Question for Kathleen or Connie

[JasonE]

A little while back I picked up a copy of Your Last Diet by Kathleen DesMaisons. The cover said it's written for sugar-holics (like me). It's on my "soon" reading list, but I wonder of I should look at Potatoes, Not Prozac first. If there is a recommended progression to these books, please let me know.

Thanks!

[Scott Sonnon]

Jason,

Pnp = theory
SARP = practice
YLD = Weight Loss

My suggestion is to start the practice now and DO EVERY DETAIL, and then invest in the PnP book to understand the theory.

[Connie Brown]

Agree 100% with Coach Sonnon.

First detail is breakfast and it has 4 parts:

adequate high-quality protein for your size (.5 gram protein per pound of body weight)
fist-sized serving of complex carb (whole grain, fruit, veggies)
within an hour of waking
every day

This is the "good form" of breakfast. harder than it looks...

[Cilian McHugh]

After reading all the recommendations for Potatoes Not Prozac I phoned my bookstore to order it in today, and to my surprise they have it in stock - pickingit up tomorrow :twisted:

[Jim Tinney]

As I was walking through the book store today, I decided to look for Potatoes not prozac. Although it was not in stock, they did have the Sugar Addict's Total Recovery Program, which I picked up, since it seemed to fit the bill. I had been beating my soda addiction (very little soda over the last three months), but I had a major backslide last night. I had a deadline on a writing project and was feeling totally stuck, blocked, and exhausted. I probably drank 3/4ths of a 2-Liter of Mountain Dew, which did get me through the project. Ugh. Hate to see that habit creeping back in though.

Looking forward to reading the book and taking some action.

[Scott Sonnon]

Jim,

I hear you amigo. Years ago, I was drinking a 2 liter of Coca-Cola a DAY! Heck, they had a soda vending machine right outside our college wrestling room. :roll: Thank God for recovery through proper nutrition. Get PnP (http://www.circularstrength.com/cbnutrition.html)- you'll resonate with it!

[Connie Brown]

Jim, what Scott said.

Mountain Dew is a biggie, it has not only sugar but a high concentration of caffeine. The caffeine boosts the effect.

Before I knew about all this I did not connect sugar sensitivity, the inherited part, and my computer geek son's massive mobile sculpture of about 300 mountain dew cans across his ceiling. It was truly impressive.

[Charlie McCarthy]

Hey Connie,
I don't know where the post went to but you asked me a question regarding what things I've changed since coming across PNP. Well, for starters, I've tried to eat breakfast every morning which is hard a bit because I can count on both hands how many times I've eaten breakfast. Meaning that all throughout my school career and in general never wanted to eat breakfast.

What helped me the most was the talk about BE and looking at all my 'habits' that have caused a BE spike. Right now I'm trying to eat 3 meals a day with protein at regular intervals cause that's another thing that I've never done. All in all I'm glad I came across such information cause the sugar and all it's convert and overt froms were/are wreaking such physical and emotional damage. Well, I'm glad I came across PNP 8)

[Connie Brown]

That is super, Charlie, I'm so glad you saw that connection.

I never knew anyone who, once they see how good "steady fuel" can feel, ever went back to meal timings that spike BE and blood sugar.

Good luck on the breakfast. It really is a foundation of everything else, like WW is a foundation of clean movement so you can stack hard work on top of good health.

[Jim Tinney]

I was able to sit down and read the first three chapter of the SATRP. Whoa! I immediately identified with the description of the BE profile, and, to a lesser extent, the BS profile.

I started putting step one into action - protein with breakfast (The recommended order is slightly different than PNP, I gather) - along with the Warrior Wellness program each morning. (I have not been consistent). So far, so good. Although I writing my meals down, I haven't fully started journalling as described in the book yet (step 2). I think I'll stick with step one for another week at least to try and get it to stick, and then start step two.

Sorry for the messy post, I have to get back to work - just wanted to drop a line to say thanks for pointing me in the direction of this book.

Jim

[Connie Brown]

Very cool Jim. That BS & BE connection seems to be a big one for athletes.