Hi Maggie,
Congratulations on starting step one. Are you eating breakfast within an hour of getting up (or waking up)? Enough protein for your body weight, with a complex carb (enough)? What do you like for breakfast?

What jumped out at me in your post is that you are "ravenous" before you eat and "weak and low energy" afterward. Both are signs of low blood sugar. When I wait to eat until I'm extremely hungry, my blood sugar has already dropped too much and it's too late for the food to do much good. My blood sugar will stay wonky all day or even longer.

Could you try eating before you get hungry and see what happens? And don't try to go without snacks at this point. Let us know how it goes.

Liz

: Hi,

: I am new to doing PFP (on week 2) and
: am on step one. I really don't eat
: any sugar due to the last few
: years of following an eating
: plan....but right now my focus is
: on step one.

: My question is, since adding protein
: to breakfast (and lunch and
: dinner) I have been feeling really
: tired after I eat, sort of weak
: and low energy. Is this normal?
: are there ways to combat this? I
: also am eating a ton more food at
: each meal and feel ravenous before
: I eat.

: I think I am doing a good job of
: eating a balance of brown/green
: carbs and protein. (I don't eat
: any processed flour and am Gluten
: free due to allergies, so all my
: carbs are in their whole form ei:
: oats, brown rice, quinoa etc...)

: Is the exhaustion just a result of
: adding the extra protein? and does
: anybody have any suggestions for
: fixing it?

: Thanks,
: Maggie