I agree with all the replies here. I quit sugar many times throughout my life before discovering RR. I used abstinence from sugar as a quick weight loss trick that worked for me. But, of course, it made me miserable, and I couldn't do it long term. And it made me an emotional wreck. I'm so glad I found this program. I'm on step 3 now and hardly crave it and have to remind myself to have my sweets with my meals because Kathleen says I'm not ready to give them up yet, and I trust her. ;-) But the freedom I already feel from my addiction is unbelievable. And the freedom I feel from the grouchy, miserable person I used to be is liberating.

When I first read PNP, I was "sugar free." I didn't want to start with step 1 because I thought I'd have to start eating sugar again, and that seemed like a step backwards. Little did I know that what I was doing to my body was years of steps backwards and years of damage that could have been prevented. If I'd started with breakfast then, I could have saved myself so much pain and aggravation. I had no idea. You kind of have to take a leap of faith in the beginning. But you won't regret it. Because what you'll get is real freedom, not forced, miserable, superficial, painful abstinence.

Julie

: Hi Dena
: It sounds like maybe you are trying
: to do the whole program at once.
: If you have just been doing the
: program for 6 weeks, you shouldn't
: even be worrying about sugar - you
: should still be eating it.
: Removing the sugar comes much
: later in the process.

: How about going back to breakfast? It
: has 4 parts
: enough protein
: a complex carb (whole grain bread,
: potato, sweet potato, oats)
: within an hour of getting up
: every day

: When you do the steps slowly, your
: body adjusts to the changes and it
: isn't a struggle. If it's a
: struggle, you are going too fast.

: The program is definitely worth
: doing. It has changed my life in
: so many ways, beyond what I even
: hoped for when I started. If you
: do it slowly, the way we are meant
: to, I don't think you will regret
: it.
: Allison