Luna Sea, thank you sooooooooo much for responding with your experience! The hunger thing is exactly what I experience, after 2 hours of not eating it's like a cavernous void in my stomach that i just want curl into a ball. In my case, I'm allergic to one of the most common anti-seizure drugs and the others either make me a total zombie (there's 6 months of my high school time I have ZERO memory of) or they give me 'the stupids.' Like, not remembering how to spell "was" or trying to remember the word "going" - awesome for writing papers during college.
Since I reduce my calories a little on non-lifting days, my protein varies from 220g to 185g a day according to FitDay (current weight = 218). The only processed carbs are 1 FiberOne NonFat Yogurt that I usually have as part of my mid-morning snack, there's proly a little in my whey and casein protein powders, and I allow myself a little ice cream OR a piece of toast with a little jam for dessert on workout days (still keeping the carb ratio at 30% tho). Otherwise, my carbs come from fruit, veggies and things like plain roasted yams. I actually have trouble getting my fat ratio up to 30% and of course, keeping carbs down at 30% is freakin' torture.
I can't take any cold medicines or even suck on a Sucrets, so no worries about using anti-histimines as a diet aid. I'd rather be fat than having seizures.
