: Thanks for all the advice.
I suppose the truth is that although I only came upon this site and started doing the potato four days ago, I've been eating breakfast for a long time, (although I didn't all my life), and so I feel I definitely have that step down - the only thing I am doing differently with that is taking out the agave sugar on my oatmeal and egg whites. I've also been eating meals, since my workouts require me to eat regularly - have been doing 3 meals plus a protein shake or two and maybe another snack. In addition, I have for a long time made it a point to substitute brown carbs for white carbs. My weakness I think has been in not seeing how even a little sugar for me is a trigger to binge on more sugar at other times, so despite my seemingly good eating habits, sugar was always in the background keeping me from feeling calm and making me have cravings. It was feeling like if I didn't have sugar, somehow I was missing out, whereas since I have come upon this site I am approaching it differently - more like it is a temptation that takes you down a slippery slope, especially for someone who is sugar sensitive, like myself.
Hi Martina
: If you are on your 4th day of the
: program, you shouldn't be trying
: to cut out sugar, do only 3 meals
: etc. Trying to do all 7 steps from
: day 1 is sort of like deciding to
: learn to play the piano, and for
: your first lesson, you are going
: to play Beethoven's moonlight
: sonata, and if you can't do it,
: you are a failure. Whereas in
: reality, if you are doing
: breakfast, then you are a success,
: in fact, if you are working on
: mastering just one part of
: breakfast, you are a success.

: Step 1 has 4 parts - breakfeast with:
: enough protein for your weight (do
: you know how to figure that out?)
: a complex carb
: within an hour of getting up
: every day

: Anything that happens after that is
: fine. And trying to cut sugar out
: now or do too much at once just
: makes the whole process harder
: (and doesn't really speed things
: up either, since it doesn't work
: as well).

: With the exercise you are doing, you
: will probably need more food.
: Rather than 6 small meals, what
: most of us do is to have 3 meals,
: and 1 or 2 snacks. I work out most
: days, and I have a mid morning and
: a mid afternoon snack of protein
: and complex carb, like cheese and
: whole grain crackers or hummus and
: vegetables.

: HOw about taking some time to work on
: finding breakfast options that
: work for you? I like protein shake
: with rolled oats added, and on
: weekends I have an omelet with
: cheese and ham and whole grain
: toast. I have also eaten dinner
: leftovers for breakfast.
: Allison