All my holiday weight gain is gone. Walking one more day a week. Watching old TV shows as I pedal the bike, great incentive for me. Portioning food is more attractive to me than exercise, it makes me tired.
Instead of denying myself certain foods, I'm eating them on a less regular basis. Increasing the time between satisfaction. Will-power. The other night I really wanted popcorn. After a quick check-in with myself, I realised it was a mouth hunger and not a belly hunger, so I convinced myself to wait two hours and check back in. Sure enough, belly hunger and I satisfied it with air-popped corn sprinkled with Worcestershire sauce, garlic and soy lecithin. Delayed gratification.
Putting it off for a while, even with a strong craving. I notice my strongest craving are all mouth hunger and so about emotions, habits, addictions. This program of positive self talk is helping me develop will-power again. It feels gooooood. If I'm really hungry, I notice I don't care as much about what I eat, so soup or salad is getting to be the norm.
It's been a week without chocolate candy. Whew, at times the urge to eat chocolate is overpowering. I redefined my rules, mid week. No chocolate candy, no sugar or fat with chocolate, except on those two special days each month. So I'm having non-fat home-made chocolate milk with cocoa powder and stevia drops. VERY satisfying and only 110 calories. And calcium along with the protein. I just added that photo of candy. What a tease, eh?
Ah yes, the mouth hunger vs. belly hunger, or as a friend of mine always says, "What does being hungry have to do with eating?" It is a total re-education, and you are doing a fantastic job. Kudos to you!
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you know I think this photo of candy may have made it harder for me to stay on track the last few weeks. Makes sense, doesn't it?
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