New here, with a different path to get here and a few questions.

[Guest guest]

I went cold turkey to battle systemic candida, so my steps are all out

of order. I already do three meals a day with no snacking or

occasionally 1 planned snack, thanks to my partner, who can't go

without breakfast and keeps meals really regular. I started a food

journal when i got off sugar, actually a whole body journal including

the weather and which medicines and supplements I've taken, exersize

and any symptoms I'm experiencing. What should i do about steps 1, 2,

3? I guess I could just spend a few weeks focusing on each, making

sure they are as I intended them? 1 and 3 will take a little work if i

decide to really try and get as much protein as Kathleen recommends. I

am vegan and I think i usually get close to the 50 grams rda, but not

the 60 to 65 that i supposedly should on this program. I am skeptical

about the amount, though i understand it is about building seratonin,

couldn't i just focus on tryptophan rich foods, and not worry so much

about this huge amount of protein? I don't like protein powders, as it

seems not natural and I have been leaning away from processed foods.

The same goes for soy based meat substitutes, which often contain

covert sugars anyway. I either have a smoothie for breakfast or steel

cut oats, and either could easily contain some nut butter for protein.

that word is bugging me - isn't it i before e except after c? why is

protein backwards, it doesn't sound like a? I don't say pro-tayn. My

fingers always automatically go ie because that's almost always right,

but my browser underlines protien in red. i digress. uhm, anyway, i'll

have more questions later, but if there really are vegans in here as i

am told, please tell me how you eat half your body weight in grams of

protein each day.

[Guest guest]

Hi Debbie and welcome. I would like to respond in your note..

 

>

> I went cold turkey to battle systemic candida, so my steps are all out

> of order.

 

<smile>....no, really, you are on step one....if you can come with a

beginner's mind, it will help a lot, a lot.

 

 

 

I already do three meals a day with no snacking or

> occasionally 1 planned snack, thanks to my partner, who can't go

> without breakfast and keeps meals really regular.

 

 

This is great, but how about just working on step one. There is a lot

embedded in the steps and you will miss the *program* if you don't

take the time to actually do the process as well.

 

 

 

I started a food

> journal when i got off sugar, actually a whole body journal including

> the weather and which medicines and supplements I've taken, exersize

> and any symptoms I'm experiencing.

 

 

Ok, but this is not what a program journal is <smile>

 

 

 

 

What should i do about steps 1, 2,

> 3?

 

 

Just do step one.

 

 

 

I guess I could just spend a few weeks focusing on each, making

> sure they are as I intended them? 1 and 3 will take a little work if i

> decide to really try and get as much protein as Kathleen recommends. I

> am vegan and I think i usually get close to the 50 grams rda, but not

> the 60 to 65 that i supposedly should on this program. I am skeptical

> about the amount, though i understand it is about building seratonin,

> couldn't i just focus on tryptophan rich foods, and not worry so much

> about this huge amount of protein?

 

 

Ok, so here is the deal. It is about way more than building serotonin

<Smile> It is about repairing your sugar sensitive brain. So the

process is to first actually see what the range would be. Look at .4

and see what you come up with. Take your weight, multiply by .4 and

then divide by 3 for breakfast.

 

You will want that amount, plus a serving of a complex carb.

 

 

 

I don't like protein powders, as it

> seems not natural and I have been leaning away from processed foods.

> The same goes for soy based meat substitutes, which often contain

> covert sugars anyway. I either have a smoothie for breakfast or steel

> cut oats, and either could easily contain some nut butter for protein.

 

 

See what you can do with the equation.

 

 

 

Warmly,

Kathleen

[Guest guest]

Welcome, Debbie! Nice to have you here. warmly, Cinzia

 

, " Debbie "

<deborah.lange wrote:

>

> I went cold turkey to battle systemic candida, so my steps are all out

> of order. I already do three meals a day with no snacking or

> occasionally 1 planned snack, thanks to my partner, who can't go

> without breakfast and keeps meals really regular. I started a food

> journal when i got off sugar, actually a whole body journal including

> the weather and which medicines and supplements I've taken, exersize

> and any symptoms I'm experiencing. What should i do about steps 1, 2,

> 3? I guess I could just spend a few weeks focusing on each, making

> sure they are as I intended them? 1 and 3 will take a little work if i

> decide to really try and get as much protein as Kathleen recommends. I

> am vegan and I think i usually get close to the 50 grams rda, but not

> the 60 to 65 that i supposedly should on this program. I am skeptical

> about the amount, though i understand it is about building seratonin,

> couldn't i just focus on tryptophan rich foods, and not worry so much

> about this huge amount of protein? I don't like protein powders, as it

> seems not natural and I have been leaning away from processed foods.

> The same goes for soy based meat substitutes, which often contain

> covert sugars anyway. I either have a smoothie for breakfast or steel

> cut oats, and either could easily contain some nut butter for protein.

> that word is bugging me - isn't it i before e except after c? why is

> protein backwards, it doesn't sound like a? I don't say pro-tayn. My

> fingers always automatically go ie because that's almost always right,

> but my browser underlines protien in red. i digress. uhm, anyway, i'll

> have more questions later, but if there really are vegans in here as i

> am told, please tell me how you eat half your body weight in grams of

> protein each day.

>

[Guest guest]

, " Debbie " <deborah.lange

wrote:

What should i do about steps 1, 2,

> 3? I guess I could just spend a few weeks focusing on each, making

> sure they are as I intended them?

 

thats a brilliant idea to refocus on steps 1 , then 2, and 3! You'll

really get the benefit if you do that.

 

I was very resistant to using protein powder. But I usually do at

breakfast, and I love it now.

 

solves 2 things for me 1) gets my protein grams in right without even

having to think too much and 2) sort of 'frees up' my other protein

options for lunch and dinner.

 

good to see you here!

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