From Cocoon to butterfly

I have been so struggling against mindless munching for a while here. Did not know what was wrong with me and it worried me a lot. Fact is, I even thought about just takinga  meal off and eating some dumplings. Eek! But then my husband came up with an idea, maybe I needed more salt so I added a little salt in my food (I try not to use much) and it was almost an instant cure. I felt much better and the cravings went away. So, you ask, why does cravings equal success. Well, it was a really strange thing but I weighed in on Sat. and only lost 2.2 pounds. Then wehn I weighed in on Monday, I had lost 3.5! I ate the same way except for some salt so this has me thinking a little. Perhaps the cravings are caused by different things but I think this time it meant my metobolism was speeding up (good thing becuase it is like a granny driving, that slow!) and I was hungry because my body was using up more fat. That is a great thing! After weighing in and seeing that, it made me feel great! It also made me think how worth it it was to resist the feeling to eat, I was repayed in bulk for not doing that so I feel so much better. All the skirts that I bought in America in Feb. are all getting too big now. That feels even better! That means I am really losing weight! But it also means I need to get them taken in. I only have a few skirts that are going to fit me now. I threw out all my clothes last time I got to 150 so that means I have some work to do to get there again but I am waiting and hoping, hoping and waiting. I guess it is like being in the military. Just when youf eel you can’t go any longer, you are pushed the the max, then success comes to you. Soldiers have to work for what they go. Running every day to build endurance, going through all types of races and such to build speed, doing many things to get ready. At first, they feel exhausted and that they don’t know how to go from one day to the next but they keep pushing because the training will result in….. Success! After the training continues, it gets easier, the feeling of it. Body gets toughened., faster and stronger. That is how we must face things. At first, we are just so excited about losing weight but day after day, it gets grueling. But if we keep it up, practicing good eating, not giving into cravings, we become stronger, better and tougher. We know by keeping it up we will find …. dare we say it… success! So, when times get tough, remember we are in boot camp right now. If we instantly grad. from boot camp without learning anything or becoming stronger, when real opposition comes (living at goal) we will fall every time and be killed (gained it all back)