Hello All!

I've gotten to a point where I always get in the program and in the past have gotten frustrated and off I go and leave. This time I'm choosing to post about that frustration in hopes to get some help/ideas. I read recently somewhere either in Kathleen's newsletter or somewhere on the site that vegetarian/vegans don't do well on this program. I was doing fine until this past Monday when I ate this steak and felt awful after eating it and very repulsed. I haven't been able to eat meat since....not chicken, beef, turkey or fish or even dairy. My body is just craving vegetables a ton and wonder if I'm lacking in something that would cause that.

This has happened several times now and off I go eating veggies, fruits and small amount of carbs. I actually don't even like much fruit because it's too sweet for me. It takes many months of doing that before I'm back but I really want to understand what goes on in my body where I can't stomach eating meat of any kind for many months. Is it truly difficult for a ss to eat a vegetarian lifestyle? I grew up on a farm and always had plenty of beef so it doesn't make sense to me at all. It feels like a texture thing now too that gives me the willies.

Being that this program is about dense protein and that's what I've been eating but something happened/shifted and I don't understand it. I'm struggling to get my protein amounts in. Two meals today I ate beans with a whole grain pancake and veggies for one meal and beans and spaghetti (sauce only, no meat) with veggies for the other. It holds me about 3 to 3.5 hours and I'm not able to eat any more. I need 36 grams of protein per meal.

I don't know if it's a phase and I'll get past it again or it's an emotional/psychological thing or what? I'm wanting to hang in there to see if it shifts again but anyone have any ideas what might be going on. Any other vegans/vegetarians out there and what do you do? I'm hoping it will pass because I don't want to give up the program or I wouldn't be posting. It's been going on a few days but feel badly so haven't wanted to post about it.

Thanks for listening,
Terri F