Hi Cheryl

Good for you for working out that your life was "stuck" because of your food. Before I found Potatoes Not Prozac I had no clue that sugar messed with my behaviour/feelings other than I knew I felt better after eating it. I never saw the fact that I felt way worse after a bit and then needed more.

And yes the Victim mode certainly is sugar sensitivity, I always knew I "self sabotaged" when I was on diets, would stick to it for a while and then have a blow out, but what that really is, I've since learned, is that when we restrict ourselves things/foods, it lowers our serotonin and as serotonin is our impulse control, it means we can't stick to eating healthily for long. This program keeps our serotonin high so that problem doesn't happen anymore.

Welcome, and I'm glad you are here!

Love

Jane
xx

: Hi All,
: I'm new to RR having purchased
: Potatoes not prozac a couple
: months ago. I've had a gut feeling
: for some time now that in order to
: get my life on track I first need
: to address my eating. I've been
: fighting that knowledge with
: gusto, despite desperately wanting
: to move my life forward into the
: place I know it can get to (ie a
: great, positive place where I am
: living nearer to my true
: potential)
: Food is so safe - it keeps me where
: I'm used to being! I hate it and
: love it all at the same time but
: it plagues pretty much most of my
: waking moments. Is this part of
: sugar sensitivity?

: I'm trying to focus just on step one
: as the book suggests - my style is
: more rush rush rush, then wonder
: why it's not working, then give
: up. I think I rush stuff so it
: won't work so I can safely go back
: to what I know whilst being able
: to cry and moan about the fact
: that I try and it doesn't work.
: Victim mode welcomes me back with
: open arms every time!

: I think doing step one slowly will
: mean facing the 'stuff' that i've
: been successfully hiding from for
: all these years. And that's vital
: if i'm gonna move forward.
: Is this familiar to anyone else? x