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Changing Eating Habits
Sunday, April 30, 2006

We are on Day 2 of the Sonoma Diet. So far the food has been really delicious, and we are not hungry. This is the first time in my life I have ever been on a diet, so I was unsure how I would do. I was afraid that I would be starved the whole time. I am actually finding it easier already.

The Sonoma Diet right now is the most popular diet in the United States. For me, that is not very important. I tend not to go with trends, but I can see why it is appealing to so many groups of people. I want to share our experience with you so that you can see how the diet works.

The first task is to go through the cabinets. This process is called Day Zero in the book. We basically got out 2 bins. In one we put foods that are out of our lives now. Those foods were anything that had sugar or was not a whole grain. The Sonoma Diet book has a list of ingredients, and we have to get rid of everything that has any of those ingredients in it. Then in the other bin we put everything that is restricted for the first wave of the diet. These foods are ones that are allowable after you break yourself of your sugar habit.

We ended up with a decent-sized bin of stuff to throw away and a fair amount of stuff that will be restricted in the beginning. Most of the restricted stuff for us was canned fruits and vegetables that are not permitted right now. We will be able to eat those foods although we are supposed to wean ourselves off canned vegetables because of the sodium content.

Then we went grocery shopping. It was interesting because there were some foods on our list that I had never seen before. For example, we had to get two bottles of roasted red peppers. I was not aware that you could have roasted red peppers already cooked for you, but there they were with the olives. It was a fun shopping trip. We spent $98 for five days of the foods, but we discovered a couple of things when we got home.

First we had to buy a couple of condiments and spices that we will not have to get later in the diet because they will become staples for us. Then the recipes in the book are for four people. We have two adults and a one-year-old. We are making the full recipe, but we have leftovers. That means that the five days of food will end up being about eight or nine days. We will not be spending as much as I had thought.

The breakfast for the first two days is the same. We can have two scrambled eggs, which we make with Mrs. Dash and pepper, and one slice of whole grain toast. It actually is a good-sized breakfast, especially if you are like us and do not always eat breakfast.

Lunch yesterday was a Greek Salad with shrimp. We broiled salad shrimp in the oven and then combined the salad ingredients. It had fresh spinach, tomatoes, cucumbers, kalamata olives, radishes, red onion, and a homemade vinaigrette. The dressing was simple to make, and we poured it and some feta cheese on the salad right before we served it.

Last night we were supposed to have chicken pockets. Because we did not get parchment paper, we ended up having a casserole-type dish. It was not a casserole because it had no cheese and no creamy filling, but we put everything together and baked it. The dish had spices covering chicken, artichokes, asparagus, sugar peas, and tomatoes. It was amazing! We really enjoyed the meal, and we definitely will add it to the list of dishes we will have again.

We are weighing ourselves each morning when we get up. This morning my husband had lost three pounds, and I had lost two. I am sure some of that is just normal fluctuation, but it is very encouraging to us to see weight dropping. We will see how it goes for the rest of the diet.

By Julia Mercer

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