you mean the appetite will taper down? i hope! or maybe it is just a natural upswing in appetite - if that is the case i won't gain - it could be to do with an increase in nervous energy (burns cals). if it's the benzo, i'm not so sure though... that it won't cause weight gain.

yep that's what i do too! my basic food that i like is very healthy, so i have it pretty easy. but i do allow myself some fun 'extras' now and then, to stay sane. like a coke with lunch, or a beer. (i don't like diet drinks, but i normally drink water or juice... every now and then, i want a coke, and i want a real one, brand name and with caffeine and sugar included!)

my main problem is comfort eating which happens when i get depressed. which means i eat even when i am not hungry, and to make things worse it's usually starchy stuff.

my appetite is usually a very accurate measure of what i need. it fluctuates, and i eat accordingly but don't lose or gain. actually if i am over my ideal weight, i can lose weight that way. but not gain. so, if i'm hungry, i EAT!!!! and i am very bad at not eating when i am hungry! because if i don't i have gotten dizzy and lightheaded and shaky and stuff ... bad idea! i dunno if its hypoglycemia but i do know that it happens if i go too long without eating, so i simply prevent it, by eating when hungry! i mean, no rocket science there!

but, there can be a problem when my appetite is artificially altered - like with Zyprexa... man that crap packed on the pounds! now, i know that the benzo won't do that, but i have more to take off, so don't want even a small gain sneaking back, due to 'artificial' med-induced appetite.

~ waves ~