I think it's a great idea to take some time with step 1 - in fact, that's what we want everyone to do. The steps work best if you take them slowly and take the time to be really steady in each one before moving on to the next. And no one here will ever tell you you should know better. I found that what worked best for me was to look at everything as a learning experience instead of beating myself up for any "mistakes" I made.
Allison

: Wow, thank you for this kindest email
: and the support! I guess I'm use
: to beat myself up so I expected a
: lot of 'you should know better by
: now!'

: Thank goodness I am here again and
: this time, I hope to really stick
: to it...I got so discouraged last
: time because, well, the steps seem
: so deceptively simple! so I
: thought I could do it all so
: quickly but it seems like it will
: definitely take me an entire month
: to master step 1 ( I'm not a
: breakfast fan! ) is that okay, to
: take some time with step 1??

: Thanks again, this is definitely the
: only place I can come to. There
: are soo many 'recovery' meal plans
: and diets and it gets so
: overwhelming. But this is the only
: book I've read, and site I've
: found, that resonates perfectly
: with me. Everything I read is 'OH
: MY GOD