Hi Rachel,

Breakfast was my hard meal, so glad it is easy for you! And preparing meals beforehand is really helpful. I cook up chicken and beef for the week, freeze them, and then add things as I use them.

You have a great start with your breakfast! Do you know how to calculate how much protein you need for breakfast? Just wondering, because the egg breakfast and oatmeal breakfast wouldn't be enough protein for me. and your cottage cheese breakfast sounds great, but I don't see any complex carb with that meal. Here are a few tips for breakfast: enough protein for your body weight, a complex carb, within the hour (and I do understand about your pain, and you're doing great working around that), and every day.

Colette

: Thanks for the reply. I feel
: confident in breakfast. It is the
: meal that is easy for me. I have
: been doing breakfast, with
: protean, for a couple of months
: now (possibly more, as i realized
: how much better this made me feel
: before picking up the book). I
: think lately my body chemistry is
: changing (and pain levels are
: fluctuating wildly). My taste in
: foods is changing, other cycles
: are going back to where they were
: when I was in my twenties.
: As I was journaling last night I
: realized that the days that feel
: overwhelming are the days when my
: pain level is 8/10 or above. I am
: going to work on pre-preparing
: meals on good days, so I don't
: even have to worry about food on
: bad days. I usually eat within the
: hour, but on bad pain days I have
: to do stretches and use a heating
: pad before I can move without
: severe pain. On those days it is
: more like 1.5 hours.
: My favorite breakfasts are:
: 2 egg omelet with mushrooms, spinach,
: and pepper jack cheese, and a
: slice of toast
: Or
: Cottage cheese with grapes and
: almonds
: Or
: Oatmeal with almond milk and fruit

: Do these seem alright?

: Thanks!
: Rachel

: Hi Rachel,