So perhaps this is just a bunch of new age fuddy duddy, but I am honestly starting to think I have an addiction to food, particularly sugar. Actually, definately sugar.

I have been overweight nearly my whole life except for when I was a toddler and when I was bulimic. I am too smart for this! Yet nothing works. I exercise and I enjoy exercise but I just can't get my eating under control. I noticed tonight that I bought a sweet today . . . it's my 3rd sweet!! Actually if you include the fact that I had chocolate milk during the day, it's my 4th! Actually . . . is two biscuits one sweet or two? If it's two, then I have had 5! This is insane! But I just don't feel like I have any self control whatsoever.

I took DD out for lunch and was drinking my chocolate milk and the woman who owns the health food store saw me and she smiled but she gave me a bit of a look before - last time I saw her I was doing a body cleansing/raw vegan thing (which I stopped when I got kicked out because it just fell off the priority list).

I lost weight in the 2nd half of last year (about 12kgs I think) but put a lot of that back on. I'm now 6kgs more than my lowest weight last year. I'm so tired of losing and gaining, my skin looks terrible.

SO after my rant, my question is, are there any natural approaches I can take to deal with this once and for all? Any good books? Acupuncture, herbal medicine, counselling? Anything? I am so sick of this!