Hi Marie,
I'm in step 5 and I relate to the monthly thing. I understand its the serotonin. I was cruising along feeling great in step 5 till the day my cycle started. Since this was posted in May, and it is now July, I wondered if you had found things that work for you?
Thanks, Rose

: Overall doing really well. I've
: gotten to the point where I go for
: weeks at a time without having any
: cravings for sugar, and when I
: don't crave it I don't eat it.
: Hurray I have a good solid
: breakfast, three meals regularly
: with enough protein brown and
: veggies. Snack very rarely,
: usually when I've been working
: out. Not doing nightly potato
: regularly yet.

: The only time I ever crave sugar now
: is about a week around/during my
: menstrual cycle. I know the goal
: is to keep doing the food, and I
: try to focus on that. But I'm
: beginning to think that what works
: for most of the month doesn't work
: when my hormones get all girly on
: me. Does anyone have any
: suggestions for alterations to
: make during that time of the month
: to keep things stable? More
: protein? More brown? More veggies?
: More of certain vitamins? I figure
: at this point I wouldn't be
: craving sugar if my body wasn't
: missing something, but I'm not
: sure what I'm missing. Maybe
: getting serious about moving onto
: the potato step will help? hmmm
: Anyone have a similar
: experience or suggestions?