Hi Kiki,

So glad you are continuing to work on breakfast! You'll find something that you like. Have you noticed feeling better after breakfast, even though you feel a bit blah about eating it? I sometimes call it my morning coffee...I feel much more alert and ready for the day after my breakfast!

Nuts for me are more of a condiment...or something to top off my other protein. I would have to eat a lot of nuts to get the protein amount I need. And there's a lot of fat in nuts, so again, to get the amount of protein I would need, I'd be eating a lot more fat than my poor stomach would want to handle. You did a great job noticing the protein / carb combo of nuts...interesting, isn't it. Did you check to see how much protein there is in coconut meat?

For beans, they count as either a carb or protein. Are you looking for vegetarian options?

Potatoes and sweet potatoes are a great complex carb for breakfast!

Colette

: 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?