Hi Ingrid,

Well, here are a few things I have learned over the years that I try to do. I can have shake every now and again, but not when life is stressful. Have you ever tried something a bit more dense for breakfast? And the same for brown rice bread...it just doesn't have the holding power that other browns have for me. My current favorite is cream of buckwheat with chicken and ginger...and some cultured beets on the side. And your idea of a second breakfast might be really helpful too. More food at the beginning of the day seems to help with evening collapse.

Rice cakes also don't have much holding power for me, so for snacks, I would try to make extra browns. An example would be turkey sticks and leftover rice. I noticed for your other snacks you don't have browns, and you are using nuts. For a light snack, those would be ok for me. If I find they are not holding, I'll go for something more dense...yam cakes and chicken are a great one for me.

Those are a few suggestions. You can play around a bit, and see what works for you.

Colette

: Hi Colette,

: Thanks for the offer! Here's my
: typical food for the day:

: 5:30a - Two scoops George's Restore,
: 1C milk, 1/2C frozen blueberries,
: 2 slices brown rice bread w/butter
: (This is about as much as I can
: down this early in the morning.)

: 9:30a - Cheese stick and rice cake

: 11:00a - 3C lettuce greens, 1 can
: tuna, 1C brown rice, salad
: dressing, plum

: 2:00p - apple and about 1/2 C almonds

: 4:30p - 3 whole celery sticks with PB

: 6:00p - Dinner... usually famished by
: then and bingey

: I used to get off work at 4:00p and
: didn't need a 2nd afternoon snack
: before a 5:30p dinner. I thought a
: 2nd snack would get me through the
: extra half hour, but it doesn't
: seem to hold me. It's been three
: weeks since my schedule changed.