Eating Disord Improvements

[Guest guest]

...Last week I read something in " Life Without Bread " that

> has (so far) enabled me to stop eating cereal/milk/lots of sugar at

> night, which I'd been struggling for a long time to do, and within a

> few days I started feeling so much better, in some ways better then

> I've ever felt in my adult life. I actually feel a little like I have

> a body! I still have big digestive issues, of course, particularly

> regarding fats, which I'm trying to eat as much of as I can.

>

> What I read was that when one eats too much carbs for too long--and I

> was living on cereal/milk/lots of sugar for over 8 years--one's

> metabolism changes from fat/protein-burning to carb-burning. And when

> such a person who is thin(like I am) tries to eat a low-carb diet, he

> will often lose his appetite, not having much appetite for meat.

> That's what I would run up against when I tried not to eat cereal.

> The book says that if the person stays with the low-carb diet, the

> metabolism will eventually change back and the person will regain his

> appetite. Having that hope enabled me to stop eating the cereal and

> to do whatever I have to do to stay on the diet. Now that I know how

> it feels, I won't go back anyway, but I sure hope it happens...

>

Rick,

Such joyful, hopeful news--my spirit soars! I know we all wish you

the best of health, and then you will be able to share it with your

sister.

It sounds to me like you would do very well to eat easy-to-digest,

nourishing, soup-y foods. Can you make them for yourself? Do you even

like them? The digesting is done partly in the cooking, that way, so

your system isn't so pressed.

Be good to yourself!

B.