Week 4

Well it is week 4-

 I have lost 7.2 pounds.  My 3rd week was the hardest so far.  I felt so hungry, all the time.  Nothing satisfied me.  I ate even though my body wasn't telling me I was hungry.  It drove me crazy.  When I went to weigh in, I was bloated and had horrible stomach pains.   I gained the 3 pounds I had lost, plus .4.......I felt horrible.  This past week I have concentrated on waiting for my body to tell me that I was hungry.  Which is growling, weakness, nausea, things like that.  Not just eating because I walk by food and want it.  It was not easy, don't get me wrong.  But , toward the end of the week, I found myself not "munching".  I could think in my head that I wanted something, but when my stomach wasn't feeling it, I would tell my brain no and find something to do to get my mind off food.  It worked well.  

The other thing that I have been doing is , really enjoy every bite.  Not just scarf down the food as if it were going to jump off my plate.  I slowed down, enjoyed every bite, truly tasted every bite.  I found that I was feeling satisfied with food still on my plate.   

Oh happy day.  

I am doing it......I am changing my habits, my thoughts, my life.  

I hope to lose 10 pounds each month, so this week I will be tracking my food religiously and continuing with my exercise.  

I am off caffeine, yippee......Now I just need to add more water.

This weeks goals:

 -More water

- Exercise

- Track food and measure properly...

Lets do this!

 -Hollie