suggestions. I did not realize you are so close to goal and know you
have returned many times and I think you will make it. I tend to be too
outspoken on occasion without knowing the whole story.

However for all of us who are occasionally or continually compulsive
eaters it is vital to figure out why. I had a very difficult, crtitical
mother who was totally inconsistent with me and busy with her own
agenda and it's sad but significant that I stopped eating compulsively
after she passed on.

The last thing I intended to do was make you feel under crticism. I
wanted you to unravel what triggers the compulsive eating because it is
a separate issue from dieting.

Dieting is about what you eat and the other is why.
I do apologize if I was insensitive. Others who know me well say, Carol
may seem too diurect but she shoots from the hip".

Once we grow up we don't have to listen to those old maternal messages
that stem from their own insecurity and are projected on to us as a
form of control. Incidentally, what goes around comes around. I left
another list because someone said i was too outspoken and caused her to
leave the list. She's going back and I may too.

Carol