Hi Terri,

My blood sugar was really volatile for a long time. Instead of potato, I would have a protein / carb snack before bed, and that was really helpful for me. Also, along the protein amount of between .4 - .6, I eat in the .6 range for all of my meals...have you tried upping your protein and carbs at meals? And for a while, I was having a mid-morning, mid-afternoon, and evening protein / carb snack.

It sounds like you're doing a great job of listening to your body...and she just needs a bit more for now.

Colette

: Hello!
: For quite some time now, even when
: not doing RR, I experience hunger
: right before bed and I'm not on
: step 4 (currently doing step 2)
: yet where the potato is added.
: I've done the program a couple of
: times getting through all the
: steps twice. The other times I've
: stopped at about step 2 or 3. What
: I've done in the past also is eat
: an egg before bed as I get super
: restless legs with just a potato.
: Lately the egg does not hold me
: through the night so have added a
: rice cake with it and it tends to
: hold me through the night without
: me waking at 3 or 4 in the morning
: having blood sugar crashes/hunger.
: I instinctively eat the way the
: program is outlined because my
: body just loves that way of
: eating. I AM doing the steps in
: order and slowly as advised. I'm
: eating protein and carb at every
: meal because that's what feels
: right and have done it for so long
: even though I restarted steps 8
: weeks ago. Am I wrong to eat the
: little carb/protein snack before
: bed if it holds me all night or
: would I be better off eating extra
: protein? I have tried that in the
: past as well and the best combo is
: carb/protein. I choose the rice
: cake as it doesn't seem too heavy
: to digest all night even though I
: take a digestive enzyme with every
: meal.
: I just wonder why at night I can only
: go about 3 to 4 hours after a meal
: before I'm hungry and yet during
: the day can make it through 4 to 5
: hours between meals? I eat same
: amount because I know how much I
: need per meal and don't quite
: understand why I can't go as long
: after evening meal. Any
: ideas/suggestions?
: Terri F