Hi Rae,

Getting sick sure can disrupt and distract us. I hope you continue feeling better every day!

It sounds like you have done quite a bit of exploring, and that's an important part of the process of step 1. If you stick with it, I bet you will find something that you feel comfortable with. I started with shake, and have tried quite a few different things over the years. Right now I am enjoying lentils and chicken. It is warm and satisfying.

Can't wait to hear what other things you try for breakfast!

Colette

: I thought I was getting the hang of
: breakfast. I was having fun doing
: the shakes and they were working
: for me. Then I got sick and did
: not feel like eating so here I was
: just drinking coffee again. So I
: made myself get back on it. Then
: feeling okay doing great with the
: shakes. I had even started putting
: swiss chard in them and that was
: working great. I was so excited I
: could get a green in the morning.
: I had that for a while and did
: great. Then the shakes started
: making me feel sick. I am clueless
: right now of the cause. I never
: ever have stomach problems and the
: shake does not really give me
: stomach problems as much as it
: makes me feel very overwhelmed,
: like I have just taken in too many
: nutrients at once. I can barely
: function. I did write about this
: but actually thought I had a
: handle on it. But it has been
: going on all week. And I have
: bronchitis on top of that so I
: just dont even fell like eating at
: all. I just feel like slowing down
: a bit. I kind of feel like I am
: trying to push too much protein
: down my gullet. A small piece of
: meat that equals to the
: nutritional equivalent of my shake
: as far as proteins sounds so much
: better to me. So I rethunk things
: today. I am going to stew me up a
: chicken and go to the grocery
: store and get some things I like.
: I think I was trying to fit all
: this protein in my shake (tofu,
: peanut butter) instead of eating
: items, such as sausage and canned
: salmon, etc. I am off the shake
: for a while just to see how I feel
: in the morning eating regular
: food. I tried taking out the tofu
: and peanut butter and just having
: the milk and shake this morning
: with eggs, but still got that
: overwhelming feeling.

: One of the things working against me
: is that I kind of got brainwashed
: about meat. I had written before
: about liking meat now and I do but
: I still feel like every bad
: disease is going to pounce on me
: because I am eating sausage and
: pork and beef. Mind you I hardly
: eat it very often, but my mind
: tells me ugly things will happen.
: I cannot see meat as a healthy
: thing. I feel so much better
: eating it....but I feel guilty. I
: have this thing in that I am at
: both ends of the spectrum. I have
: eaten health food for years and
: years and I have eaten junk all my
: life. The middle ground has not
: been seen by me much. I think that
: I gave myself permission to eat
: junk because I was eating health
: food. I am more afraid of a piece
: of meat than I am of a big hunk of
: cake!!!! Why? My brain has been
: warped.

: I am trying hard to get step one
: down. It is a delicious step with
: the eggs, sausage and things like
: that. What is so hard about that?
: Well my mind will tell me I cannot
: have an egg every day of the week.
: Why? Eggs are good for you right?.
: I have one egg and 2 egg white
: with it. But if I have it more
: than 4 times a week I feel like I
: am going to clog my arteries
: although I have read it does not
: do that. I am going to try to
: allow myself any food for a while.
: I want to stop seeing food as an
: enemy. Canned salmon? Too much
: sodium. I probably got a warning
: about every food on the planet. I
: think a trip to the grocery store
: with food, instead of 'shake"
: on my mind will help me stock my
: house with some alternatives. I
: will let you know how it goes. I
: also think getting over my
: bronchitis will help. Until then I
: keep reading the posts and they
: help me and so I thank people for
: writing in what is going on in
: their lives.