: Thank you Kathleen for your advise.

: I will try and slow down. I am
: finding mornings are fine. I feel
: so much better with my breakfasts
: and although I feel a little
: hunger around 11 am I can usually
: go through to lunch at 12.30. I
: work in a school so I have a
: school dinner and usually find
: myself eating a dessert. Then I
: feel very tired in the afternoon
: and start to crave sugar about
: 4pm. I have just eaten another bag
: of toffees even though I vowed I
: would only eat sugar with meals
: today.

: Why do I do this to myself. I have
: even managed to stop drinking for
: 7 months but I cant do this at
: all. I feel like I am going crazy.

: Amanda

Hi Amanda

Well done for what you have done re breakfasts. It's good to hear that your mornings are fine. I am generally a "morning" person but still have some work to do around breakfast.

I should be interested to know what sort of work you do in a school. Do you find it stressful? Do you enjoy it? Perhaps tiredness is drawing you to the toffees. Are you so tired that you could not go out for a walk instead of eating the sugar? After being an exercise-hater for most of my life, I have come round to enjoying it, so change is always possible.

Try not to beat yourself up about things (easier said than done, I know) and keep posting!

Heather