i don't do diets either Donna - i just try to watch what i eat, also.

lately i haven't been doing well in this department but...

well my appetite varies naturally, and usually it is not a problem for me to follow my appetite. the problem is when i eat without being hungry) so maybe this isn't it.... but

the past few days i've been really hungry!!!

i think it's the benzo!

i mean last night i had a ham sandwich and was still hungry and had a tomato sandwich (about 5 super-sized cherry tomatoes on wheat, with tartar sauce). that fixed it. but that's a hefty midnight snack! granted i am up late and awake late - don't eat lunch. but still that is twice what i would eat for lunch. and had had icecream after dinner and pie a couple hours after that. normal appetite would be i would have yogurt about midnight.

i hope it settles down. scale is showing an extra pound - could be normal variance ie no gain. but it's only been a couple days. i hope that the appetite just means somehow more calories are getting burned and it's ok to eat.

i so don't want to gain the weight back. i've been stationary for a while now, i can be ok with that ... as long as it doesn't go back up.

~ waves ~