When to eat nuts??

Hi,

Have looked all through our sheets and I don't find at what stage we can eat nuts...(now that I have that yummy recipe!) Anybody know what the "nuts" at St V's tell us about nuts?

Thanks,

Connie

Connie,

I just went through the yellow sheets and Nuts is the second thing on the list of foods to be avoided.  I don't think they want us to have them.  They're not mentioned anywhere in the yellow sheets except on the list of what not to eat.

I wouldn't think they would be something we'd want to eat as nuts usually have a high fat content.  (as opposed to "nuts" who usually are quite thin...lol)

Thanks Christie!! I see that now. So many people talk about eating nuts as protein though..so that threw me.
So I guess no yummy nuts for Joe and I!!

Thanks again!!

Connie

Connie,

After you're a year+ out and when you get to a 'maintaining' stage, you can have just about anything you want but really need to limit how much you have of the items with sugar, high fat or high carbs. When I do have nuts, it usually only takes a few for me to have my fill of them and feel satisfied. They are considered a treat for me. I always check the labels and try to get the lowest fat ones. Almonds, I believe, are considered one of the lowest...peanuts I think ranks up there with the highest fats.

You'll find that you just kinda play it by ear on what you can handle after you are over a year out. It too****il I was ~2.5 yrs out before I could handle bread at all. I still have problem drinking anything carbonated. I keep a few cans of diet root beer in the house just in case I get a craving for it...but a 12 pack has lasted me well over a year (root bear is naturally decaffinated). Pasta sits like a brick so I rarely have it at all. Oh...hot dogs use to be on the list of 'never have' but I found some that have only 40 calories, low in fat, and 8 g of protein...so I do have one now & then.

Sherri