: Ok, this is how we do detective
: work.... 
: I need to know:
: How old you are
: How much you weigh
: How long you have been doing the
: program and what step you are on
: and how much you exercise, and doing
: what....
: then I will put my other questions in
: your notes....
: I will wait for your reply 
: kathleen
ok, i am starting to get it. BRING IT ON DOC!! my ears are open. your dedication and perseverance are remarkable. i can't express how much i appreciate your help! anything i can do, please let me know.
55 yrs old, 5’ 9”, 165 #
med status: major menopause 1 1/2 yrs, gained 10# last 2 yrs and 5# last 2 months, healing nicely from fibromyalgia, healing severe sprained shoulder, hypoglycemia, food allergies
officially step 2 of Rad Rec, started 2 months ago
exercise: 1+ hrs at gym 2x a week: ( 30-45 min on bike, rest on machines/visit)
1 hr of feldenkrais 1x a week
otherwise very active: walks, wii games, volunteer, etc.
i came into the program in dec. from a high protein, low carb diet with chocolate, lol! was doing pretty well controlling my weight, but was miserable and hungry all the time. i have been slowly gaining weight (10#) since i have been under employed (2 1/2 yrs) and menopause started (1 1/2 yrs). for years i have been eating protein with every meal. i normally eat breakfast, lunch, snack, dinner, snack. take mulit vitamins and minerals including c, b complex and zinc. so trying to follow the program i added back complex carbs to meals and a “potato” before bed as snack. have been keeping a food journal since before christmas. i “exercise” almost every day now. since i added back the complex carbs my sugar craving are almost non existent- my hunger satisfied. i'm definitely feeling better, clear headed and sleeping better. i've read "potatoes not prozac", "sugar addicts recovery" and currently reading "your last diet". i can see/feel the benefits of the program and understand it takes a long time to heal. most recently, I’ve been waking up with headaches and groggy. I’ve tried different kinds and smaller amounts of com carbs for potato at nite. Didn’t help, so starting this week, I am eating com carb + protein for bedtime snack for now. I am learning to pay attention and ask what body wants. I have started a list of what I love to eat and what my body loves. And a list of what I love to eat but makes my body sick. I am learning difference between hunger and cravings. I don’t really have a good feeling for hunger, so I make sure I eat within every 4 hrs for now. Food is becoming my friend again.
Protein shake- ¼ c apple juice, 1 c soy milk, 2 T GNC plain soy protein powder, 2 T oat bran, 1 T cocoa, 1 T stevia. Same thing every day-love my shake!
Cliff mojo bar coconut/almond/choc: carbs 20/ fib 3/ sugar10/ other sugar 7/ protein 8
Oat bran muffins, brown rice waffles home made
Smuckers simply fruit spread-strawberry
Tuna salad-14 oz tuna, 1 grated carrot, soy mayo, cream cheese
Makes 3 meals
Tuesday Protein gms
830a protein shake ?
1130a hamburg 1/3 # 26 grams
lima beans ½ cu 6
brown rice toast* 1 slice 2 gm
2 p oatbran muffin-1 5 gm ?
straw berry spread* 1 te
choc dusted almonds 1-2 oz 7 gm
4p cliff protein bar* 20 gm
7p chicken baked plain ¼ leg 20
fried potatoes ½ c 2?
lima beans (yum) ½ c 6
10p fried potatoes ¼ c
3 am soy milk (woke up starving) 7 gm
Wednesday
9a protein shake ?
coffee decaf (w soy milk) 1c
11;30 tuna w carrots/soy mayo 5oz 25
GF BR crackers 15
soy milk 1 cu 7
3p straw soy yogurt* (starving) 6oz 6
cliff protein bar* 20
choc almonds 1-2 oz 5mg
530 hamburg/ 26 gm
lima beans ½ cup 6
fried potatoes ½ cup 2?
10 brown rice toast* (starving) 1 slice 2
almond butter 2 T 5
oat bran muffin 5
strawb spread* 1 t
Thursday
8:30 prot shake/ ?
same coffee
1130 split pea soup 1 cup ?
home made with 2-4 bite sized carrots/potatoes /cup
( v thick like mashed potatoes)
hamburg 1/3 # 26 grms
3pm cliff protein bar 20
5:30 chicken nuggets 1 breast/ 25
made with corn meal/GF flour
cream corn ½ can 4 gm
½ sweet potato-fresh 2?
8 pm choc almonds 1-2 oz 7
930 brown rice toast*1 slice 2
straw spread* (starving) 1 T
almond butter/ 2 T 5
same muffin 5
Friday (this is day I got crazy starting about noon)
8:30 prot shake/ same coffee ?
12:30 same split pea soup w veges 1/2 c ?
chick nuggs (1/2 chick breast) 12
3 pm cliff protein bar 20
7 pm hamburger 1/3# 26 grms
brown rice waffle 1 ?
cream corn* ½ can 4
½ sweet potato-fresh`` 2?
9:30 same muffin 5?
12 am mojo bar* (starving) 8gm
