Day One

Today i'm trying to break my grazing cycle. Breakfast - 1/2 cup of my protein specail K cereal with fat free calcium rich milk. banana decaf coffee w/splenda & fat free cream at this point is it almost 11 and i'm holding out to not snack before lunch. i feel like i'm trying to do the impossible. thank god no hot flashes yet. i'm not hungry but what i am feeling is brain hunger. my tummy is ok full. the coffee has helped to make me feel ok full wise. i'm going to sip some water. i'm working hard at looking at how i am feeling. i'm really not hungry at all. so the pouch is doing its job. good pouch. good pouch. now i have to shut the brain off cause it is saying gee i'm hungry lets have a snack! bad brain bad brain. i'm cleaning the condo. keeping occupied with being busy. that is helping. gee this is like reality obesity help message board. come on join me in this! i have my raisins handy just in case. tomorrow i'm going shopping and will see how long i can go without snacking between meals. sometimes i have no choice other than to have a snack i dont' want a repeat of my shirt return nightmare... good luck and god bless, pammy

OK, Pam. I'm with you. I've been up and working for a couple of hours and just had a breakfast of chicken and cheese. OK, there was a corn tortilla in there. I'm going to try to slay the snack demons today and stay busy. Good luck to both of us. Connie

YEA!!!!! Connie I knew you'd be with me on this! I made it to lunch time. had 3 oz of tuna with a tablespoon of mayo and some onions. 13 pretzels sticks and an apple. I'm stuffed like thanksgiving dinner! now for the 2nd lap no snacks til dinner!!!!!!! The hardest part was the brain not the pouch. the pouch was doing her job. i really wasn't hungry but just kept thinking about a snack. gee do you think the doctors were right? if this works we need to spread the word! do what your doctors tell you! all kidding aside, we can do this!

OK--its a bit late be a purist today, but mornings are not my problem time in general. So far today I have had my hot protein/coffee drink (2 cups), and peanutbutter on wheat crackers. It was not carby enough to make me sleepy, but it was 2 hours ago and now I'm hungry again. Hmmm.... OK--I'm heating up leftover roast beef with carrots and onions. I can do this.... I think I can.... I think I can.... I think I can....

its 3 in the afternoon and while i'm not hungry my head is saying i should eat. so far i'm floating away with all the decaf coffee and water i've been drinking. i'm going to have to go out for some rolls of scott T paper soon. can i make it to 6pm for dinner at my daughters??? i dont know. if i really do get hungry then i will have fresh fruit and a cheese stick!