Hi Michele!
You are so not alone!
Oh, my gosh, my heart went out to you reading about how you began to feel so unwell...and I'm really, really glad that you didn't have a really long time feeling so badly, yet I'm sure every moment was just awful. It is so heartening to hear that you found PnP and this community and recognize your sugar sensitivity and addiction.
There is a special group here for those who are doing sports and exercise.
There's a group, too, for breakfast.
My gentle suggestion would be to not give energy to the other steps, no matter what you are eating or not...and just really focus on breakfast, so that your body and mind can catch up and heal deeply. Everything will fall into place and you'll feel better and better.
Nice to meet you--
Janine

: A little over a year ago after years
: of yo-yo dieting along with
: bulimia, I made the decision to
: get control of my health and
: enlisted a personal trainer to get
: me on track to be the best ever
: for my 30th birthday. Long story
: short, she completely turned my
: diet upside down and had me
: incorporate a lot of lean proteins
: into 5-7 small meals per day. This
: coupled with exercise returned
: HUGE results not only physically
: but emotionally and mentally. I
: had more energy. I stopped
: binging, and I was on-fire in all
: aspects of my life.

: Fast forward 9 months my strict diet
: had relaxed a bit, but I had
: sustained the results and decided
: to take it to the next level and
: prepare for a fitness competition.
: To achieve the necessary physique,
: I have to be on a very low carb
: and high protein diet. Though I
: knew the restrictive diet would be
: difficult, I didn't realize my
: degree of sugar sensitivity and
: the detox of going from a healthy
: diet with a few high sugar cheats
: to a completely clean and low carb
: diet. I couldn't focus on
: anything. I couldn't sleep, I was
: constantly anxious, and I felt
: like a failure and that nothing
: was possible. My productivity at
: work was zero. I wasn't my usual
: happy self, and I started binging
: and purging. Thankfully I caught
: myself before I spiral to far and
: remembered the PnP book that I had
: bought years earlier that I never
: got around to reading. Within 2
: pages, everything clicked. All the
: struggles for so many years. My
: depression and even how my change
: last year became so easy after
: only a few weeks on the new diet.

: So I'm here looking for support and
: suggestions. Because of my
: previous changes I've already made
: it partly through a few steps
: (1,3,5). I'm working on
: incorporating emotional and
: physical feelings into my existing
: food journal, which is going to be
: really insightful. However with my
: training, I feel like I've zoomed
: to step 6, and I'm struggling with
: the fall out.

: Are there any recommendations on
: supplements to help with the
: detox? What are some no to low
: calorie substitutes people use
: when faced with a craving for
: sugar? Is there anyone else out
: there trying to do a bikini or
: figure competition?

: Sorry for the long post, but anything
: even just a hi would go a long way
: to making me feel like I'm not
: alone.