Dear All,
as we have all been throught this little trip down deprivation lane, I am sure we all have ways to deal with the cravings. I could use some new ones and hope y'all will share.
Here are my standard "want a hot fudge sundea but will settle for a warm glass of water and an air sandwich" mind games.
whenever I am hungry, I will drink a glass of water first, a lot of times my body is more thursty than hungry.
the hot bath routine...boring but effective
brush my teeth...again, boring but somewhat effective
distraction of any kind. (crafts to sex, it is all the same to me!)
go hang out in places I generally do not eat...showers, bathrooms...I have the most over plucked eyebrows in the midwest...
take the dogs for a walk...somehow the smell of warm dog poop always kills my appitite
try on to tight clothes...depression and frustration can either send you headlong into the freezer for a 'choco-taco' or make you vow to 'never eat again!'
chatrooms! I can't type and eat at the same time...why don't we have a chat???
anyway, I am sure there are a lot more. Please give me some more hints to get me motivated on this long and tedious journey to a new me.