Wow!! Squidgy, you totally described me 100%. I guess I am anxious. I constantly think that little things are HUGE. Like, chest pains = heart attack. Going on in the list, I do every single thing that you have listed. I have been over bullemia for a year and a half, except that in the last month I have thrown up twice again. It really depresses me when I throw up. It makes every single attribute that you have listed a ton worse. I get overly paranoid, more so than I am usually. Thanks for listing that, it makes me feel better that there are other people who have the same problem.
Tori

I want to thank Squidgy for an important and enlightening post.
I think it is important to remember that we really cannot too easily separate the mind from the body. I think that MOST of us who are overweight probably have some form of depression, or anxiety, or compulsion. It's important when you try to make Low_carb a WOE or a WOL that you try hard not to invest it with "sick" thinking. I am generalizing here, and maybe I should only speak for myself.

I am not questioning the diet; I am just questioning the ability of my own mind to do something in a sensible, rational way. I need to work hard at getting plenty of "reality checks" and realize that I, for one, just cannot follow a way of eating without doing plenty of mental health/depression check-ups along the way.

But one size does not fit all; your mileage may vary, etc. etc.