Crashing & Burning Here

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HELP!!

I have been doing SBD successfully for 4 months, but I went through some birthdays, weddings and religious holidays recently, and got back into my HIGH-SUGAR bingeing. I can't seem to get off the downhill plunge here.........it's exactly like swearing off of drinking when you're an alcoholic.......I should know.

I got in this diet MAINLY to prevent diabetes, plus with Hashimoto's Disease (thyroid/autoimmune disorder) and menopause, I had put on 12+ pounds that I was very uncomfortable with. I easily dropped about 15 pounds as it turns out, and all this sugar bingeing has only added back 1 of those pounds, but I feel AWFUL...........migraines, feeling sick after bingeing (I NEVER throw up though), guilty, etc. I feel all the insanity of losing control, and hating myself for blowing it, etc.............you know what I'm saying.

I don't have the guts to go back to TWO FULL WEEKS of Phase I.............but I have read that a few days of it can help get one back on track. Have any of you found this to be true? I'm careening out of control and need to take immediate action before I destroy my health. I have been a sugar addict my whole life.......even to the point of alcoholism, for which I have been in recovery for 17.5 years now. I ended up hypoglycemic for the past 20 years, and then began having symptoms of diabetes, which I had been warned could occur if I exhausted my pancreas/insulin. I also have problems with adrenal gland exhaustion from fight or flight syndrome from emotional and economic stress and survival mode as a single woman (who also feels ALONE with the empty nest and no hubby). I DO take thyroid supplement and hormone replacement therapy, etc, but had lapsed in the HRT for a few months, (due to finances) and it threw me into having menstrual periods every 2 weeks for several months. That has caused EXTREME cravings in an almost constant state of PMS.

The point of writing all of the above is to say that I need help and encouragement, because I'm in such a mess, that I'm not sure where to start. My entire system is now out of whack, and no amount of self-determination is preventing me from caving into the cookies and candy, etc. It is hideous. Just like alcoholism was. Trying and failing, around and around. I feel like I need to check myself in for treatment, and for SURE wish we had MEETINGS for this like AA!!!! The one thing I haven't given into is sodas, thank G-d..........I drank them daily all my life.

Could I just go back on chicken, fish and veggies for a few days, or will I have to do an entire 2 weeks of Phase I? I had an AWFUL time with that, and was in ketosis for 10 days, even though I was following the SBD to the letter...........I had every book and printout available! I dread ever going through that again.

As I said.............HELP!! (I'm so glad you're here................please don't yell at me..........I already feel like a loser, in the BAD way.)

Thanks,

Janice in Denver