First Check-In

[Guest guest]

I haven't posted since my intro 3 weeks ago - life got very hectic (mom ok now

but was in & out of hospital) 2 days after I decided to start this. Also this

past week I switched from working day hours to night hours (5:30 pm to 2:30 am).

 

Since I'm now sleeping 4 am - ish to noon-ish, I'm actually finding it not too

difficult to eat within the hour (although prior to this week that was tougher

for me to maintain there were times when it was over more like an hour and

half). Also I think I've only skipped breakfast once in the last 3 weeks and

the complex carb addition was easy for me to add.

 

My biggest struggle has been protein. I realized a lot of this group focuses on

adding lacto-proteins in the morning. When I saw how much protein was in cottage

cheese I tried to incorporate that into my breakfasts. And I've been

incorporating more lacto products in general during the day. Unfortunately, I've

been getting tummy aches (I guess my lactose intolerance has increased). So this

means I need vegan protein sources. I will continue to eat yogurt and some

cheese, since in smaller quantities that seems to be fine. On a side note - this

means I'm now taking a b-12 vitamin since animal sources are the only way to

really get that need met.

 

My goal this week is to focus on the protein aspect of breakfast (since that is

the weakest link for me).

 

On my day off I'm also going to try to plan out the week's breakfasts and

preassemble them the night before (or in my case the morning before lol). This

helps me meet my one hour goal as well as ensuring I incorporate enough protein.

 

Oh one new product I've tried this week is pasta made from soybeans (I live in

an area where our natural food stores carry it but you could probably find it

online). It was.....chewy and well it doesn't taste like pasta per se, but it

carries sauces well.

[Guest guest]

Hi there,

 

It sounds like you have made some important connections and are making good

progress with breakfast! How about trying protein powder for your shake?

That's an easy way to get the protein in and there are many alternatives to

whey. You could buy George's shake from the RR store - it is soy based and

comes with the oatmeal and vitamins in it! It's a great way to start out.

 

Tina

 

On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 7:03 AM, Juana Tango <juanatango wrote:

 

> I haven't posted since my intro 3 weeks ago - life got very hectic (mom

> ok now but was in & out of hospital) 2 days after I decided to start this.

> Also this past week I switched from working day hours to night hours (5:30

> pm to 2:30 am).

>

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Tina,

Thank you for your suggestion:)

 

From reading the posts I know protein shakes work for many of you, but for some

reason whenever I try to become a shake person doing it longterm always fails

for me. I just don't ever really like em. When I get to the vitamin stage -

thats probably going to be the biggest one I struggle over since maintaining

that type of activity I find difficult.

 

 

Also I'm committed to only purchasing non-gmo foods (gmo= genetically modified)

and over half of soybeans are gmo - I tried to find out if George product is gmo

or non gmo but didn't see it on the site.....

 

 

 

 

, Tina Castronovo <tinacastronovo

wrote:

>

> Hi there,

>

> It sounds like you have made some important connections and are making good

> progress with breakfast! How about trying protein powder for your shake?

> That's an easy way to get the protein in and there are many alternatives to

> whey. You could buy George's shake from the RR store - it is soy based and

> comes with the oatmeal and vitamins in it! It's a great way to start out.

>

> Tina

>

>