Help understanding recipes in DWIDP

August 6, 2009

Hi,

First - I would like to introduce myself. My name is Glenn and I live in the

northeast (Mass) US. I am new to the CRON program, so new I have not officially

started. I have been aware of CRON for a few years and have given it a lot of

thought. I bought and read the 120 year book and have the anti aging book on

order. I downloaded the program DWIDP.

I have not officially started CRON because I am trying to plan out meals that I

think I will succeed at and not jump in and give up because I did not plan well.

So my goal is to start officially on September 1st.

While it would be good if I lost some weight, I am not making that my goal. A

weight goal always implies an end, at which point you start eating poorly again.

Instead, I am making the goal eating differently, healthy food. I want to start

with a goal of 1800 calories a day and see how that works for a few months, and

if needed make adjustments from that, hopefully down over time.

OK, now that I bored you with that... :-)

I could use a little help in understanding the recipes in the DWIDP

I tried entering a recipe in the program, but I ran into difficulty entering the

quantity of the items and the serving size. It did not make a lot of sense and

in the end I was not sure if I entered the recipe correctly.

So - then I thought I would reverse engineer an existing recipe with one that is

in the 120 year book. I chose the Pasta Fagioli. However - the item amounts in

there do not appear to match the items in the recipe list shown in the 120 year

diet book. Specifically:

- White beans - 1/4 cup in book; 1 TBS in program

- 6 garlic (bk) vs 4 garlic (pr)

- 1 bunch basil (bk) vs 4 leafs (bk) (how much is a bunch anyway?)

The nutritional data is basically the same - so I think this is the same recipe.

But the items as listed do not make sense to me. I am assuming it is because I

am new at this.

Is there a good guide some where that can help me really understand how to use

this tool? I checked out the July 2004 insider - but the intro was more about

the basics of getting started.

I apologize if this is a repeated question or just a dumb newbie question. I'm

just stuck and hoping to get some guidance on the tool. I like the graph

capabilities to check out the day, and the other aspects of the tool seem quite

good. I'm just getting my butt kicked on the recipes.

On a side/related note - is there another great source for good ready to go CRON

recipes to work with?

thanks in advance for any guidance anyone can offer.

Glenn

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