I've always found it such a relief when I have a BE crash and figure out why. It makes it so much easier to get through when I know why it happened and that it will pass. I remember in my early years of doing the program, I would be really disconcerted when it happened because I'd think that maybe the program had stopped working and I was going back to the way I was before, so it would really be a huge relief when I figured out what was happening. Now I know I'm not reverting but I still feel better when I know why.
Allison

: Hi All,

: I did a triathlon the weekend before
: last. It involved a mountain bike
: in the rain, which was nerve
: wracking (adrenaline producing)
: for me. When we finished a
: thunderstorm was imminent. So we
: quickly packed up our bikes and
: loaded our gear into the truck. We
: stood in the pouring rain enjoying
: the coolness. Then they had the
: awards ceremony.
: My food had gotten wet, so I drank a
: lot of water and finished part of
: a shake I had left over. We got
: stuck in a lot of traffic on the
: way home. So with all of that, I
: didn't eat enough or soon enough
: after finishing. Didn't really pay
: much attention. I do a lot of tris
: and usually feel great afterwards.

: Tuesday morning I was working, and I
: felt more and more down. My
: thoughts got really negative. My
: house probably won't sell before
: winter, work isn't going well, I
: miss my sister enough to start
: crying, I'm getting older,
: everything looked so bleak. My
: husband came back from a
: conference, and I just started
: bawling. I said I felt
: biochemically off, and he asked if
: I'd eaten any accidental sugar. I
: backed up in my head, and knew I
: hadn't. I was really worried that
: something was wrong with me. Then
: I remembered the triathlon,
: EXACTLY 4 days earlier. Do you
: know, I immediately felt better.
: OH! That's the reason!! Low BE's!

: I'm so grateful to this program to be
: able to navigate this kind of
: stuff. It's not a mysterious
: clanjamfrie of emotions. There are
: often simple reasons for the ups
: and downs. And I realized how
: emotionally good I feel most of
: the time when something like that
: happens.

: Thank you all for being here. Thank
: you Kathleen.