Hi everyone. I just wanted to say, first of all, how happy I am to have found this program. I suffer from depression and sugar addiction and am finally able to see the connection between the two.

I embraced Step 1, followed it for three weeks, and was even able to implement it on vacation. I am having a very hard time with Step 2, though. I'm on my second week. This is because I have a huge problem with emotional and binge eating. I am very scared of writing down what I eat, since I lost a lot of weight last year by restricting calories and writing down every calorie that I consumed. I started to grow resentful of this and gained back about 15 pounds of the 50 that I lost. I'd prefer not to gain back any more! But I felt like the calorie counting was taking over my life.

I have no problem writing down what I eat and how I feel; but I have been gaining weight. Therefore, I am trying to reduce what I eat, but I find that I don't feel as full as I did before and I get a little panicky and can't think straight when I haven't gotten enough to eat.

Is it advisable to try to reduce calories while on Step 2? Thanks for reading!