What I'm Realizing

When you remove the foods your body is used to eating and then restrict yourself to only eat certain healthy fresh items you start to realize alot of things. For instance, the sampling of foods that you were partaking without realizing it. I mean, Tasting food as you're cooking it...a chip or in my case now, a Melba toast, here and there. And that's not even thinking about when you lick the peanut butter knife. Or when you grab a candy bar every time you go to walgreens as a snack. Talk about caloric intake without even noticing.

Then today I was on my way to work when I got a call saying to not come in at 9 but to wait tim she called after her 10:30 appointment. The thought immediately went through my brain "you should drive through mcdonalds or go get donuts" because that's what I used to do. Extra time before work? Ok, time for extra calories. I've done it even when I've already eaten at the house. How sick is that?

Also, my boss has been super sick all week ao I've been home all week. Being home all day makes it super hard to keep on the diet. SUPER hard. Because you're just sitting around (or running errands even) and you want to eat naturally. Its the boredom eating. On Wednesday, I wanted to sit down with a bag of doritos in front of the tv so bad. Instead I drank water until I was distracted.

I've also realized that certain places make me want to eat. Like my sisters. And so when you have a place that already makes you want to eat and then everyone is eatin the stew that the delicious aroma filling the house came from...it sucks. I'd just eaten dinner before going there. But I wanted the stew. At class last night, our instructor brought my favorite pizza see...Alfredo...and again I'd just eaten dinner before class but I wanted that pizza. Beiber instance did I eat the temptation but it's so hard no to. Especially when it's the evening and you're used to eating all hours of the day if there's something that tastes good.

I have gotten alot of flack for doing the HCG diet. People worried about risks and saying it's not healthy. There may be other ways to do it, but I need instant results to get myself motivated to change my lifestyle. And it's working. For now, it's working. I'm down 10 pounds in under a week. I'll know measurements soon. But it's being successful so far. And when I do the maintenance part I'll follow those rules too and then eat healthier and exercise and keep going. What I'm liking most, possibly even more than the weight loss, is realizing all these things about my old habits that have led me to the place i'm in today. Needless to say, this is a good time in my life. An eye opening good time.

Ps I apologize for typos. Again this is from my phone which changes words all the time without my wanting it to.