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Hi Terri
I wonder what would happen if you tried a denser carb, like a piece of sweet potato, or brown rice instead of a brown rice cake. Brown rice cake doesn't work as a brown for some people.
Allison

: Hello!

: Things for me have been progressing
: nicely along on step 3 for a few
: weeks now. I'm not steady on that
: step yet and will stick with it
: for a while longer. What is really
: puzzling me is that I've been
: waking up between 4 and 5 a.m.
: consistently for about 3 weeks now
: and I typically go to bed around
: 11. I've gone to bed earlier and
: it just makes me awaken earlier so
: it's an ongoing dilemma. I eat a
: snack about 30 mins before bed of
: a protein and carb like an egg and
: brown rice cake. That was holding
: me a few months ago so could it be
: that it is not enough carb?

: I seem to be hungry when I wake up
: which is surprising since I eat a
: snack before bed. I know that is
: low blood sugar from what I
: understand but what I don't
: understand is why now and not a
: few months back. I've been doing
: the same routine consistently
: since beginning of the year. I've
: been eating my amounts at meals as
: well, as far as I can tell. My
: meals hold me 5 hours which is
: what I gage it by.

: Sleep is the one thing I battle with
: more than sugar, ... I'm not a
: person who takes pills for things,
: not even headache medicine. I've
: usually done essential oils on the
: body or on the pillow for sleep
: but lately that's not working
: either.

: I've been approaching the steps ever
: so slowly this go round and look
: forward to seeing if the potato
: works for me this time. In the
: past have had restless legs with
: it. Do some people continue on the
: carb and protein if that's what
: they were doing previous to step
: 4? I'm open to any suggestions.

: I feel in desperate mode again to not
: have my sleep so interrupted as it
: fouls up my whole day. I'll sleep
: 4 to 5 hours then be awake for 2
: and back for 2 more. Some days I
: don't get back to sleep until the
: afternoon and then that throws me
: off of getting to bed on
: time.....vicious cycle. I probably
: should have posted when it first
: started to happen but always want
: to give it some time to see if it
: continues or resolves on it's own.

: Could sure use some advice on this or
: what's worked for others.

: Warm regards,
: Terri F