Re: Breakfast. What DID it actually do for me ?
In Response To: Breakfast. What DID it actually do for me ? ()

Mosaic, I didn't want to tell you this, but the within the hour really was there specifically to ruin your life. :h3) But I guess it backfired!

I had eaten breakfast within an hour of waking up for as long as I can remember, because I woke up ravenous, but of course before the program my breakfast was coffee and carbs, so I was always ravenous an hour or so later. I couldn't understand it. So for me, adding protein was life changing. All of a sudden I didn't spend my morning at work wanting to gnaw on my desk! I started off with dairy protein, found it didn't really suit my sinuses, and branched out into other breakfasts. Ate a variety of non-typical breakfasts (like turkey burgers, veggies and oatmeal) for a long time, and then started doing shake. It took a lot of tweaking to come up with a shake that would hold me long enough, but I did, and I love it. I assemble most of it the night before, and then just add the last few ingredients and blend it in the morning. It's easy, portable in emergencies, and comforting. I traveled recently and had eggs and oatmeal for breakfast, and although it worked and was tasty, I was so happy to return home to my shake.
Allison

: Really interesting in Chat last
: night. We were bouncing round some
: ideas as usual which I find really
: thought provoking as well as
: entertaining and feel-good.

: I was remembering, when I found the
: forum, I wanted to talk about how
: anxious I was feeling, and how fat
: I was and how that was affecting
: my life. And how everything was
: ruled and constricted by diet.

: Everyone kept going on about
: breakfast, and I didn't understand
: it. I was doing breakfast. I
: wanted to say..... BUT............
: I'm eating it. And I feel rubbish.
: Whyy do you go ON and ON about it

: Retrospect is a marvellous thing
: isn't it :h6)

: I didn't see any of it at the time,
: it worked in spite of that, it was
: only about end of step three that
: I could see the point

: what did breakfast do for me ?
: *my most important perhaps - it
: started to just steady my blood
: sugar that little bit
: *it started to calm my ups and down
: of beta endorphin
: * I started to listen in a small way
: to what my body said
: * I realised I focused on problems
: rather than solutions
: * I saw I had my spotlight on what I
: don't like, rather than the
: pleasure of what I do
: * Ive always been interested in
: others thoughts but I actually
: started to hear
: * realised"mistake" is
: never a mistake its just learning
: stuff
: *it made me take care of just Me
: * I started to see my own
: manipulations of making life
: difficult and it doesnt have to be
: like that
: * it slowed my "Driven"
: feelings where I got weight
: obsessed
: *it was a relief and structure to
: hold on to
: *it brought a focus point in which
: distracted me from other nonsense
: *it gave me a feeling of achievement
: * I finally saw there were four parts
: not just throw myself at it .... I
: can perceive detail....
: achievement!
: * I see I can do just one thing at a
: time, it doesn't have to be 100%
: All The Time
: *it widened my horizons,
: * got me out of feeling stuck
: * I could see I'm not alone
: *it tapped into my forward planning
: skills
: *it reinforced my cooking skills
: * it made me interested in taste
: again
: * I could engage with textures too
: instead of an unconscious switched
: off approach to dining
: * I didn't have to breakfast in front
: of the telly to distract me, I
: could invent my own Morning Place
: by the French windows. My Place.
: * it made me sit and take a minute
: *encouraged me to try new things
: * made me weigh up the advantages of
: convenience
: * helped me listen to other ideas
: * stopped me dieting just that little
: bit
: *helped me let go of some ingrained
: ideas
: *started me off in a community
: feeling
: * realised it wasn't just me
: * able to follow an instruction - not
: blindly, but use my interpretation
: *got my interest
: *realised shake wasn't necessarily a
: dieting enemy but could be an
: advantage
: * same with cottage cheese
: * realised within the hour wasn't
: something designed to ruin my life
: after all
: * realise it was all about what suits
: ME
: * see that it was MY decisions that
: were important
: *see how organised I am ! Proud!
: * see how capable I have actually
: always been
: * see which browns suit me best
: * play with the proteins I like best
: * Yes, play and experiment is Good, I
: don't have to do rigid control
: * reinforce the things I know I don't
: like - and I don't have to have
: them . Things like grapefruit cos
: its supposed to be good for me. No
: thanks - and that's for all the
: years of "diet foods"
: * found out chicken stew is really
: good for breakfast
: *same for chilli
: * can be proud of ALL this
: * every tiny thing can be
: acknowledged and celebrated
: * and if I want blue cheese for
: breakfast its ok because its what
: *I* want
: *I* get to choose everything =
: freedom

: I'm sure I could go on but its time
: for a breather :h6)
: I smile now that I I never saw a
: thing before step three when I
: woke up a bit

: some things no doubt repeated :h6) as
: that was just' thinking'.....some
: things deserve repeating :h5)
: Like, what did you have for
: breakfast? Makes you think :h4)
: :h4) :h11)

: what are your breakfast specials?