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| Mon, 12-01-2003 - 8:46pm |
...and I want chocolate. I just started today-finally got through most of the book over the weekend, and decided after THanksgiving would be a good time (I'm starting phase 2 b/c I'm nursing). BUt, I don't want anything bad except chocolate. How do I get through that? Also, I am still hungry after eating-can anyone help? One last thing-I found this bread today-it's not whole grain-but it's made with soy protein and it's made for low-carb diets-it's Nature's Own-and it has very minimal carbs and sugars-does anyone else know about this bread? I can't find the Arnold or any other whole grain yet.

There is also a recipie for a chocolate peanut butter kiss. It used chocolate chips, ricotta, and peanut butter. Pretty good!
Take care
ria
I'm a total chocaholic, so here's what I've been doing on Phase 2...
Melt semi-sweet chocolate chips with some skim milk, a splash of vanilla flavoring, and cinnamon (I've used the microwave and a bowl over steaming water, it turns out great either way). Dip fruit in it, or else mix some nuts into it and freeze it into little cookies :-)
Shan
Rhonda
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THank you to everyone who is helping with the choc craving-I will try those recipes. I was still wondering how you all got past the hunger-I will start with the book's recipes more. I hadn't been to the grocery store-and I was going with what I had at home. BUt, forexample, yesterday I ate eggs with cheese and a slice of bacon for dinner-with a piece of that low carb bread I had mentioned. And about 1 1/2 hours later I was hungry-not craving anything-just hungry. I ate about 4 slices of cuke with hummus and it helped. BUt I still wasn't feeling totally staisfied. I will look for better recipes for my meals. Am I just eating the wrong food?
As a nursing mom, you require more calories from nutritious foods than at any other time in your life; this isn't the time to drastically cut calories in an effort to fit into your jeans. A diet with too few calories may reduce your milk supply. While your energy needs increase by about 500 calories a day, your vitamin and mineral needs increase even more, which means every bite counts.
Increase your daily caloric intake to 2,500 calories: you can even eat more if you are planning to continue breast-feeding for more than three months (2,800 calories per day). But again, be careful: many nursing mothers are tempted by sweets. Stick to healthy foods instead! Eat more proteins. The basic rule is to eat I gram of protein each day for every pound you weigh.
Spread your caloric intake over five "meals," breakfast, lunch, after- noon snack, dinner, and an extra snack during the evening. Each snack time is also an opportunity to drink water, eat a low-fat dairy product, and a piece of fruit. As your body is continually producing milk, it needs your caloric intake to be regular.
I also like the ricotta cremes...but not everyone does...
Good luck
Kate
These are the ricotta peanut butter cups