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[moosesal]

So I've been on step 1 of Potatoes Not Prozac for two weeks now and I'm doing okay. I'm getting better with my timing of breakfast. Still not perfect every day, but closer to within an hour of waking. I've sort of started step 2 - journaling - to start getting it into my head, but I'm taking my time. The book recommends at least one month per step

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[flaming_muse]

Proud of you, especially about the alcohol! :D *big hugs*

[moosesal]

Thank you. The alcohol issue was one of my wake-up calls to finally see the doctor. I could see the potential there and didn't want to go down that road.

[misanthrope7842]

Eating within an hour of waking is by far the hardest part of any eating plan for me.

Sounds like you're doing well, though, so good for you!

[moosesal]

Thank you.

For years it has been my habit to eat when I get to the office, because I like to stay in bed as long as possible. *g* But I'm doing better and better with this. (It doesn't hurt that my commute now is only 15 minutes, so I can still eat at work if I shower the night before.)

[ldthomps]

Yeah, the things I always notice are having fewer cravings and more energy (I've learned over and over again that if I have a bunch of carbs I will crash and write a cranky/tired LJ entry an hour later). Always nicer to feel healthier and more in control - I've been having similar experiences. Seltzer at the bar tonight for me, yay!

[moosesal]

I should have had seltzer at the bar last night. ;-)

[turnonmyheels]

I'm proud of you for doing this, it sounds like something that is going to be very beneficial for your life.

::squish::

[moosesal]

We'll see. I still don't know how far I will get. I will do the breakfast, I will do the three meals a day, I will do the vitamins, and I will do as much as I can on swapping "browns" for "whites" (carbs). But full detox -- no sugar or alcohol? Eating a potato before bed? I don't know...

Given my results so far, even just having the breakfast with protein is making a difference and I don't seem to fall into the extreme addiction issues that I see in my online group. Since my real going in was simply to cut back on my sugar intake (and stop having sugar hangovers), I've already succeeded some.

[turnonmyheels]

I can't actually imagine a world where eating a potato before bed would be good for your waistline, but that's *me*. If you're already functioning better and *happier* doing these changes, then you've certainly done something good for yourself. Even if you don't go any further into the program.

What I've got to do is stop binging on weekends. Not necessarily binge drinking, but binge eating. I do drink more on the weekends, but my tolerance is such that 3 drinks is usually it and that's when I'm drinking heavy.

Now calories on the other hand, I'd say I probably consume twice as many calories on the weekend as I do a regular weekday and I really need to cut that down.

[moosesal]

The potato thing is weird. It doesn't have to be a big potato (a small fingerling or new potato is fine). But you eat it 3 hours after dinner, right before bed, with no proteins added. And you have to eat the skin. But it helps with the tryptophan in the proteins you ate at dinner and somehow increases serotonin in the brain. Which, for people like me is a good thing. But it's weird.