Hi Lisa.
Actually, we don't usually count the protein in things like oats. We only count "dense" proteins, foods you would traditionally think of as being protein, like meat, tofu, eggs, cheese, cottage cheese, fish etc. So you have your complex carb covered, but not your protein. Some protein ideas would be a protein shake, cottage cheese with fruit, some greek yogurt (although I prefer a denser protein than that), or some eggs. Do you know how much protein you need? Take your weight up to 250 lb, and divide it in half to get the total grams of protein per day. Then divide that by 3 to get the figure for breakfast.

I usually have a protein shake, and I put my oats in it for the complex carb. ON weekends I have a 3 egg omelet with cheese and toast. I've even had things like a turkey sandwich on whole wheat bread for breakfast in the past.

Can you think if a protein you'd like to try for your breakfast?
Allison

: Hi everyone,
: I am literally just starting and
: trying to find some breakfast
: ideas. I had oats with
: semi-skimmed milk and ground flax
: seed today. I'm counting the
: protein in the oats, milk and flax
: seed and also using the oats as my
: carb. I've read on this forum
: something called 'double dipping'
: that you can't use your protein
: source as your complex carbs
: source.... Do I need to add
: another complex carb? I'm a bit
: confused already!