Sheelia,

Working on breakfast is going to help so much with this. I've been amazed over the years at what I don't worry about anymore. Your shake is a great start for the protein part of breakfast. I know you had mentioned eating rice too, but you didn't include it in this list. Are you getting enough protein? Do you know how much protein you need? It is so easy to get distracted and think of what is wrong. Would it help to look at what you are doing right? Focus on breakfast, and try not to get caught up into the rest of the day. Having breakfast is successful...yay for you!!

Colette

: I just feel like I'll never get to
: where I want to be with eating.
: Maybe we all have our own goals, i
: mean - aside from kicking the
: sugar habit, we also have other
: things we'd like to work on?

: For me...eating more slowly and
: learning to enjoy my food is a big
: one. I haven't really been able to
: do this or give myself permission,
: because I have always been such an
: emotional eater and binge-eat on
: the sugar.

: Another huge source of frustration
: is..If others around me complain
: about their body, or how they need
: to lose weight and diet, it is so
: hard for me. I know that I can't
: stop that...the diet talk, the
: body talk will always exist in
: this world no matter what...but
: how can I think more positively
: and not get swept up by it?

: And my body chemistry is so out of
: whack that I still can't seem to
: eat slow, and the fast eating
: feels like a binge no matter what.
: =(

: Am I not eating enough during the
: day? I start with a shake, usually
: fruits, yogurt or fruit / soya
: milk, and this is the bfast I'm
: trying to keep at until it feels
: like a habit.