Hi alicia,  michelle and tony, umoa too and anyone i missed.  You are right we are all on this journey together.  Im still haning in on my first week ofdetox.  Going over to monterey this weekendbut pkan to stay on course.  Lucky me I have had a 10-pound whoosh this week.  Its been helpful to read everyone ' s positive comments.  Illchk in when I get bsck  also plz ignore typos etc .  

That's psuedo tumor cerebri -- I had it in my 30's.....wish I had listened and lost weight then.....hope you're seeing a neurologist for that. 

Good luck and best wishes for your health.

Hi Alex, I'm Elizabeth

Well.....losing inches is a very good thing.  Keep us up to date -- it inspires us.

HI everyone.   I fell off the wagon then laid on the road and let all the wagons roll over me for a while.   Started seeing a counselor for work  stress and she was on vacation this week.  So I started having panic attacks and had one at work on friday which is not good.   Have been sugar bingeing for last three weeks the most of it was while working.  

It started out thinking I could eat "normal" but it wasnt too long before I was diving into Sugarland again.  

I kept eating all this sugar and restaurant meals thinking "this is the  LAST time I will eat this before going back to low carb."  ........sort of like an alcoholic thinking they're having their last drink........ Then after 3 weeks of bingeing I realized 4 things:  

1.  Because I was bingeing any time I wasn't asleep, the bingeing and overeating was no longer working as a coping or self-comforting mechanism.  Therefore, that's why stress levels went up to panic attack level.  (And the job is very stressful).

2.  Then I realized my panic attacks were more about the stress I was putting myself through with the out of control sugar bingeing.  Because I was out of control the world seemed out of control.  

3.  Then Saturday night realized I was only fooling myself that I was eating a bad meal "for the last time."  

4.  Thought about giving up sugar, flour, etc again and started low carb again sunday morning when I got up.  

Sooooooooo I just finished Day 2 without the white stuff and this sugar detox isnt going to be fun but I'll hang in there  

I hope yiu are all doing well  

Welcome back Shawn.  

That is so sweet, your crying your eyes out.    Good for her for going for her masters too. 

Hi Tony and Jacki....

Tony you are so right on the truth about carbs, sugar and additction. And  I am seven days into recovery and feeling so much better.  I even sleep better.  There are still times I have to go minute by minute in my efforts to stay sugar free, and I don't expect that to change, but I am noticing the physical craving is lessening.  My sugar addiction is so tied to my emotions and stress levelsl since sugar has been my way of coping with most everything in my life.  

I heard a podcast recently about "obstacles to staying on low carb" etc., something like that....so I'm working on addressing some of my challenges and obstacles......

my obstacles I'm working on are:

1.  My emotional eating, I tend to eat sugar.....eat....isn't the word....it's BINGE sugar when I want to put a smile on my face and act like everything is fine instead of sticking up for myself, etc.  I have a tendency to be more blunt, and direct when I'm not stuffing down emotions.....told a co-worker today I didn't like something she did to me last night, that it was rude, and she replied in a way to discount my feelings, and I didn't let her get away with it.  I just said, "you and I both know what was really going on at that moment..."  we had a good discussion and cleared the air, but when I have sugar in my life I would have just stopped for something sugary on the way home last night instead of planning that today I would bring it up and discuss it. 

2.  This obstacle is that I'm too busy.  I have a huge volunteer job at my church on top of my my regular work, and I tend to put myself and my needs last, so while the volunteer job is necessary, and working full-time is necessary, I am letting other things go so make time for taking care of myself.....now I need to fit in some gym time. 

3.  This obstacle is related to #2, in that I have to really work on cooking enough and often enough to keep myself stocked with good food i LIKE....no LOVE to eat....that is what keeps me from flying back into the fickle clutches of sugar addiction. 

4.  This obstacles is that I can have a tendency to want to "do it perfectly"....and that brings failure because of course no one can do anything perfectly and perfectly all the time. 

hnmmmmm think that's it for now, but just things I've been thinking about since your excellent reply about sugar and carb addition. 

I do hope for a future where it will be more recognized....of course then grocery stores will be only half their current size.....lol

Soooooooooooo Jacki.....how you doing....I'm on day 7 of being "clean and sober" from sugar.....what day are you on.  speak up and let us know.....you don't want me to have to come get you do you?  haha....no matter what is going on, time to check in with us. 

I read the forum on my tablet, but can't always get to my laptop to type a response.....

hang in there jacki!!!  you can do this!

Hi, Stef....YAYYYYY for you for giving up nicotine.....I did years ago, and the thing about smoking is I'm nicotine free as long as I never again have "that first ciggie."  And don't kill anyone!!!!  I know I've had a couple, "i'd like to strangle someone -- or at least fuss at someone a lot moments during sugar detox. 

Hang in there gal -- we're proud of  you. 

Good article.  I've heard most of those things discussed here.  I am a fan of Dr. Eric Westman.  He has a couple of inspirational videos on utube also.