Interesting reading.

Here is a blog about a blog.
http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage.asp?ID=SINCEREONE

Here is my sparkpeople blog...
I went to the doctor yesterday because I was sick. He renewed my phentermine...which seems to help. He had me keep a food diary, which I keep most days. He said the point he wants to make is to look for a pattern in my eating. He said...for example...he likes to eat double stuff oreo's at 930 every night. so to break the habit...he said...he would need to eat something smaller/healthier--say a handful of walnuts at 9pm...then he would not crave the oreo's at 930. I found this an interesting concept. So now...I need to go back over my food journal...and see if there is a pattern. He said...we may not think we can change things or change a pattern....but he said it is there.

I think this guy is rather smart and has rather studied the obesity/weight loss things out there. A couple years ago...he went to a symposium on obesity. He said...they showed some slides/presentation...and compared...that people who have an issue with weight, when they have favorite item in front of them.......their brain pictures (I am guessing cat scans, etc) look the same as an alcoholic when they drink alcohol. I find that interesting. I have been in al-anon for a while and listen to AA speaker tapes etc also...to help with my recovery. If Alcoholics process alcohol in their bodies differently than non-alcoholic folks....I am thinking that the folks that have trouble "stopping eating" or other weight problems.....may also process food differently than those that do not have as bad a food/weight problem.

Very interesting.

Inside and outside influences, many of which we do not have the ability to control...and yet...some we do.

Happy New Year...Ya'll~Food for thought....probably safer than a cheeseburger.

C