I want to eat all the cookies! I cheated a little, I ate a smidge of some home made cookie dough, and OMG! I want to eat the whole bowl, and all the cookies. Then I want to hide in the bathroom while I eat them so the kids dont know where they went.
But, I won't. I ate one home made toasted ravioli, and one smidge. Lord, please don't let it affect the scale :) Please.
I can't speak for colleen, but what worked for me was "one day at a time". I can't say I won't cheat tomorrow, but I won't do it today...not this hour....that's how I did it...:))
I've been overweight ever since I was a kid, hon. NOTHING worked. Just nothing. I've done everything known to man. The minute I read this, something inside just went PING. This is truth, this is the answer. I just KNEW. And when I did the first found and lost right away, I was determined to make a change. The weight has come off right where I've needed it to, unlike every other diet. I haven't been hungry either. that's not to say I didn't have carb cravings. Chocolate is the one hard for me to pass up but I remind myself it's only for 6 weeks. I can do anything for six weeks! And I take one day at a time. I tell myself I won't cheat today. And then tomorrow I say the same thing. :-)
Truthfully, this has been the easiest diet I've ever done because I saw such amazing results so fast and I knew it was for such a short time. I probably couldn't have done it if I thought I had to never cheat for a year but it's only six weeks! :-) And it's accomplishing a miracle I've longed for all my life! Colleen
As soon as I get a craving I move away from the temptation. I don't hover around wishing. I also know that the temptation grows into a giant if I feed it. So, I let it starve.
I can relate to Colleen with regard to knowing this is the real deal. I want to make a permanent change, and I see junk food as the enemy that had me in a cage. Now that I'm out, I'm not in a hurry to get put back in there.
I have found that my craving aren't true hunger they are a response to either a smell of something or an emotion...I agree with Colleen this has been one of the easiest plans I've done....I have over 80 bottles of wine sitting here my old MO was to come home open a bottle get some cheese and crackers and sit down at the computer...I have not felt once that I would like to open a bottle I decided this was to important to me and nothing tastes as good as thin! The Wine will still be there for the rest of my life I have learned to take a deep breath and wait to see if it's emotional or stimulated by a smell most of the time it is....there are times that it's time to eat and it's true that my body wants something..........so far so good day 26
Colleen, I have the same drive. I have never been able to stay on target ... until now. It's as though something said this is your last chance. I am about to start round two tomorrow and I pray the desire to succeed stays with me. It's only a short time out of our lives! We can do this!