Fiona, I love reading about your progress and how you are learning to handle different situations. Your posts also show that progress isn't always linear - sometimes there's a step backward but then you learn from it and keep moving forward. It's really inspiring to read and a great example of what doing the program is all about.
Allison

: Hi everyone
: I’m loving reading everyone’s posts
: and sorry that I don’t always
: reply.
: I know this is the right place for
: me. It’s so good to finally have
: an explanation for my eating
: behaviour (and behaviour). Some
: ups and downs for me lately. On
: Friday I ate a piece of birthday
: cake (I’m on step 6 after about 15
: months here). I loved it in the
: moment and felt terrible
: afterwards, disconnected, jittery,
: and my BS crashed. But on Saturday
: evening, out with friends,
: everyone had chocbrownie for
: pudding and I ordered a side
: salad! a green salad, with
: avocado and seeds, delicious!
: Thanks mosaic for the idea!And
: yesterday, at a family gathering
: with non sugar sensitives, I took
: fresh fruit, said I hope you don’t
: mind if I put this on the table,
: and ate it instead of desert I
: think my mother in law found that
: difficult, she is definitely not
: sugar sensitive and I’m not sure
: quite what she was thinking, but I
: felt that I looked after myself.
: For years I’ve eaten her cakes and
: desserts when I haven’t wanted to
: and have felt really angry with
: myself afterwards. I’ve now
: realised that I need to take an
: alternative every time, and nor
: rely on anyone else as they just
: don’t get how important it is for
: me.
: Small steps but they feel really
: important.
: Fiona R