I suspected becoming a "Morning Person" would be good for my diet and i am right! I've been up since 3:00am (got NINE good hours of zzzs in!!! . At 10:00am i felt binge-y and went to order another pizza BUT THEY WEREN'T OPEN YET!!! So i avoided that fiasco! Instead i had a moderate meal of mini-samosas that i had in the freezer and feel all the better for it! And i spent zero dollars and zero cents!

I've emailed in to my doctor asking to be assessed for Binge Eating Disorder (BED). I surely don't know if i have it or if it's just the APs. When i was in Vancouver for six months and off meds i lost the weight and got nice and thin but then i was also too poor to afford food and too depressed to eat.

Once i got my advance on my private disability benefits i started eating regularly at a diner, grilled cheese and fries, chocolate milkshake, diet cola and coconut cream pie. And i was still not on meds. So that would indicate that it's NOT just the meds.

Further investigation is needed with a helpful professional. Oddly enough, dieting is DISCOURAGED for BED by the best practitioners. Instead a practitioner helps the client heal from the underlying emotional pain that is the cause of the BED. Fatness is the symptom, not the cause.

Meanwhile, i will carry on with my dieting efforts as i am feeling better about myself as i shrink and my clothes fit better and i can wear sizes i couldn't tug on before. I'm sure eager to see practitioner and address some of the intense emotional pain i suffer tho. The only thing is, it has to be someone covered by our public health plan as i don't have a private one and that might be a BIG obstacle.

I'll leave it in the hands of my doctor.

@Soupe du jour:

I like pageboys too and it is the best cut for me with my fine, straight hair. It's the most flattering and the style i wore during the years i was most attractive, my twenties. It has to be cut regularly tho.

Sometimes i attempt the bangs on my own if they're bothering me and i can't get in to the hairdresser, but it's never perfection like when they do it. Learned me a lesson or two cutting them far too short!

I say go with wash-and-wear hair. I couldn't bear ironing my hair daily. Besides i love sweet, curly hair! I know what you mean about needing a skilled hairdresser for curly hair tho. Curly hair that's not cut properly can look wild. I hope the one you get is a magician!