I'm back again... I think I was initially here around 2002 or 2003, just after my husband picked up a book for me that had just come out "Sugar Addicts Total Recovery Program". He found this book advertised locally and thought it sounded like something that would be good for me. ;) So I've been in and out of this forum (mostly just reading posts quietly in the background) for 17 years or so (crazy to think it has been that long!) I decided to come back to the forum to check things out, as it has been a couple years since I've been here, and thought I'd see if anything has changed, but it looks to be the same, which is comforting...do the steps, in order, and take things slow. That's what I'm gonna do!

I've been doing step 1 for a little while and it feels solid. I found that I have been naturally doing step 1 before making the conscious decision of checking out RR again, but wanted to make sure I was getting it in within an hour and getting the right amounts of protein, and this step was easy to confirm. So I guess even though it was 17 years ago since I started and stopped and started and stopped, step 1 has become natural at some point in that process.

Ready to move to step 2, and I know this one will be a challenge because I'm used to tracking in My Fitness Pal for a purpose far different than this program. I'm kinda nervous to no longer track my macros (fat, carbs, protein) and calorie intake, which I've also been doing for awhile, and instead focusing just on my food and mood without those numbers behind them. I'm letting go of something (those metrics!), but that something has not helped my sugar brain and sugar cravings. Not to be dramatic, but I feel like I've been somewhat "chained" to tracking food in that way, and MFP has become my identification of success or failure with food. If I have a good eating day, GREAT. If I slipped up and had those peanut M&Ms, then I feel that remorse.

BUT...that's why I'm here and why I have been lurking here off and on for the past 17 years. No other diet or program has worked. I can't say I've been successful by graduating to the final step (heck, I haven't even gotten to the point of giving up the sugar!) but I have seen success with getting sufficient protein on step 1 and my brain feeling better. I'm drawn to RR because as I read posts, there is something here that is different than anywhere else I've been, and there are people that understand that this is more than having willpower and giving up sugar (whoever thinks you can give up sugar, go through days 3 and 4 of withdrawal, and then no longer crave...is NOT sugar addicted!) LOL

Anyways...happy to be here and will be likely hanging out with you on step 2 for awhile!!