[Wildside]

I'm very interested in the grains vs. no grains debate as well. For the last month or two I have been eating little to no grains...I went raw for 8 days during that time and the rest of the time I was probably 80-90% raw...I felt pretty good, but I got kind of tired of having to eat so many fruits and veggies all the time to keep away the hunger pains. (and I missed a lot of the foods you can't eat if you are not eating grains)

The last couple of weeks I have been experimenting with adding more protein (so far fish, eggs, hemp protein powder) to my diet and that has satiated my hunger much better than without it.

I get up a 6am and go for a run every morning and a couple of times a week I hit the weights in the evening. I find I often time don't seem to have the energy I would like when working out. So the last week or so I have been slowly introducing sprouted grain breads into my diet. Hoping for a more sustained release of energy promised by eating complex carbs. I'm not sure how they are working yet. I know I don't need to eat as often while eating the bread...which is a good thing. Before I used to get up and eat fruit until lunch (with a green smoothie for breakfast with some hemp protein powder) and I was eating all morning. This morning I had a grapefruit, green smoothie and two pieces of toast for breakfast and didn't get hungry until noon...that was sweet! I just have to try and determine if the grains are giving me more energy or just filling me up...

I am going to keep experimenting until I find what works best for me...I think that is the only way to go...There is so much nutritional advice out there, and everyone is convinced they are right....it can drive you crazy trying to decide on how to eat based on others research. I think you just have to experiment and go with what works and feels right to you.