SewingMom wrote: Does it get easier after being on MWL for a while?
Depends on the person, for for many of us, no, it doesn't.
I know we can eat until we are full on MWL
No, we can't. I really dislike how Dr. McDougall advertises his programs as all-you-can-eat, because for so many of us, we can eat, and eat, and eat. It doesn't matter if it's high fat SAD foods or very low calorie, low fat high fiber MWLP ones. He has said in lectures we 're to eat until comfortable and satisfied but NOT until we're full. Many of the Star McDougallers who have lost 100 or more pounds have said over and over again that they have to stop eating when still slightly hungry, when they're about 80% full. The Japanese have a name for it - hari hachi bu. Here's McDougaller Carol Fitzgerald explaining what it means to her, complete with bloopers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1Oe9JPpOSQNutritional yeast, is it ok on MWL or not?
Green beans (canned), starch or veggie?
Arborio rice,
All the above are okay. There's a recipe for a cheese sauce using nooch in the MWLP book on page 217; green beans, whether fresh, frozen, or canned, are certainly allowed as a green vegetable; and as others have said, arborio rice is mentioned in a few recipes in McDougall books and some newsletter recipes. It would be hard to substitute brown rice for most arborio rice recipes because of all the stirring and absorption of liquids - it would take twice as long and take a lot more liquid to make a real risotto out of brown rice. I usually just use the arborio.