Hi, thank you for the great advice =) Yes, I am vegetarian, but I do have yogurt. I'm kind of lactose intolerant so cheese, ice creams and things can give me a hard time. I admit I like milk in my tea and coffee, maybe this is part of the sugar craving? Since...milk does have sugar due to the lactose, right?

I think I'm going to try having more potatoes in general - like a potato salad with b-fast, and/or dinner - I have not had potato in years because of hearing how 'bad' they are...like high in sugar and carbs and glycemic index, all that stuff.

Hopefully this helps!

: Hi Kiki! It sounds like you are doing
: good work figuring out what
: proteins and browns will work for
: you at breakfast. These are all
: really good questions...

: What I've been told here is it's
: better to have beans be either a
: brown or a protein at any given
: meal, but not to count them as
: both at the same time - don't
: "double dip" is what
: they tell me. So, if I have beans
: and rice, I usually choose to
: count the beans as my protein and
: the rice as my brown. But if I
: have chicken and also beans and
: rice, I might choose to count the
: beans as my brown along with the
: rice. Does that make sense?

: I love having potatoes with skins or
: sweet potatoes as my breakfast
: brown. A lot of people do that -
: if you like it, it's just fine to
: have as your breakfast brown.

: I also like coconut. It's really
: nutritious, but unfortunately it
: is not a great (dense) protein
: source. An ounce (28g) of most
: nuts has about 6 or 7 grams of
: protein. But an ounce of coconut
: meat has only 1 gram of protein.

: What kinds of proteins do you like to
: eat at breakfast? I can't remember
: if you said you are vegetarian -
: do you eat eggs or cheese? Meats?
: Tofu? We can help you come up with
: some yummy breakfast ideas.

: Thanks for posting and asking
: questions - and hang in there with
: breakfast, it gets easier and soon
: it won't feel bla-y at all. :)

:
: Bevy