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Symptoms you listed
1. lack of energy and some depression.
2. been overweight for quite some time, but relatively healthy
3. lack the will power to overcome cravings

Since my introduction to OP, I have concluded most things concerning health center around oil and water, i.e., the transport systems. Some years back it was brought to my attention that the body is a series of tubes, and the manner in which nutrients, hormones, enzymes, toxins, etc., get from one point to another involves a liquid going through a tube.

A couple of suggestons for you.

First, question for you is how is your water intake. Would you be willing to SCHEDULE a daily intake based on the Water Cure ? This would include the small amount of unrefined Sea Salt added to the water. Each day fill the number of 20 oz bottles (easy to obtain and not so overwhelming as a gallon container) you need and at certain times chug-a-lug. Also, as suggested by Dr. F. Batmanghelidj, daily supplement of a sea vegetable would be added. That is quite easy to do.

Since we are on the OP forum, how does OP affect you? What oil are you using? I have read and heard that essential fatty acids address the problems with cravings and depression. Ever have the problem of being hungry even though you just 2 minutes earlier finished a meal? Your body is needing the essential fatty acids the meal didn't contain. Would you be able to OP for 10 minutes prior to each meal? See if that helps.

A few websites for you.

http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/weight.htm
Most people who struggle with an overweight condition blame themselves for lack of discipline or willpower. While good eating habits are important, the real problem has to do with a much larger issue, our food supply.

http://www.udoerasmus.com/FAQ/FAQ_index_en.htm
Where do we find good fats? There are four sources of good fats...I've seen as much as 10 tablespoons per day used in cases of cancer, AIDS, Rheumatoid Arthritis , and weight reduction. I once ingested 15 tablespoons in one day, and on another occasion, I had 17 tablespoons of the oil blend mixed in fruit juice for breakfast. I had no problem digesting it but I also wasn't hungry for the rest of the day...What happens when we don't get enough good fats?

http://www.fatsforhealth.com/library/libitems/getting_thin_on_fat.php
Omega-3s

http://www.mercola.com/2006/nov/16/how-to-get-rid-of-food-cravings.htm
The simple way to learn what foods will satisfy your cravings is through a system called metabolic typing.

http://www.onemorebite-weightloss.com/
End Emotional Eating: EFT Permanent Weight Loss Program

http://www.abchomeopathy.com/listing/4401.html
Homoeopathy is a safe and effective system of medicine which uses natural herbal and mineral products to treat disease. Homeopathic Remedies are holistic, which means homeopathy relies on making a diagnosis from analysis of all of a patient's complaints before prescribing any treatment.

Howdy! It IS very confusing, all the different cleanses, supplements, dietary regimens...etc, etc, etc!

First of all, here's a post of Trapper's, a GREAT link on cravings & what your body actually needs...

//www.curezone.org/forums/fm.asp?i=767053#i

Now, I'm GUESSING that your cravings are for sweets...are they? Hmmmm? I'm guessing that because you mentioned depression...I don't know about you, but the ONLY thing that works for me as far as sweets go is absolute avoidance. Seriously. If I have a little, I just want MORE!! I get my sweet fix with fresh fruit...& a good sweetener is stevia, for teas & stuff.

I would think that the first thing to do would be a dietary clean-up. There are about a million different "diets" out there...it's endless. I don't know what your eating habits are like, but here's some good basic advice:

Eat whole, REAL, fresh food. That's it! Avoid processed foods like the plague & that includes "healthy" processed. Try to buy organic, free-range. REAL FOOD! Long-cooking oats...no "instant". fresh, real chicken, no mcnuggets. Fresh fruits & vegs...Read labels...avoid additives...if you just start doing this, you will see your cravings, whatever they may be, disappear.

Also, this is a REALLY difficult time of year to begin this process. I think that you're setting yourself up for disappointment, if you choose to start now. At this point, I would say, try to clean up your diet as much as possible...even if it's something as simple as making sure you eat something really good for you every day...an apple a day....an orange. Easy! And try to maintain during this season...at least try to NOT put any more weight on...& try to get some exercise! That'll definitely help!

And then, in January...start the cleansing. There is a link at the top of every page:

//www.curezone.org/cleanse/

& there are Support Forums here for all the different protocals! So, study, study, study & keep swishing!

I hope some of this helps... :)

What you said...state of being. That is exactly what drove me to CZ. I was very unhappy with my physical body, which definitely translated to my mental outlook.

One year ago I was a mess. Heavy, depressed, tired...the whole nine yards. Actually I was fully expecting to die (at 50...not an unheard of thing). But I started with the cleanses. Those were my key to the beginning, and I suspect they will be for you too. Don't be scared of them. It's only scary when you don't know what to expect, but actually the cleanses are no big deal, especially the liver flush. People tend to get over dramatic about these things, but if I can do it...ill health at 50, I know you can too.

Really, the key is to spend some time reading. Some things just jump out at you. If they do, read as much as you can about it. Google the hell out of it.

And I know, without a doubt, that exercise is the key. It's the key that unlocks everything. Once you start, you make a commitment, and then it turns into your "thing".

It's a mind set just like Wombat said. It's deciding that your body needs these things. It's almost like brain washing. The more you read, the more you don't want to keep up the bad habits. And everything just falls into place. It took me 3 months from my first Liver Flush to realize this.

Molly

Dear MyCat,

My experience with overweight and food is that there also had to be a spiritual component to get and keep weight off. All the dieting and "firm resolve" to eat well/right, avoid this or that food and only indulge in this or that other one in moderation, and engage in various cleansing practices, still did not address the underlying issue of *why* I ate too much, and the obsessive behaviour/s around my eating. I think this is why we see dieters lose weight and then get it back -- the food addiction is so hard to treat because of course we HAVE to eat! (Heroin you can give up altogether, but food you gotta have.... .)

I do believe that part of food addiction is or can be carb craving. Donna Gates (Body Ecology Diet) says the yeasts are hungry and so we must feed them!

But I also found that whatever the cause, the cure had to involve my asking God/the universe/a higher power (or whatever it is you want to call everything that is not you) to remove the insanity I had around food, or I would get really really thin (i.e., I would obsess over whether I weighed 113 or 114 pounds, obsess further if I weighed myself later in the day, was only eating certain foods, etc.) or I would eat and gain lots of weight. Food made me feel OK, whether I was eating too much of it or not enough of it -- so it wasn't what or how much, it was that "feeling OK" I had to treat!

I recommend that along with all of the practices you begin in your life as a result of Curezone, you also consider prayer and meditation as part of your routine that will help you achieve wellness. (I actually find oil-pulling time very meditative and others have said the same.) A few years ago I was heavy, working in a health-food store cafe and noshing all the time on stuff that was actually not that healthy, and I realized that I had never just asked God to remove the food obsession, and to restore real health around eating and weight. I began to do this as part of my normal morning routine and the results were pretty dramatic (actually the only thing that has been as powerful has been such quick results from OP). With no effort on my part -- i.e. no plans, diets, or anguish or guilt, I found myself drop to a healthy and stable weight. I found myself NOT eating the cookies or leftovers at the cafe where I worked. I found myself making time to walk the dogs for an hour a day.

None of this was stuff I would normally be able to do as I was the type of person who would read about this or that cure and come home with the cayenne and the maple syrup and the lemons and then never use them, or I would plan to join the gym and then never go, or whatever. (Or work in an organic cafe and assume somehow that would make me healthy...another great example of what happens when I think too much!)

But by ceding control of my eating, the obsession, unnatural behaviours around food, and the weight itself was lifted. I just do not think about food in that same way anymore, and I enjoy what I eat, although I don't obsess about my next meal (always a struggle before). I would just write as part of my morning prayer, "Let God take care of my obsession with food." And it started to work, where all my own efforts had failed in the past. It also works for me now in terms of asking that I have time to OP, stick to whatever regimen I am on, etc. Among many other things, I lack discipline and I find that having a spiritual practice adds that to my life.

I hope this is helpful; and hope that everyone has a great day.

Laura