Hey kiki,

It's good that you are sticking with breakfast and trying to make it work. Keep it up. :) I think coconut would be good for breakfast, either the yogurt or the meat. Coconut isn't an actual nut though so yeah, it's safe for a person allergic to tree nuts.

As for beans, you have to either count them as a complex carb or a protein, but not both. I believe Kathleen calls this "double dipping." If you have beans as a protein then you should have something else as a carb.

Potatoes are a good complex carb and it's fine to have them with breakfast. It's just that at step one, we're not having them before bed yet.

I hope this helps...keep up the good work.

: Hi guys, still trying to make Step 1
: a regular part of my life, and
: feel more natural too...although
: not sure how long it will take.
: It's still kind of bla-feeling to
: eat first thing upon rising, so
: weird...like, kids do it all the
: time so why is this so hard for
: me? I mean I'm not ancient lol, 27
: yrs...but in comparison i feel
: like I ought to know better.
: *sigh*

: Anyway, a few things I was hoping to
: clear up, that I read:

: 1. It says that nuts are a good
: source for the protein component.
: Does this include coconut? It's
: hard knowing all the different
: 'categories' of nuts. I ask
: because I'm allergic to most all
: tree nuts. I do fine with coconut
: though, and chestnuts although
: these seem to be less protein and
: more carb.
: SO I was thinking perhaps coconut
: yogort, or even the actual coconut
: meat, a few pieces cut up?

: 2. I see that beans are listed both
: for the protein and complex carb -
: so just having say, a serving of
: any bean would meet both of these
: parts for b-fast?

: 3. I realize that the night potato is
: a step I'm not yet ready for...but
: on here, it does mention potatoes
: with skin as a complex carb. so I
: could have say, a serving of
: potato or yam, or sweet potato
: with skin for breakfast?