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Hi Becky. Welcome - I'm glad you found us.

YOu could calculate your protein needs (body weight in pounds divided by 6 = grams of protein for breakfast) and see how your breakfast stacks up. Do you always eat the same thing? If not, you could practice just journaling your breakfast and see if you notice any difference in how you feel with different breakfasts. It sounds like you may have already figured out how to do your breakfast in different circumstances, but that's another thing you could think about. The idea is to approach it with beginner's mind and see what you can learn when you approach it that way.

So what are you having for breakfast? I've done a variety of different breakfasts over the years, everything from dinner food to sandwiches to protein shake. Currently I have protein shake on weekdays, and eggs and toast on the weekends. The protein shake allows me to exercise before work, but doesn't hold me quite as well as solid food so I've played around with the ingredients over time. It's always a learning process.
Allison
Allison

: Hi, I'm new to the forum and sooooo
: thankful for it's existence.
: Reading all of your past inputs
: has been very insightful. It's
: nice to see such an encouraging
: group...I can feel the love!

: I started today and am planning to do
: the program just as it is outlined
: and taking the time and thinking
: needed to change on the inside as
: well as the outside. That said,
: what if I already eat a high
: protein breakfast, within an hour
: of waking, with brown carb, daily.
: I've been doing this without fail
: for about 3 years - even when we
: go camping!

: Is it ok to go to step 2 since I feel
: very solid here? If not, what
: mental work should I do during
: this time?