well - i have been learning alot about myself over the past two weeks... I already knew I was ALWAYS HUNGRY and ALWAYS EATING... that was an issue.. as part of a new medical overhaul plan for myself - with my new Dr... I am taking an appetite suppressant (Phentermine) to jump start my new eating plan and health regime... It has been an eye opening experience for me.. I have not been hungry... since taking it... and I have noticed the habit of eating.... even though my body doesn't tell me I am hungry, i have this overwhelming need to eat... - it has been so weird.. i catch myself all day thinking, i should be eating right now... it feels strange not to be eating right now.. and it is a strong feeling... Now I eat breakfeast, lunch and dinner.. I am talking about all the time in between... every hour...every minute... it has become such a habit for me... I now realize that I was not listening to my body at all... and was eating(snacking) from purely habit... I remember talking to an ex-smoker once who said one of the hardest things about quitting was the habit of smoking.. what to do w. their hands... the rituals of sitting down and smoking... it was just as hard as the actual addition to nicotine...
strange......I don't have any cravings except for the fact that I want to be stuffing my face... mentally... i know it is so bizzare. I hope that after this is said and done ( I can only take this stuff or 3 months...) that I have overcome this awful habit and addiction to eating... and learn to only eat when my body signals me that it needs it...
21 days... right? if i can stick w. it for 21 days.. maybe the new way of only eating when i am hungry will become a new habit... 40 years of overeating is hard to overcome in just 3 weeks.. but I am gonna try -
:just keep swimming... just keep swimming... good ADVICE
U go girl! It really is so much about the mental game -- and you're off to a great start! U KNOW I'm rooting for you!
Shay
Posted by: shay | June 29, 2008 at 04:00 PM