Welcome Chris. Step 1 is more than enough to keep you busy at the beginning. Make sure you take care of the first hour after waking to eat. I found that to be critical for regulating my blood sugar in the a.m. Sometimes I eat "dinner" for breakfast and vice versa. My body doesn't care as long as I get all four parts of breakfast in order. In fact, it can be fun to mix it up.

Jeffrey

: Hi all,

: Today, I just finished "Sugar
: Addicts" book, and want to
: read "P Not P" next. I
: have been "doing the
: food" for about a week.

: I never had problems with eating
: breakfast, (in fact, it was always
: my favorite meal). And, I always
: prefer bacon and eggs to donuts,
: and cereals. So, I'm off to a good
: start with that.

: I have been on the food program,
: eating 3 meals, w/protein, and the
: spud 3 hours after last meal, and
: so far, I feel very serene.

: I HAVE had some cravings for
: chocolate and sugar, but I have
: not yielded to buying my Friday
: Night Binge Foods, -- Since April
: 26th.

: I have not completely let go of all
: sugars yet -- like Ketsup, Low fat
: Mayo, BBQ Sauce, Maple Syrup,
: Honey, Coffee Creamer, Juices,
: Activia Yogurt, Wheat Berry Bread
: (switching to WW Tortilla), and
: some other items.

: I have been making my own version of
: George's protein shakes with
: 0% milk, oatmeal, Whey Protein Powder
: (no sugar), 1/2 banana and 1 TBSP
: Low-Fat PB, to make it thicker and
: tastier than just with the milk
: and juice.

: I HATED journaling at first, but
: after a week, I am getting more
: into it. I do keep my numbers in
: DA, so writing down my food is not
: that much of a stretch. It's just
: hard to see HOW MUCH I really eat.

: This is a longer post than I
: expected, but I have needed to
: connect with others, and thought
: maybe I should join O.A. since RR
: does not have any phone meetings,
: and I like hearing people's
: voices. Also, I don't get on the
: Internet that often.

: My MAIN question has been: I work
: overnights 4 nights a week,
: sometimes 5 nights. Hours are 9:30
: PM - 7:30 AM. and sleep during the
: day.

: So, I have been trying to set up my
: meal times NO MATTER WHAT SHIFT
: I'm on - so that my body gets used
: to Bkfst - 7-8 AM, Lunch 1-2 PM,
: and Dinner 6-7 PM. Then Potato
: around 10-11 PM.

: This has been working so far, but my
: challenge is when I am awake at
: night, I am tempted to have more
: snacks on that 10 hour shift
: between the Potato and next
: morning's breakfast - i.e. I like
: frozen fruit bars, or granola
: bars, or Activia Low-fat
: (w/sweetener - not sugar), or a
: whole wheat bagel with honey and
: cinnamon.

: I used to drink LOTS of Juices, like
: Ocean Spray 100% Juice, until I
: realized I was drinking alot of
: sugar.

: I try to get at least 5 - 10 mins of
: exercise a day. Walk 20 mins on
: the weekend, and just started
: riding my bike 15 mins today.

: Oh, might as well admit that I am
: also 100 pounds overweight, and
: have been for almost 10 years now.
: Have not stuck with any of the
: programs - Weight Watchers and The
: Zone were helpful, but I did not
: know about the brain chemistry
: thing, so now I am more motivated
: to work this program.

: Thanks for any support you all can
: give.

: And Thanks especially to you,
: Kathleen!

: Chris