Thank you Kathleen for going over this. Funny I thought I was getting more than enough food. Actually I am not trying to control my weight. It seems to have stabilized anyway. I am not sure how I can eat more as I get plenty full from just what I am eating. If I eat more, I start feeling nauseous. One trick was to eat more meals a day like you suggested: 3 meals with 2 snacks. I used to do that before RR, but was leery of doing this being a sugar addict and compulsive overeater.

I do weights and cardio at the gym 3 times a week. I get in at least another day of cardio mabye 2 during the week, but out doors.

I forgot to mention that I slather olive oil all over the veggies and salads. Does that count for more fat? I also put 1 tbs. of coconut oil in smoothies (and the oatmeal if I can remember) for good fat. Ditto for the flax and chia seeds.

I can certainly eat protein at meals. I have to be careful with dairy though as I have a slight allergy. A couple times a week of goat or sheep milk products seems to be OK. So does that mean more meat and protein powder?

How many carbs were you talking about? A cup of brown rice or oatmeal really fills me up. How many slices of bread or crackers are we talking about?

Finally I am trying to read between the lines. Are you saying it doesn't matter if I stay with the daily sugar fix or not? Now that I am at day 3 of the detox, I feel like seeing it through. You mentioned that I should try step 6 a couple of times. I am REALLY between a rock and hard spot on this issue...

Thanks so much.

Jeffrey

: Ok, Jeffrey,

: this is VERY helpful....

: I am going to simply give you some
: suggestions and some reflections
: on why you are feeling the way you
: do.

: Based on your gender, weight and your
: level of exercising, I would
: suggest that you have 180 x .7
: grams of protein a day. That would
: be 126 grams per day so maybe 30
: per meal and 15 in two snacks.
: Based on how you are working out,
: I suspect you are concerned about
: maintaining your weight and this
: may spook you. However, I can tell
: you the issue is not the sugar, it
: is that you are not getting enough
: to eat.

: 2 eggs equal about 12 grams of
: protein, 1 Tbs of PP may be 8, so
: that would be 20 which is way low.
: Also based on your gym workout
: out, there is no way that one cup
: of oatmeal will do it. The
: zucchini is mostly water and may
: taste good, but it not really
: going to give you nutrients.

: Very glad you had a snack.

: This is probably closer to the amount
: of protein you need if it was a 6
: oz can of tuna.

: A leg and a thigh might be about 3 oz
: of meat. You need more than 6.
: And 1 slice of bread doesn't come
: close to what you need with
: browns.

: this is because you didn't have
: enough to eat

: Ditto on the breakfast.

: lunch is good.

: dinner is good..but light on the
: browns.

: I think you were clobbered from the
: day before from working on on not
: enough food.

: Whew, the protein is way low. Can you
: say more about why you are having
: chia and flax?

: Are you going to the gym every day?

: bread is not going to cut it as a
: brown with your gym workout.

: a cup of brown isn't enough

: Jeffrey, with your willingness and
: skill, you simply need to eat more
: and you will feel 100% better. You
: also need some more fat
: Honestly the sugar would be a non
: issue if you were eating more. You
: will be shocked if you do, I
: promise.

: kathleen