Hi Fiona. I think you are on to something here. There may be some balancing going on. The cravings are real and only last that day for a few hours. I do find myself eating and eating though from time to time. My journal is not clear. Sometimes I think it is emotional eating. Other times it is just plain hunger. I come from a place from no off button, but that was with sugary foods. So I am at a loss what is going on biochemically.

Thanks for the encouragement.

Jeffrey
: The food you eat looks really good
: Jeffrey. And a big well done on
: eating healthfully when you are
: craving/hungry. Does it feel like
: hunger or does it feel like a real
: craving. Do you feel really good
: the next day and have heaps of
: energy?

: I wonder if it is an effect of having
: no sugar and your body is just
: going through a few months of
: balancing out? Or whether it is a
: true beta endorphin spike and 3/4
: day crash or whether it is just as
: JoEllen says when she needs to eat
: more on some days.

: I am interested because I can do a
: similar thing. I can think I am
: eating really well and enough and
: then I have a period of time where
: I just eat and eat. Sometimes I
: trace it to what I think is a
: spike and 3/4 day crash but other
: times I feel fatigued as well as
: needing to eat and eat and eat
: when this happens and the day
: after I usually feel really good
: which makes me think that it may
: have something to do with not
: eating enough on the previous
: days.

: You have achieved so much Jeffrey.
: Your posts are so different to
: where they were 6-8 months ago. I
: am sure that you will wok this out
: too. Please post and let us know
: how you go.

: Fiona