I can't believe how incredibly slow my progress is going with this program. I mean, I discovered this program 10 years ago!!! In one way, I guess it's a good thing it's going slow because the changes I am making are more likely to stick, but man, I feel like molasses running uphill sometimes, and wonder whether I will ever reach my ultimate goal.

For example, I knew I needed to eliminate coffee from my morning routine. It took me probably close to 2 years to actually do it and by the time I gave it up, I had thankfully gotten to the point where I could see exactly how coffee affected me mentally, as well as physically.

But then, I started drinking hot chocolate in the morning! Still caffeine, although not as strong as in perked coffee. Still affects me physically and mentally, although not in the way or to the extent that coffee does.

It took me a few months to give up the daily morning hot chocolate.

But am now drinking chai tea latte (powdered mix) on a daily basis. Does it have less caffeine that hot chocolate? I don't know. I sure hope so. It doesn't seem to affect me the way that caffeine in coffee and hot chocolate was .... yet!

Through all of this, I have continue to have morning sugar (besides the sugar in my hot chocolate and chai latte).

Even though I've don't journal, I am trying to work on Step 3. I do my 3 meals a day at more or less regular times, but always within an hour of getting up. B'fast been 5:30 and 6:30 M-F, and between 7-9 on weekends, depending on when I awake. Lunch between 11:30 and 1:30, depending on when I had breakfast and supper usually between 5:00 and 6:30, again depending on when I had lunch and how long it takes me to get supper ready.

I have protein and brown at every meal, and am trying to incorporate fruit or veggies to my b'fast. Veggies when I have leftover veggies, fruit when I don't.

My baby step that I want to work on is eliminating sugar from mornings, as it seems to have a domino effect. The more I have in the morning, the more I want and have during the rest of the day.

I just don't know when I will get to that point, considering the slow progress I have made on my other goals.