This sugar thing is for people who are alcoholics or have a real sugar addiction/sensitivity. The steps are actually well laid out and they advise going slow. I've joined the yahoogroup for step one people and am just easing into it. The science behind how it affects some people's brains is fascinating. (And it does a lot to explain my depression and suicidal tendencies since childhood.) I don't know that I want to completely give up sugar. I have no doubt that I could if I wanted to, but going out and having a drink now and then is part of how I choose to live my life. I often drink water at the bar, but sometimes I want to enjoy a dark beer or a glass of wine because I actually like the flavors, you know? We'll see.
The breakfast is huge. To know how much protein you divide your weight by 2 and that's your amount for a day. Then this plan is about eating three meals with your protein split in thirds. For very active people you can have a couple snacks of protein and complex carb, but to watch the sugar. I've been having more cottage cheese with some fresh fruit midafternoon on days when I get hungry and need something to hold me over until dinner (instead of my usual cookies).
A lot of people on the plan do a breakfast shake with a special powder that's got the protein and complex carb. They mix into almond or oat milk. With your PB, whole bread, and almond milk, you're probably getting a good dose of protein. I just have to have a solid breakfast. As I progress to eating at home I will probably swap a glass of milk for the cottage cheese.
I wish you the very best of luck. I don't doubt you can do it, and even if you stay in step one, nutritionally you'll be more sound that you've been being, which in turn will help keep your energy levels more even.
I do know, good beer and wine is yummy. If heavily laden with pointless calories and a lot of sugar. And danger to those of us from alcoholic backgrounds. It can be beneficial too though, beyond the whole heart healthy thing too. My sleeping problems have almost disappeared since I started drinking an IPA around 8:30 each night. There's something in the hops that trigger your body to make melatonin and get ready to sleep. I find it more reliable than actual melatonin. How's that for weird? And now they're saying all alcohol gives the heart benefits. And with the beer, I really do just drink one. Now if I open a bottle of wine, I'll probably drink half of it or all of it which is VERY BAD.
But do you like the cottage cheese? I've never been able to eat it and now that I'm watching my dairy lactose intake more and more I can't imagine spending what little dairy I do get on cottage cheese. I prefer to get mine in cheese form.
I do like cottage cheese. I go through phases where I eat tons of it. Then I go off it and eat lots of greek yogurt. Then back to the cottage cheese. I had some last week as my side dish with a sandwich when I was out and I haven't been able to get enough of it since. I can only eat the regular though -- the texture of low-fat is nasty. (Which I know is funny since a lot of people thing the texture in general is nasty.)
The program I'm trying says to eat a potato 3 hours before bedtime because it's got tryptophan of a type that clicks with the brain in the way we deal with serotonin while sleeping. Wed night I had potato soup with dinner right about 3 hours before bed and wow... crazy dreams (which can be a sign of serotonin problems which I know I have anyway... hence the prozac). It's pretty neat to see how foods change chemicals in our body.
The breakfast is huge. To know how much protein you divide your weight by 2 and that's your amount for a day. Then this plan is about eating three meals with your protein split in thirds. For very active people you can have a couple snacks of protein and complex carb, but to watch the sugar. I've been having more cottage cheese with some fresh fruit midafternoon on days when I get hungry and need something to hold me over until dinner (instead of my usual cookies).
A lot of people on the plan do a breakfast shake with a special powder that's got the protein and complex carb. They mix into almond or oat milk. With your PB, whole bread, and almond milk, you're probably getting a good dose of protein. I just have to have a solid breakfast. As I progress to eating at home I will probably swap a glass of milk for the cottage cheese.
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I do know, good beer and wine is yummy. If heavily laden with pointless calories and a lot of sugar. And danger to those of us from alcoholic backgrounds. It can be beneficial too though, beyond the whole heart healthy thing too. My sleeping problems have almost disappeared since I started drinking an IPA around 8:30 each night. There's something in the hops that trigger your body to make melatonin and get ready to sleep. I find it more reliable than actual melatonin. How's that for weird? And now they're saying all alcohol gives the heart benefits. And with the beer, I really do just drink one. Now if I open a bottle of wine, I'll probably drink half of it or all of it which is VERY BAD.
But do you like the cottage cheese? I've never been able to eat it and now that I'm watching my dairy lactose intake more and more I can't imagine spending what little dairy I do get on cottage cheese. I prefer to get mine in cheese form.
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The program I'm trying says to eat a potato 3 hours before bedtime because it's got tryptophan of a type that clicks with the brain in the way we deal with serotonin while sleeping. Wed night I had potato soup with dinner right about 3 hours before bed and wow... crazy dreams (which can be a sign of serotonin problems which I know I have anyway... hence the prozac). It's pretty neat to see how foods change chemicals in our body.
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