For over a year, I have been writing about my need to lose weight. For the past four years, I have been experimenting with various solutions for myself. I don’t believe in “diets” and have known that the heart of my program needed to be fruits and vegetables.
Having given up drinking (1976) and smoking (1988), I know how to overcome addictions. But food is different. I can’t just quit food. But I have designed a food program that is allowing me to lose weight.
I am losing weight—I’ve lost 10 pounds since Christmas. It is happening slowly and I’ll add the gym to the mix in a week or so. When I go the gym without the weight loss, I eat more because “I’m working out”. So I thought I’d reverse the process.
What did I do?
(1) I began saying two things upon awakening: “I can. I will”.
(2) I needed to shrink my stomach so that I could feel hunger physically. Some people can do this in 3 days—it took me 5 days before I felt my first tinge of hunger. What a great feeling!
For the 5 days, I ate sparingly being careful to choose from all the food groups. Every day, I told myself that I could do anything for a few days. Notice that I never told myself to lose weight. I told myself to learn how to eat less.
To help with the cravings—which go away after your stomach is shrunk—I kept cut up celery hearts and carrots. I ate as much as I wanted of the celery and carrots.
Warm soups and/or drinks help appease an out-of-control appetite.
