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lurkette · 05-20-2010, 03:39 PM

I would definitely try seeing a nutritionist, as others have suggested.
I'm so sorry to hear about this - it sounds terrible! I can relate, as when I'm on a diet (as I usually am) I can get obsessed about food, but it's more about the number of calories I have left and how to spend them. All the same, it's distracting and distressing and I sympathize.

But you might also look at <i>what</i> you're eating, and you might look at eating low-glycemic foods. Kicking off the day with cereal alone is a recipe for disaster - it's revs up your metabolism and sets you up for a crash as soon as the simple sugars are gone.

Have you tried starting off with eggs and bacon and orange juice instead? Or yogurt and granola? Getting some slow-burning protein into your diet early on might help.

The fact that your twin brother has similar issues points to a genetic metabolic issue. If it's psychological rather than physiological (although odds are it's both) you might look at your relationship to food as children - was it scarce? Was it used as a reward?

05-20-2010, 03:39 PM	#6 (permalink)
lurkette My future is coming on Moderator Emeritus Location: east of the sun and west of the moon	I would definitely try seeing a nutritionist, as others have suggested. I'm so sorry to hear about this - it sounds terrible! I can relate, as when I'm on a diet (as I usually am) I can get obsessed about food, but it's more about the number of calories I have left and how to spend them. All the same, it's distracting and distressing and I sympathize. But you might also look at <i>what</i> you're eating, and you might look at eating low-glycemic foods. Kicking off the day with cereal alone is a recipe for disaster - it's revs up your metabolism and sets you up for a crash as soon as the simple sugars are gone. Have you tried starting off with eggs and bacon and orange juice instead? Or yogurt and granola? Getting some slow-burning protein into your diet early on might help. The fact that your twin brother has similar issues points to a genetic metabolic issue. If it's psychological rather than physiological (although odds are it's both) you might look at your relationship to food as children - was it scarce? Was it used as a reward? __________________ "If ten million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." - Anatole France