Hi 3 Great Gifts!
Lucky you! My book has yet to arrive. Going from Florida to Seattle, and then back to Idaho takes time. I am sooo looking forward to sitting down and studying it..... So many things I read in the article in First Mag clicked, because I KNOW they're true, I just never put them together like this. Smart guy, that Roger Troy. (Led by the Lord, which is most important, and when He lends His smarts, good things happen.)
Meanwhile, I've been cruising the boards for a few days. Beans do, indeed, have lots of great protein, and lots of marvelous fiber that fills you up and makes you satisfied. We're encouraged to eat them any time, in any way, shape or form, with any meal, any time we are hungry. Even in fruit smoothies (haven't been THERE yet!
) The protein in them is much easier for our bodies to digest than "heavier" protein found in meat products. That's the distinction between protein sources.
Ideally, to make it easier on your body, the meat products are best when eaten with lunch, or at least several hours before you go to bed. Translate that to whatever YOUR schedule is like. Don't expect to reach that "ideal" right from the start. It's a journey. And some here on the boards just don't have schedules that will allow that.
In the beginning, though, eat ANY LDL foods at any meal. Your goal is to be satisfied with whole, nutritious food that won't set you up for cravings.... until your body begins to tell YOU that it doesn't need this much food, or it would rather please have lighter fare in the evening.
I look at the basic outline: fruit or smoothies for breakfast; protein including other LDL goodies for lunch; supper, something light or fruit.
Then I ask my body -- are you gonna be satisfied with that, or do you need something else?
For me, fruit is ideal in the mornings. But for you, it might take some eggs, Corn Thins, huevos rancheros (minus the chips), an omelette, oatmeal, or something else. Make the best choices for ingredients that you possibly can, but eat what satisfies you.
Lunch is ideally your largest meal, with the "heaviest" protein. I'm working on getting the hang of this, because I have to prepare it the night before. Some people aren't free to have a large lunch. Others have other restrictions. Work with what you CAN do, and don't worry about what you can't do.
Supper is recommended to be light -- soup, beans, fruit, popcorn, etc. But if you (or your family) simply can't make that switch right away, start slowly. Eggs are the lightest of the animal proteins, but if eggs on the menu just won't cut it for supper, how about fish? Chicken? If nothing but red meat will fill the need, go ahead and have it. But make it as lean as you can, and provide other LDL options to finish filling you up until you are FULL and SATISFIED.
If I serve fish, chicken, or red meat to my husband for supper, I have been saving my portion for lunch the next day. Works for me -- but do what works for you.
Experiment with it. Play with it. Have fun with it. Try some of the dozens and dozens of recipes here online. Ask questions -- the food police and fellow travelers will help you make the best choices you can. Read the success stories and health related stories!! Awesome!!! They are so encouraging!
I'm having a great time with this -- and looking forward to my hubby having to pay up because he said this wouldn't work -- there's too much food involved. "Bet you $1000 this won't work." You're on, bud!
Let us know how you're doing. There's lots of help to be found here.
God bless,
Terri
but i wanted to thank you TERRI...sooooo much! you have really answered many of my questions! good job girl! 
I haven't been here a real long time, but I can vouch for the fact that everyone has been very nice, and helpful. 
