Welcome you have come to the right place. Don't worry about giving up coffee right now, you can decide later. I too loved cereals! I would add more sugar if not sweet enough. LOL.

Don't worry about failing the steps. You only need to work on step one right now. Do you know it has 4 parts?
1. Within an hour of waking ( I do best within a half hour)
2. With the proper amount of protein for your weight
3. Complex carb (I like oats or whole grain breads)
4. Everyday!

As for calcium you might google that and see what you find. Chloe

: Hello everyone,
: I have just finished reading
: "Potatoes not prozac"
: and I feel like it was written
: about me. Something that Im sure
: everyone on this forum has felt
: too.
: I have always known that I have an
: addictive personality, I do not
: drink much or smoke but addiction
: has always been food and coffee
: for me.
: My friends and I joke that I can not
: have a box of cereal in the house
: as I can not just eat a small
: bowl, I eat the box in a day! I
: have even called it a cereal
: addiction, I know now that it was
: an addiction but not cereal itself
: but sugar.
: I have been on many diets and I have
: always had an all or nothing
: approach in everything I do so
: ultimately I always end up
: failing.
: A couple of years ago I followed what
: was basically a caveman diet,
: anything that we could have
: sourced naturally, no processed
: food and no cows milk, I lost
: weight but felt fantastic, I also
: dropped my caffiene intake
: completely so I already know how
: amazing I can feel on a high
: protein low processed food diet.
: After a holiday where I relaxed
: completely I slipped up and
: gradually I have put on all the
: weight I lost and some.
: I have even more anger and
: disappointment in myself that I
: thought that I had found a
: fantastic way of life achieved
: something and I went back to all
: my old habits and feelings and
: depression.
: Ok now to my questions and I really
: need advice because I already know
: how good I feel with a low sugar
: high protein diet I want to just
: start it now, I am scared to eat
: sugar now that I know what it is
: doing to me, I am also scared of
: failing if I don't follow the
: steps, I would be really grateful
: for advice please?
: I was also wondering what calcium
: sources are best to eat? I would
: rather not eat cows milk but my
: mother has osteoporosis so it is
: important to keep my calcium
: levels up.
: Also the big question coffee? Should
: it go?
: Im looking forward to hearing from
: you.
: jo