eat things you shouldn't and that would defeat your good intentions of joining JC.
Good luck.
One of the things I missed alot with joining JC is going out to dinner periodically with my best friend. We used it as a chance to talk and catch up on things and I really missed it. My JCC reviewed the guide in the back of the volumetrics book and also the eating out guide and reviewed some of the healthier choices I could make and it worked out fine. Not always easy - obviously - but I have continued to lose, so I guess I did okay.
I try not to do it too often because I don't want to derail myself.
Talk to your JCC - they're there to help you along this path, to make the right choices and make it as easy as possible to stay focused and on the plan. If you really want to eat some things with the family and are blaming the JC food that you can't - it might make you start to eat things you shouldn't and that would defeat your good intentions of joining JC.
Good luck.
I know what you mean. I just started a couple days ago and what I did, was I typically choose the meals the family has for dinner and so with me on JC that caued a bit of an issue. So I planned my husband and son's meal to be similar to mine. So for ex: if I'm having grilled turkey and potatoes, so are they. Mine is JC and theirs is the 'real' thing. Or if I'm having Chicken Fajitas, so are they, just a bit different than my packaged meal.
So far this has worked well. I feel less deprived seeing them eating the same thing..only different.
So far this has worked well. I feel less deprived seeing them eating the same thing..only different.
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