How do you distibute your food groups per meal? Some daays all I want for breakfast is fruit but I have been told I should add protein, other days all I want is protein - but then crave carbs! What works for you?

For my three meals, I use the visual plate and try to fill my plate with half veggies (or fruit for breakfast) and then a carb, a protein, and a small amout of fat (which is usually cooked in with the protein anyway)....

If I don't want eggs or meat, I would try cottage cheese to get the protein for breakfast. Not much, but it's some. Maybe even peanut butter??

It's hard for me to stick to breakfast, as I'd rather have a "snack" first thing in the a.m. and then a *real* breakfast 3 hours later.

Personally, I found that once I got used to making my balanced meals, I actually crave those foods after. For example, I used to not eat veggies at all before this lifestyle. Now, I have to get my veggies. I actually crave them if I don't eat them. Must be a routine thing! Your body craves the usual foods you take every day.

Start slowly with a glass of milk and 1 toast with peanut butter with your fruit in the morning. It might work! One thing I used to love very much is a yogurt parfait. Take a bowl or a scoup glass, and put yogurt, granola, yogurt, granola, yogurt and top with strawberries and/or blueberries. It's delicious. Add some milk and cheese and you're all set.