Paul Getty wrote:
> When I was eating higher carbs, if I took away restriction I would gain 20
to 30 pounds quickly, and continue to gain after that.  It wouldn't be
binging, just eating an awful lot because I was always hungry.
I don't think removing restriction is all that great for some.

That speaks to the other issue I mentioned in describing why I struggle with 
my weight--reactive hypoglycemia.  Like you, if I eat a high carb diet, I am 
constantly hungry.  My blood sugar becomes so unstable that I need to eat 
every 2-3 hours.  Stable blood sugar is, for me, the great blessing of eating 
in a paleo manner.  Since I started eating in the paleo style, my blood sugar 
has never been so stable.  I can routinely go for 5, 6, 7 hours without food, 
without feeling like I'm going to pass out.  I get hungry, but it's true 
hunger, not that low blood sugar "ravenous" feeling.

I think compulsive eating is more a woman's issue than a man's issue.  Many 
men can drop 50 pounds simple by cutting out soda and potato chips, and they 
don't get psychological complexes in doing so.  The eating issue is much more 
straight-forward for men.  Society lets men go gray and get a pot belly 
without making any big deal of it.  Men are still considered quite acceptable 
and attractive that way.  They same thing cannot be said for women, whom 
society rejects and condemns when they go gray or gain weight.

     - Sheryl