Thank you very much. This does help.

Donna

: Hi, Donna.

: I absolutely could have written the
: note you wrote a couple of years
: ago; and I know that the
: encouragement to focus on
: breakfast may feel like it's just
: not adequate, or we're not really
: understanding how distressed you
: are. But please please know, from
: a fellow traveler, that it works.

: If you can really make breakfast your
: focus, and work diligently on
: getting all the parts of that
: down, and just let the rest of
: your day be whatever it will be,
: things *will* get better, and
: faster than you think. As Kathleen
: just said in another thread,
: "Think about tomorrow's
: breakfast rather than all your
: energy going into thinking about
: the sweets" -- it changes
: your whole mental outlook to focus
: on what's going in the direction
: you want, rather than focusing on
: all the other stuff. It makes
: everything you want seem possible.

: I haven't gotten to Step 3 yet, so I
: haven't lost too much weight --
: but it's stabilized, and my
: bloodwork has improved, even
: without weight loss. Things hurt
: less -- they really do! And I feel
: so much better about myself --
: yes, I'm still overweight, and
: when I see myself, I can see it
: and look forward to the time when
: it's changed -- but I no longer
: feel that crushing despair that
: makes me want to run and eat.

: I hope that helps a little -- please
: hang in there and keep coming here
: to talk to us! There *is* wisdom
: here!

: Pam