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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks everyone.  Helpful ideas.  I don't fear fat, and I've tried very low carb, but it didn't feel right (it also didn't help my eventual overeating - if anything it made it worse).  But I do think pushing my carbs to later in the day might help.  Even cutting my morning toast down to half a slice.

I'm pretty good about water, but I could be better.  And I know from my fitbit that I could use better sleep.  I'm going to try focusing on both of those, because my afternoon cravings do really seem to coincide with an energy slump that could be do to chronic fatigue/dehydration...[/quote]

OP again.  I also tried a CGM for a couple months, and it was interesting.  My blood sugar was way more stable on the days I avoided most carbs, but I didn't feel good or that I was eating in a sustainable way.  So I'm hoping to find a way to keep some carbs in without big swings.  Probably the most disappointing thing I found was that oatmeal and most other cereals caused huge spikes and crashes.  I just love oatmeal.  Sigh.[/quote]
Interesting.
How do you cook your oatmeal? What other cereal do you eat? Milk included?

I suggest to keep trying with CGM, just adjust the carb you eat - cut out added sugar in your carbs read labels), change carb source - good white bread instead of whole wheat toaster one, buckwheat vs oatmeal, steal-cut oats vs rolled, etc. Keep detailed diary for couple weeks, just to pinpoint the problem products.
3 pm crash means you're eating something that caused spike earlier in the day, and/or you didn't eat enough to keep you blood sugar from crashing.[/quote]

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