here's my knowledge on the situation...

reducing carbohydrate intake while being an indurance athlete is very risky. please be careful or you will harm your system more than anything else you're doing.

if you're trying to lose weight, changing your mentality, i think, is 50 % of the equation. this is what i do every time i look at a piece of food or drink:

- Food is fuel for the body. Pure and simple, that's it.
- Is this food something I deserve to eat? Have I worked out to afford these calories or the extra calories in candy/chips/snacks/etc?
- How many calories are in it? If my resting metabolism is 1350 calories a day + # burned training = Total # calories I should eat to maintain current body weight. If you're trying to lose weight, take the Total # and subtract 500 calories and that's the healthy way to lose weight.
- Food is fuel. It doesn't have to be indulgent, it doesn't have to taste good, it doesn't have to fill you up, it doesn't have to be pretty. I actually prefer food that doesn't taste delicious because it's way easier to back off when I start to get full and prevents me from craving more when I've eaten the proper serving size for me.

I guess I'm doing something right if I've been able to maintain the same body weight +/- 1 pound over the last year. It's all in your head. If you think you're hungry, you're going to make yourself hungry. If you think that you've had enough based on the numbers - then force yourself that you've had enough.