Thanks - that does help.

I tried cutting my protein portions back to 3 to 4 ounces per meal last week
and I was SO hungry. I am not sure what my ideal weight is but I think it's
around 135 which would leave me with roughly 9.5 ounces of protein per day.
I currently eat BR, LU, DI, and two snacks. If I divide the protein over
those 5 meals I feel there is hardly any left and I don't quite know how I
am going to handle that. I guess I need to eat more fat. Eating lots of
veggies makes me bloat horribly so that's a tough one, too, although I love
all veggies much like you.

Any concern about mercury with the seaweeds? I love them also.

Kristina

>>Hi K,

I don't look more jiggly, so I don't think I've lost muscle.  I think low-
carb helps preserve muscle mass better than other regimes to lose weight.
In any event, my clothes fit better -- so I'm happy about that.

I don't have any idea how much fat I eat per meal -- but I don't purposely
restrict it and always add fat to vegetables.

# of veggies depends -- general rule is to eat some at every meal. I don't
force myself to a set amount per day.

Typical breakfasts:  1/2 pemmican bar from US wellness meats + veggies
eggs + chorizo; sardines w/bones in olive oil; canned salmon; nori sheets
(I sometimes roll sardines (mashed with spices) or salmon (mashed with
spices), avocado, sprouts etc in a big nori sheet -- sort of poor
gal's "sushi".) leftover meats + veggies or sometime I'll have my fruit
portion at breakfast instead of veggies.

Typical lunches:  Meat/poultry/fish + veggies (and/or fruit if I don't have
fruit at breakfast).  A quick and delicious seaweed dish is kombu and/or
wakame in a pan with a little bit of water and fresh maitake mushrooms.  As
this simmers, the maitakes make their own delcious broth.

Typical supper:  Same as Lunch.  Here's a nice appetizer (and constipation
buster):  take a grated carrot, mix with coconut oil, Celtic seasalt and
vinegar (I know, arguably not paleo).  I used to "fear" carrots because
Atkins and other low carb diet books claim they are high on the glycemic
index -- but I eat them now, but only raw & whole (I don't drink any
juice) -- they are powerful bowel cleasers when eaten raw and I like the
crunch they provide.

Veggies in General:  I love virtually all vegetables:  big favorites are
all seaweeds except for Hijike (I don't care for the sweet taste of it);
spinach, asparagus, brocolli, okra, chard, parsley (raw and cooked) celery,
cauliflower,fiddleheads,snap peas, zuchinni, yellow squash, all lettuces,
avocado, all peppers and the list goes on. I don't lose sleep if I eat the
teeny piece of lotus root or yam or tarrow root that sometimes appear on my
plate at a japanese restaurant.


Fruits in General:  Blueberries (my favorite); raspberries; strawberries; a
very few cherries; lemon/lime juice for salad dressing ( I may experiment a
bit with grapefruit down the road -- I love them but would only want to eat
a half at a time and my hubby hates them -- so half generally gets stale in
the fridge.  I wish they grew small grapefuits the size of oranges...

Exercise:  It sound like your aerobic sessions are much longer than mine.
The only time I exercise for over an hour would be if I'm walking that day
for exercise.  My interval training lasts 30 minutes maximum.

Hope this helps.