Andrea,

Over the years I've found that I don't really care if there is science to back it up or not...it works for me, and that is what is important. I've tried so many different ways of eating, and this has been the best *science* experiment ever...it has proven itself over and over again...I don't crave, I'm not depressed, I'm not emotionally volatile, etc. Other ways of eating just didn't work for me.

I really appreciate when my friends, family, etc. don't question, and just trust me. And I have found the people closest to me have seen a difference in me, and are my strongest supporters...because when I'm eating on program, I'm much more pleasant to be around!

Colette

: I have trouble explaining sugar
: addiction to some people. This is
: a thing of mine that I do not
: quite understand, but I shut down
: in discussions because I will all
: too soon hit a wall anyway and
: will not know how to argue on. So
: whilst KNOWING that I have a good
: point, I will feel like I am
: "losing" the argument as
: the other person just has the
: better arguments. Very
: frustrating. Can anybody help me?
: This is how a recent discussion
: went:

: He: Here, have some cake.
: I: Nah, thanks, I ´ll pass.
: He: Why is that? This is good stuff.
: I: I don ´t eat sugar.
: (exclamations of surprise on is side,
: then my explaining that this is
: not a diet)
: He: I think it´s all in your head.
: I: That´s the point. And also it´s
: biochemical.
: He: What happens when you eat sugar?
: I: It re-enforces my anxiety. And
: also, I can ´t stop.
: He: Is there science to back this up?
: I: Experimental science, yes. It´s
: like with alcoholism.
: He: So there ´s no science to back it
: up?
: I: It´s experience values. (I know, I
: need to get the BE and serotonin
: stuff right and learn how to
: represent it.)
: He (huffs): It´s a question of
: willpower.
: I: No, it´s not. It´s like with
: alcoholism.
: He: But that´s just it, it´s a
: question of willpower. I know many
: friends who just quit drinking
: from one day to the next.
: Willpower. They had a drinking
: problem in college, and then they
: just quit.
: I: Well....
: He: So is this like a diet, then?

: And so on. At some point the eating
: disorder question will pop up. But
: more often than not, I will have
: just aborted discussion before it
: gets to this, confining myself to
: being perceived as weird,
: neurotical, or both.
: Any ideas?