Hello Jessie and welcome! Nice to have you on board. I'm confident you will find comfort and support with this group and many of us have felt similarly to what you experienced when reading the book. To me, it felt like I'd come home and someone had written my story. It was so amazing to me to find out that it wasn't my fault but a symptom or my biochemistry.

Kathleen really knows what she is talking about and has been "spot on" with the research she has done. The information works so well for sugar sensitive bodies and I for one took 10 long years to "get it" and finally stopped listening to others, who had good intentions but didn't have a clue about sugar addiction.

When I began this program back in Nov for the 6th or 7th time I had been doing a low carb program to lose weight. I came back and had not been doing sugar so didn't want to add it in and within 4 months my body got ill with the thought of eating animal protein. That had happened to me once before and I got over it within a couple of months. This time around I had to do some emotional processing around it and now can eat it with no problem. As many programs as I tried doing over the years (even before this one) raw, vegan, or vegetarian, I was never satisfied/sustained long enough.

I don't have much advice for vegetarians and my experience is it's more challenging to get enough protein if you need high amounts but I know others will likely chime in and help. There is likely some info in the resource center as Collette mentioned. Keep talking to the groups and joining the list for the step you are on is a great help as well.

Warm regards,
Terri F

: Hello all. God has answered my
: prayers, and has led me to
: Potatoes Not Prozac. It is truly
: amazing. I feel like shouting from
: the rooftop! I just finished my
: first read-through of the book,
: and I feel like I have found the
: answer to why I have been the way
: I've been my entire life. How
: could this be? It's like reading
: all about me, written by an old
: friend I've never met, if that
: makes any sense. I am overwhelmed,
: and found myself weeping several
: times while I read. This is MAJOR.
: I know I have a lot of work to do,
: but I am surrendering. He has led
: me to this at precisely the right
: time, and I feel like I have found
: the key, finally. Did you feel
: this way? Please lend me any
: advice, wisdom, tips that will
: help me along the way....would
: love to connect with people just
: like me, finally. Also, I am a
: vegetarian, with the long-term
: goal of becoming vegan. Any help
: with different types of protein to
: try I would love.