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I wanted to introduce myself.  I'm , aged 53.When I was 15 I started binge eating, it seems overnight. I understand now initially it was to deal with the chaotic emotions of growing up in an alcoholic home.  By the time I was 21 I weighed 100 pounds over my ideal weight.  Yo-yoed up and down over the years but never maintained a low weight for very long until I started low carbing in 2006.  Lost 87 pounds and didn't miss sugar/refined carbs.  Felt like I turned it into a lifestyle change instead of a diet.

Last winter started binging on sugar again - was consumed by stresses and fears in my life.  It was monsterous big (up to 10,000 calories a day - nothing but sugar products and skim milk it seemed).  Gained 35 pounds in a about 2 months.

Since then, even though I didn't want to admit it, I've probably been using the low carb format as a diet. Right now, I feel I am addicted to sugar like a heroin addict. I know something needs to shift in me. I've ordered the IE book, should get it next week.

 

Thank you, Gililan, for your comments on addiction. I absolutely

agree...and think that sugar/carbs get villified. I'm happy that the

conversation will go back away from forbidding certain foods and food

groups. Yay!

I'm also happy to read others' experiences about being weighed or

weighing themselves. I'm still recovering from weighing myself

nearly a month ago, and will start my year of no-weighing from that

time...mid-October. No scales!!! For me the mental process has

been " yay, you're down 15 lbs. wow, only 15 lbs with all that work

and all those 3 mile walks and yoga? wow, only 15 lbs when you were

vegan and eating like a " saint " ? were you eating like a saint? what

was wrong? why are you eating that junk now? you're going to gain

it back. uh oh, better work not to gain it back! and ON AND ON. "

Over the summer I was successfully vegan for about 6 weeks. For me,

it helped me get over some " addictive " approaches to eating...hard to

describe. The need to eat free food, that kind of thing. Now I'm re-

incorporating cheeses and eggs, and enjoying it but worrying a bit.

It's so interesting how the diet mentality fear mongers. Cholesterol

in eggs, saturated fats in cheeses, and of course the sugar/carbs get

villified too. It very much sets my mind at ease to read about

getting rid of diet mentality. Important!!! Thanks, Alana, for your

nice post.

Thanks to those who are interested in reviving the book discussion.

I'll post some questions on the food police chapter soon...maybe

tomorrow!

Cheers,