Hi Marlia
I just wanted to join Kathleen in encouraging you to join the step 3 list. Step three is a really important step. It took me much longer to master that step than any of the others, but it is really the step that made the most difference for me. If you get steady, steady, steady, then the steps that follow will be so much easier, and you really don't want to tackle step 6 without being really steady.

I hope to see you over on step 3.
Allison

: I don't really know where I start.

: *deep breath*

: I've been on the program for three
: months. I am on step 5. I find
: myself eating almost as much sugar
: as I used to before this program.
: I get anxious and scared about the
: thought of eating a meal and not
: eating sugar afterwards because I
: don't want to miss out on that
: opportunity to be able to eat
: sugar and have to wait until my
: next mealtime. Anyone else having
: this problem? I feel exhausted all
: day, every day, although it's not
: as bad as it was before the
: program. A huge problem for me
: right now is that I've been
: sleeping in too late and having my
: breakfast too late, which destroys
: my energy level for the rest of
: the day.

: I've decided to wait until
: mid-November to cut out sugar. I'm
: visiting my parents for a week at
: that time and they are much more
: understanding of my sugar
: addiction than the people I live
: with right now. I don't know how
: I'm going to make it that long,
: though. I have fleeting thoughts
: of wanting to cut out sugar RIGHT
: NOW every single day. These
: thoughts are getting more and more
: frequent as my energy levels drop
: more and more because of being
: desperate to get in as much sugar
: as I can at mealtime and before
: cutting it all out. Does anyone
: else have this problem?

: Lastly, I'm getting wary of the
: potato, unfortunately. I looked
: back on an email exchange between
: me and Kathleen during my first
: attempt. I talked about how I
: discovered that on evenings where
: I ate the potato, I would wake up
: at about 2 in the morning and not
: be able to get back to sleep. When
: I took out the potato, I slept
: wonderfully. Back then, Kathleen
: suggested it was because I was
: skipping steps, which I was, so it
: made sense. This time, I've been
: following the program to a tee and
: going oh so slowly (aside from
: eating breakfast too late, as I
: mentioned, but this problem
: persists even on days I've been
: eating breakfast at a good time)
: But, I'm having the same exact
: problem again. Has anyone had this
: problem? If so, how did you deal
: with it?