Beginning the CRON diet with eating disorder

[Guest guest]

I am very interested in beginning the CRON diet. Not so much for the life

extension at this

point, (I don't have much time to contemplate the future right now) but because

a

restricted lean diet is best for my body. My adult set pt is 135 lbs (I have put

on 15 lbs of

muscle since my skinny 118 lb. youth through bodybuilding and

kickboxing/running).

However, I've been between 145-157 for three years now, and that's 10-20 lbs of

fat. Rich

foods and sugar, to which I am addicted, are wreaking havoc on my entire body

and mind.

Inflammatory disorders, excess weight, severe IBS are all consequences.

My hurdle, before I can even begin the diet, is overcoming an almost lifelong

addiction to

compulsive eating. Food as comfort, food as tranqilizer, food for connection

with busy

busy husband. Fatty, rich, sugary, soothing food. All the logic and discipline I

can muster

is helpless before this constant need for food. Even when my body is saying " No,

I don't

want/need any food right now " some other force is urging me to eat, eat, and

eat. Between

3:00pm and 8:00pm is primetime-the chaotic family time. I could try to be out of

the

house during those hours, but the kids need homework done and their dinner. I

could

have nothing but cauliflower and apples in the house-but then there I am,

stealing across

the street to the cafe like a druggie, to get a piece of cheesecake! Restricting

myself, even though I feel physically better really fast, results in severe

emotional feelings

of deprivation-and these feelings are getting more intense over time, as I try

to control

them! I just can't seem to change it. But I want to, very very much. How do I do

it?

The overeating and altered GI perceptions (no feeling of fullness at these

times) make my

IBS and depression really severe. I also have thyroid problems from having the

kids-which

makes me so tired. How do I get away from this insanity and onto the CRON

way of life?