Joy dot: watching my hosta plants open up more each day

Great to hear from you - sounds like you are doing really well with your program.

I take my vitamins in the morning. Vitamin B is best taken early in the day because it can make it hard to sleep if you take it later. I take them after breakfast.
Allison

: So its been almost exactly a year
: since I first read Potatoes Not
: Prozac. I wanted to post my
: progress to the community since I
: don't have a lot of support or
: understanding from friends and
: family...My mom sent me an Easter
: basket with a large chocolate
: cross and jelly beans. I ate
: some of the chocolate cross after
: dinner, regretted it, and gave the
: rest of the candy to my roommate
: who will hopefully hide it away.

: A little over a year ago I started
: doing breakfast. It took me a
: while to find the right brown, but
: I am now head over heels in love
: with whole grain (no sugar all
: natural) oatmeal with a few apple
: slices and chia seeds, two
: scrambled eggs, and (depending on
: how active I've been) a milk and
: protein shake.

: Journal-ing is good. I'm pretty in
: touch with my body, so I know when
: a crash is coming on, why I'm
: crashing (timing or a poorly
: planned meal or more sugar with a
: meal than usual), and can usually
: get some protein and level out by
: my next meal.

: Three meals a day with protein is
: going pretty well too. Timing is
: still sometimes challenging, since
: my schedule is all over the place.
: I've got four or five meals that I
: like, and I tend to just rotate
: between them: chicken and brown
: rice, crock pot beef stew, ground
: beef and cheese quesadilla in a
: wheat wrap, and salmon or tilapia
: and brown rice are my top four
: favorites. Part of finding meals I
: like actually cut out a lot of
: whites, so I accidentally skipped
: ahead a bit with that. I don't
: deny myself white stuff, and have
: it every once in a while, but for
: the most part it was much easier
: to give up than chocolate and ice
: cream.

: Most recently, in the last two weeks,
: I've really committed to veggies.
: I would eat veggies before pretty
: regularly, but I've really upped
: the quantity and variety. I really
: like having a variety of raw
: veggies, but in the past I've
: bought them and they end up going
: bad. I've been committing to
: having either a salad or finger
: veggies (usually a plate with
: cucumber, grape tomatoes, carrots,
: broccoli) with lunch and dinner.
: I've noticed that has also helped
: with sugar cravings.

: Despite the fact that I still have
: some inconsistency with timing in
: my meals I'm planning to move
: ahead with night potatoes and
: vitamins. Are vitamins better at
: night or in the morning?

: I suspect that moving off of sugar
: will come not to far away. I
: already am down to sugar with only
: one meal, and often just a little
: bit. Most of my meals don't
: contain hidden sugars. Some days
: are no sugar at all, although the
: days when I do have and crave more
: I definitely react more strongly
: to it. I can feel my brain go
: "Weee"! While my
: mouth goes what are you doing this
: isn't "good" food
: And shortly after that my head
: goes ow! have a headache and my
: emotions go "boo" I'm
: grumpy, sad, and/or anti-social.
: It's like clockwork now because
: I'm feeling more balanced over all
: so the incidents really stand out.

: Anyway, that's where I'm at with it.
: Still working, some days are
: better some are worse. I'm really
: looking forward to moving forward
: with the program.
: Good luck everyone!