I know that it seems counterintuitive. But when I was eating an inadequate breakfast, I was starving all day and always ended up visiting the candy machine later in the day When I started eating enough food and protein at breakfast, it was such a relief. I didn't get hungry until 4 or more hours later, instead of within an hour.

Some people do gain a bit of weight at the beginning, but then they lose that weight later in the steps as their eating habits begin to change.

Also, many people skimp on meals and then binge later, and that pattern can't change without taking a leap of faith and eating enough of the right foods at meals.

Allison

: Thanks for the help. I did reset my
: preferences to simple as I like it
: like that as well. That's a hard
: concept to grasp "stop
: thinking and worrying about the
: sugar". I worry about gaining
: weight if I have a breakfast that
: is more than what I do which is I
: just have a breakfast bar and then
: a banana a couple of hours later.
: I did try having two eggs with a
: little cheese and some veggies in
: it. Very confusing when you've
: tried to not eat certain things
: and then to give yourself
: permission to eat it

: Hi Carolyn.