Re: Doing PNP for the first time

Kathleen, You are too funny!
BTW I went out the databases and found your dissertation. I'm still searching for the survey instrument that indicates that those how love office supply stores are sugar sensitive. Me, I'm thinking it's the Avon catalog with all the different color swatches is an indication as well.

Ok, so how does an active exerciser factor in the correct portions. But let me digress for just a minute.

I came back to the materials because I'm not sleeping well at night, and I deduced that it might be an issue with low protein levels, or, heaven forbid, the wrong type of protein. I made the decision to add back in cow milk yogurt and cheese to the vegan plan and see where that takes me. I felt good at the vegan level and then, not so much. Part of the inability to sleep lies in the fact that the dog is injured, and my hip-flexor and adductor are also inflamed, so I'm actually NOT getting enough exercise because walking is meditation time. Ugh. I did the homework, and there is some support for the notion that vegans get enough tryptophan, but I wonder if there is an uptake mechanism that varies---one that I've yet to find anyhow.

Anyhow, if I work this intuitively, then I'd say I have to fill in with snacks that provide protein and carbs. And I'd guess that if my regular meals are totally out to about 1500, and I'd need about an additional two portions of protein and a lighter supply of carbs. My guess doesn't include the potato. I have gone through the process, albeit obsessive-compulsive, of sorting out that I burn 2100 calories each day. It's that intellectual curiosity (Ph.D. Style) combined with the need to control some aspect of my life.

Ok, Rambling is done, back to the food exercise factor!

Thanks,
Linda--

: No, PnP won't but I can :h11) this is
: the joy of having the author be
: right here/.

: Talk to me and I can help.

: kathleen