Hi Everyone -How long will it take to get use to having more Serotonin ?

[Guest guest]

This a first time joining an online group. Believe me it has been a long time

coming. I

read SARP three years ago did it for a while but drifted. I've had trouble

with sugar

probably all my life( I use to steal money from my mom's purse as a 7 year old

so I could

buy candy at the corner store.-I've had the classic problems with sharp mood

swings

related to sugar binging and withdrawals. I am a nurse although not currently

practicing, I

also was diagnosed a couple years ago with severe osteoporosis I am 50 but the

outside

body looks good but the bones are thin and I;ll probably be 5 inches shorter in

20 years.

I'm doing all the healthy things - more alkaline diet, meaning I'm eating lots

more greens,

lentils etc. and exercising and mod weight lifting. I am in the process of

becoming more

of a vegetarian. Juicing carrots and celery once a day. Eating more raw

vegetable salads.

Sugar is a non nutrient and definitely has contributed to the Ca loss in the

bones -not

enough good food to provide for bone building.

Seems I have alot of head knowledge and all the reasons to stay off sugar but as

all you

fellow addicts know -the world out there loves sugar and it is hard to be a mom

of 5 and

not make brownies or cookies sometimes. I am better than I was but the truth

is I can

stay off sugar for a while but then something upsets me and I go downhill and

seek my

comfort food. And of course I've done the complaining bit of why can't I eat

sugar like

everyone else? Soo that's why I need you folks out there in cyberspace I need

to know

that I am not alone in this.

I have been doing the protein at all three meals for this last week and yes I

can tell I am

better, calmer, able to think clearly but especially not plagued by

overwhelming negative

thoughts and low self-esteem. I have also been trying to think about what I am

thinking

about and catch myself when my thoughts become negative. I did two nights last

week

with the potato but didn't sleep those two nights.So I stopped that - strangely

I did feel

pretty good during the day and had enough energy. I guess my body isn't use to

having

much serotonin. I went with brown rice and cinnamon tonight and here I am at

midnight

writing this. I did get plenty of Tryptophan in my lentils at breakfast this

morning.How

long will it take to get use to having more Serotonin? In other words when will

I start

having a good nights sleep? Thanks for any advice you can give.Jane

[Guest guest]

Hi Jane,

 

Welcome! Connecting here in these online groups has been huge for me too. I'm

glad you took the leap of faith to reach out and write to us.

 

What worked best for me was to begin at step 1 with a beginner's mind and work

really hard at getting all 4 parts of breakfast super-solid. Then I built my

foundation from there. Trying to integrate all of the program at once was

overwhelming and pretty much impossible. Taking small baby steps is what really

kick-started my healing. Kind of counterintuitive, but those small changes were

things that I could really integrate and build on. So, how is your breakfast?

 

Tina

 

 

janight

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:24:10 +0000

Hi Everyone -How long will it take to get use to

having more Serotonin ? "

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This a first time joining an online group. Believe me it has been

a long time coming. I

 

read SARP three years ago did it for a while but drifted. I've had trouble

with sugar

 

probably all my life( I use to steal money from my mom's purse as a 7 year old

so I could

 

buy candy at the corner store.-I've had the classic problems with sharp mood

swings

 

related to sugar binging and withdrawals. I am a nurse although not currently

practicing, I

 

also was diagnosed a couple years ago with severe osteoporosis I am 50 but the

outside

 

body looks good but the bones are thin and I;ll probably be 5 inches shorter in

20 years.

 

I'm doing all the healthy things - more alkaline diet, meaning I'm eating lots

more greens,

 

lentils etc. and exercising and mod weight lifting. I am in the process of

becoming more

 

of a vegetarian. Juicing carrots and celery once a day. Eating more raw

vegetable salads.

 

Sugar is a non nutrient and definitely has contributed to the Ca loss in the

bones -not

 

enough good food to provide for bone building.

 

Seems I have alot of head knowledge and all the reasons to stay off sugar but as

all you

 

fellow addicts know -the world out there loves sugar and it is hard to be a mom

of 5 and

 

not make brownies or cookies sometimes. I am better than I was but the truth

is I can

 

stay off sugar for a while but then something upsets me and I go downhill and

seek my

 

comfort food. And of course I've done the complaining bit of why can't I eat

sugar like

 

everyone else? Soo that's why I need you folks out there in cyberspace I need

to know

 

that I am not alone in this.

 

I have been doing the protein at all three meals for this last week and yes I

can tell I am

 

better, calmer, able to think clearly but especially not plagued by

overwhelming negative

 

thoughts and low self-esteem. I have also been trying to think about what I am

thinking

 

about and catch myself when my thoughts become negative. I did two nights last

week

 

with the potato but didn't sleep those two nights.So I stopped that - strangely

I did feel

 

pretty good during the day and had enough energy. I guess my body isn't use to

having

 

much serotonin. I went with brown rice and cinnamon tonight and here I am at

midnight

 

writing this. I did get plenty of Tryptophan in my lentils at breakfast this

morning.How

 

long will it take to get use to having more Serotonin? In other words when will

I start

 

having a good nights sleep? Thanks for any advice you can give.Jane

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

really glad you found us !

 

I thought lots about seratonin too ( it really caught my interest) but

in fact I didnt have to wait too long to start feeling a bit better -

in fact that happened before the seratonin step! step 3 being a bit

bit of my personal jigsaw - lots of people , step 1 alone makes a big

difference.

 

I did it all a bit quick and had to re visit from the beginning again,

so I can confidently echo Tina's good advice , to have a really secure

solid breakfast. once I got all 4 parts right, it made a firmer

foundation for the rest. Are you ok with breakfast?

 

today I had a shake, cottage cheese in it as well, with some wild rice

on the side as my brown.

what sorts of things do you like?

 

 

 

 

 

 

, " janight " <janight

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long time coming.

 

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