Hi Elizabeth. Welcome! I'm glad you are here. The program really works, and it can be life changing. It's not a splashy, quick fix kind of thing, though. If you can be patient and take things nice and slowly, I think you will be very happy with the results.

Step 1 is breakfast. It has 4 parts:
enough protein for your body
with a complex carb such as whole grain toast or cereal
within an hour of getting up
every day
and you can start off with whatever part of that is easiest.

There's great support for you here or on the step one list. I found that participating in the forum really helped me.
Allison

: I'm new to the forum. Just finished
: reading Potatoes Not Prozac and
: saw myself in the pages. When I
: was a child, there were always
: cookie crumbs in my bathrobe
: pockets; I was a sweets sneak. I
: began to experience feelings of
: extreme anxiety and despair in
: childhood out of the blue and for
: no apparent reason....so very
: unpleasant to feel that way and
: now I understand why. Could go on
: and on, but I won't. I'm happy but
: nervous about getting started!