Hi Leigh
You don't need to eat sweet potato skin - it's a complex carb without.
I have to add a lot of stuff to my shake to make it hold me. I add orange fish oil, 1/4 cup each cottage cheese and greek yogurt, and kale or frozen chopped spinach to the protein powder and berries and almond milk. And I use 3/4 cup of rolled oats. What you might try before giving up on shake is increasing the oats and adding a spoonful of nut butter - adding some fat gives it more holding power.
Allison

: I sure know what you mean about
: learning to listen. I am not good
: at that either which I guess is
: one big reason I failed at this so
: many times in the past. I just
: joined the step 1 list and am
: looking forward to checking it out
: when I finish here. I am still
: trying to work out breakfast. I
: was hoping the shake would work
: for me but it left me hungry 2
: hours later. In it I had my quota
: for protien powder (unsweetened)
: half a banana, half a Tbsp ground
: flax, and a third of a cup of
: uncooked oats. So now I am
: experimenting with eggs, turkey
: sausage, and different browns. By
: the way does the skin of a sweet
: potato have to be eaten for it to
: count as a complex carb?
: And I did check out going slowly on
: the little sugar addict's page and
: saved it as a favorite. It does
: help and I will probably need to
: refer back to it once in a while.
: Thanks!