Joy dot: Adding back in cheese and yogurt to my vegan diet makes me feel better, and more rested. Sigh, so much for saving a cow! I just don't want to eat the darn thing.
Being hungry wasn't the issue I think, but not having enough tryptophan??? Maybe. I've always been a dedicated breakfast eater, and mid-morning an afternoon snacker because my workouts are pretty intense. I do an hour of TurboKick or P90X and then I walk the dog for 40 minutes at a fast clip so three meals a day has never been ideal. With the dog being injured and my hip-flexor being inflamed, I've cut back on all of it, and so, I get a chance to recuperate with moderate intensity workouts. Blech. I got out of balance a year ago, for reasons of the heart, and I've been having trouble get re-balanced. Veganism didn't seen to resolve the imbalance! Thanks for the tips on snacking. I see that eating three meals a day is important, but I'd rather have five to stay stable.
The potato is working.
Thanks!
Linda
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: Joy dot: starting the morning with
: some joint mobility exercises - my
: shoulders feel much better after 2
: days.

: I am not Kathleen, but here are some
: things I have learned.

: Sometimes when I wake up during the
: night, I am hungry and can't fall
: back to sleep. If I am hungry, I
: have some protein and carb, like a
: cheese stick wrapped in a whole
: grain tortilla. Then I can usually
: fall back to sleep. So it could be
: hunger or blood sugar that is
: waking you up.

: When I exercise, I need snacks. (I do
: 20-30 minutes of cardio and some
: strength training each day,
: sometimes more cardio than that.)
: If I exercise in the morning
: before work, I need a mid morning
: snack. If I exercise after work, I
: need a substantial snack at about
: 4 PM, and I might need a yam cake
: on the way home, depending on how
: late it is and how hard I worked
: out. My snacks are always protein
: and complex carb. Maybe a hard
: boiled egg or cheese stick and
: whole grain crackers. For the more
: substantial snacks, I often use
: dinner leftovers.

: I also find that I need to eat at the
: high end of the protein spectrum,
: because I am physically active and
: have a relatively fast metabolism.
: How much exercise are you doing?
: Allison