Hi all,

I am looking forward to starting the What's Imbedded in the Steps class this Wednesday.

Meanwhile, something interesting has taken place.
After 8 months on the program, doing many of the steps all together (1,2,3,5,6), and being steady with most of that, I have finally "settled down" enough in my mind to buckle down to breakfast

I don't know how it happened, but I just decided a few days ago to let go and focus on breakfast. I don't really think it "just happened".........I'm sure that some subconscious process has been taking place all along, and that now I am ready to work on the 4 parts of breakfast.

The hardest part for me is "within the hour". The other 3 parts are fine.
What is interesting is that for me, breakfast starts the night before.
If I've eaten dinner too late, I will not be hungry enough for BF within the hour. I will feel full and "sluggish in the gut", and will tend to put it off because my stomach is not ready.

But if I stick to a supper of 6pm (or 7 at the latest - because I am still teaching private pupils till then...) then I am able to have BF closer to within the hour.

It is still not quite within the hour.........it's more like an hour and ten minutes, and can even be longer than that. So I am still working on it.

What's really nice, is that lunch and dinner are still the same steady protein-carb-veggie meals I've been having all along. Focusing on BF does not detract from the good things I am doing for myself at lunch and dinner. So I am really pleased

It's really funny to see how things unfold during evening staff meetings (my staff of English teachers meets in the evening at the home of one or another of the teachers).
Last week at such a meeting, as always, everyone brought something, the table was overflowing with a "light" dinner and tons of dessert.......everything home-made and esthetic and smelling scrumptious. They just could not believe how I sat in front of all that and simply sipped on my herbal tea, totally peaceful and content. I had eaten dinner at home and "noshed" on my tea. I was totally fine with that, and felt alert and calm all meeting through, even though we finished at 10:30 pm!

So life continues to be steady, and I am thinking breakfast

I feel ready to hear about the embedded things, and before learning about those "things", I'd like to understand what that concept of "embedded things" actually means.........that is, what does it translate into or how does it manifest itself in our program? Can't wait for Wednesday.....

Sarit