Joy dot: the red winged blackbirds showing off their red wing patches in the sun as I drove to work

Hi Kitty. Welcome!

Yes, on step 1 you eat whatever you want for the rest of the day. I would eat whatever you normally eat.

I've been doing this program for over 12 years. I had issues with depression, crazy thinking and blood sugar crashes. When I read about sugar sensitivity in Christianne Northrup's health newsletter, I thought it sounded like me, so I went to the bookstore and started reading Potatoes not Prozac. When I read the description of the symptoms of low beta endorphin, it described everything I hated about myself.

I occasionally eat dessert, but probably not what you think of as dessert. I will have berries and cream, or ricotta cheese with crushed almonds and unsweetened cocoa powder, or a cake made with whole grain flour and sweetened with banana. I don't eat sugar. It's just not worth it, even once in a while. (Besides, for most of us, once in a while leads to more and more.)

What are you thinking of for breakfast? I have a protein shake on weekdays and an omelett and whole grain toast on the weekends.
Allison

: I read Kathleen's book a year ago and
: thought I could do this on my own.
: I can't. ... I am almost 100
: pounds overweight and I am 51
: years old.

: My question is that I will start with
: having the right breakfast but am
: I allowed to eat whatever I want
: the rest of the day?

: Please drop me a line and let me know
: how you are doing. How long you
: have been on this eating plan?
: Whether you eat any dessert at all
: and what made you start?

: I am looking forward to reading your
: responses.

: Kitty