Over the next few weeks two things should happen. One, your appetite should become supportive and portion sizes will become instinctive. At first its confusing because your pancreatic function is changing as is your brain's habit for sending hunger and satiation signals. Trust your body and eat as the program recommends. Expect confusion early on. You'll be amazed how cooperative your body, inside and out, becomes if you continue frequent supportive meal ingestion.

The second thing is, you should notice evidence of fat loss within a few weeks. If you are eating too much, you're going to note slight fat increase, but in over 20 years of using this methodology, I've never once had anyone gain fat during the program.

If you're uncomfortable, if you have digestive challenges, or if you feel bloated, you should back off on the size of the meals, but if none of these things have occurred, tell the naysayers to watch your body over the course of the next few weeks before they pass judgment.

Finally, if you want to be half-way scientific (not recommended), just to satisfy whatever little voice inside you is warning you your meals might be too large, multiply your perceived ideal bodyweight by 15. That should estimate the number of calories you might want to take in daily at the onset. Of course you'd divide that number by six to determine per-meal caloric count. At best that's a guesstimate, but for those who feel a need to know whether they're on track before their body responds it's a decent guideline.

The best advice I can give you goes right back to trust. Trust the program, trust your body, and trust your appetite. In a few weeks you'll have some conclusions.

Thanks,

Nuts are also typically high in fat, primarily the better fats, and they do also serve as protein sources. There is certainly room for an occassional handful of peanuts, cashews, or sunflower seeds (as well as all other nuts).