[hellenmoranov]

Eggs: SO, I am severely allergic to egg yolks and poultry. This aversion to poultry is very strong… I cannot even have pepperoni pizza with those tiny bits of sausage and pepperoni if the meat has been made even IN PART with chicken or turkey. My husband gags profusely whenever he smells fish, (likely owing to the fact that he is allergic to most things that swim.) SO, my plan is that, while on protocol, I will stick to beef while he is at home and shrimp (possibly a frozen white fish fillet when he is not home.) This sounds kind of pricy to me.

This whole thing has me checking out the section on eggs and cottage cheese in Pounds and Inches more closely. It reads:

“Many patients ask why eggs are not allowed. The contents of two good sized eggs are roughly equivalent to 100 grams of meat, but unfortunately the yolk contains a large amount of fat, which is undesirable. Very occasionally we allow egg - boiled, poached or raw -to patients who develop an aversion to meat, but in this case they must add the white of three eggs to the one they eat whole. In countries where cottage cheese made from skimmed milk is available 100 grams may occasionally be used instead of the meat, but no other cheeses are allowed.” (emphasis mine)

SO, if I am reading this right, eggs ARE allowed… just in moderation and the YOLK is the problem. They should be boiled, poached, or raw. I have successfully eaten boiled eggs without the yolk and cook frequently with just the egg whites.

First question: Since I seem to fit the exception to the rule with my aversion towards chicken, how often could I eat egg whites while on protocol, and if I don’t eat the yolk, should I eat them at all?

Cottage Cheese: Again, according to Pounds and Inches:

“In countries where cottage cheese made from skimmed milk is available 100 grams may occasionally be used instead of the meat, but no other cheeses are allowed.” (emphasis mine)

I’m not trying to split hairs here to see what I can get away with. I am happy to just have steak and shrimp everyday for forty days… its just the cost. I had thought that 500 calories of anything would be a very cost effective diet, but I still have to cook normal for my family in addition. Hopefully there are those of you out there who appreciate this complication with regards to $. They can have the beef, but DH is allergic to shellfish etc... Eggs and cottage cheese just seem a little more cost effective than steak and shrimp.

Question two: When he refers to cottage cheese does he mean the regular kind in the little tub (skim of course) OR the DRY curds you can get in a bag next to the little tubs? (I would have thought regular skim except if we are only supposed to have a tsp. of whole milk in 24 hours, then wouldn't the dry be better?)

Broccoli:Alright then… at my consultation with the Dr. she gave me a list of foods and BROCCOLI was on it ??? I don’t see this listed in Pounds and Inches. Is anyone else eating broccoli with no adverse results? I read in the book:

“The most tiresome patients are those who start counting Calories and then come up with all manner of ingenious variations which they compile from their little books. When one has spent years of weary research trying to make a diet as attractive as possible without jeopardizing the loss of weight, culinary geniuses who are out to improve their unhappy lot are hard to take.”

Then my Dr. gives me a warped list.

Question three:
Did anyone else get a list from Dr. that is different from the guidelines in Pounds & Inches? If so, did this just convolute the matter, or were the items listed helpful and mysteriously overlooked by the Dr. Simeons?

I apologize for this long post and multiple questions, but I did not want to gum up the board listing them separately when they are all in the same category more or less. Like I said, I’m not trying to be a “tiresome, culinary genius,” I just see steak and shrimp and think, maybe there is a way to dilute the cost by eating less expensive proteins occasionally and veggies that family and I can BOTH have. (There is a “cooking separate meals/extra work for me” issue here as well. )

Thanks in advance for anyone has taken the time to read and consider these issues and imparts their valuable 2 cents.