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Can you give me your opinons about being dairy free initially? I read that I should go dairy free for at least a few weeks as well before I will see real results. I am only 2 days in and craving something sweet, but aside from fruit or peanut butter I feel like there are not many options. So far i have been eating fruits and veggies, plain meats, and peanut butter. Any other ideas???


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Can you give me your opinons about being dairy free initially? I read that I should go dairy free for at least a few weeks as well before I will see real results. I am only 2 days in and craving something sweet, but aside from fruit or peanut butter I feel like there are not many options. So far i have been eating fruits and veggies, plain meats, and peanut butter. Any other ideas???

I just found this link. It's not dairy specific, but may be helpful to you in your beginnig days:

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Dairy is not required to eliminate, only if it seems bothersome to you.

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In the beginning, I made the peanut butter cookies that have no flour (old recipe) and that helped my sweet tooth. Also full sized Snickers, not minis, are a good pick me up when you're short of time.

I like pudding made with soy milk and jello.

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Chocolate Soy milk. Plain or Vanilla Soy milk in your old recipies. Soy ice cream with nuts. Even better is the new coconut ice cream. Nuts are a nice snack. Avacado is so creamy.

With adjusting to soy milk, it helped to put a sweetener in the plain. I didn't care for the Vanilla. I LOVED the Chocolate. It also helped mentally to think of it as nut juice rather than milk. I also needed to get Beano. You know what they say about beans. Soy milk comes from soybeans. Oh, if you can find it, they make soy nog this time of year. Mmmm. And Soy Latte.

Earth balance has a soy butter that is good. Mashed potatoes made with soy. Some people can handle a little cheese before they add back dairy fully. I'm allergic, so I'm off milk/eggs/gluten for life. Gluten is the hardest to navigate. Eggs are what I miss the most.

Since I can't have milk or eggs, I satisfy that creamy texture craving with beans. Refried beans are the easiest. Old El Paso are gluten-free, but I think they might have disguised MSG.

Hot Chocolate from scratch.

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Most chocolate has milk, except for SOME types of dark chocolate, so peanut M&Ms are out if you want to avoid dairy.

I second the flourless PB cookies. Avoiding gluten-free baked replacements (that have alternative flours in them) early on in the process helps healing and makes the healing easier.

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