141 HOURS NO JUNKFOOD!!!

Still at 280, but that's fine. Had a really hard time today trying to find 'healthy' food to eat, or rather, being hungry for any food period. It was about 7:00 this evening before I even thought about food. Hadn't eaten all day and finally forced myself to eat a Lean Cusine type meal, actually two of them, just so I would have the calories (about 620 calories for both). Normally, I would have just reached for some cookies, cake, or ice cream, so trading off is a task I have to pay attention to. 

I know from experience that the first 72 hours of stopping any type of habit, weather it's eating, smoking, drinking, etc, are the most difficult. Your body/mind is trying to adjust to the chemical difference that it had become accustomed to. If you can get past those first days, in anything, you'll be find thereafter. That's not to say you won't have cravings, just that those cravings will subside dramatically after day 3.

So, now the sugar cravings have subsided dramatically. I've never been too much of a salty snack person. I don't like chips, crackers or other salty foods, so I don't have that to deal with as well. I do have to consciously think about food though, because I can easily get into periods of time where I won't eat anything, just because I don't have the appetite. I have gone about 2 weeks without eating before (a period of mourning) and it took more than a year for me to get back to eating regularly. Unfortunately, with the regular eating, came the regular snacking, which is where I find myself today.

In about 27 hours, I will have reached one full week of no junk food. I'm at least 9 pounds lighter this week, which amazes me, because I never realized how much snacking and slugging around the sofa I've done.