BUT I'm STILL hungry!!!!

Ok, if you're like me, you gained weight because you ate to much and didn't exercise enough.

One of my favorite meals was a whopper with cheese, king size fries and a diet coke.

First, before I go much further on the point of this post, I would like to point something out that most people do not know! That meal ALONE, even though I had a diet coke, is enough calories for an entire day! YES! I did not know that until I started weight watchers several years ago after my second baby and they came out with the fast food companion that listed the points values for the burger king menu.
18 points for the whoper by it's self. 9 more for the fries. OMG! No wonder I had gained weight! If you figure that I get 22 points for an entire day on Weight Watchers, and you add up the points just for that lunch that is 27 points. That was way over my daily points allowance. And to lose weight you must stay within your points range. That was ONE meal, not adding up what I had for breakfast, snacks and dinner. It made me realize where the weight gaine was coming from.
I always wondered " how am gaining weight I really don't eat that much" True, I didn't eat that much in portion sizes, but I ate alot of high calorie, high fat and sugary foods and with that a little is ALOT.

So the point to this post... When we first start cutting back and eating healthier and better foods, one of the biggest complaints from the typical dieter is "I'm still hungry". We got used to eating more, larger portions and our stomachs had stretched out. So we feel hungrier and think we need more food to fill us up. Truth be told, we don't. And this is where the first few weeks of getting used to eating right is essential.

As I mentioned, I used to be able to eat an entire whopper with a king size french fry. I don't eat fast food hardley ever anymore. We eat out as a treat like once a month and I cook at home. But I noticed the last time we went to burger king, I got my usual. Whopper w/ cheese and king sized fries.

Half way through the whopper and half way through the fries I was full and couldn't eat another bite. My stomach had gotten used to eating smaller portions and I couldn't finish the value meal. It does take time and it is hard to get used to, but with persistance and motovation.... determination not to give in to the munchy monster and reaching for heatlhier things rather than the other stuff, we get used to it.

believe it or not, sticking with a regimen of eating heatlhier and avoiding alot of fast food, sugary and greasy stuff, eventually it won't even sound good anymore.

We used to eat alot of pizzas, hamburgers , fried chicken. In the last six months that we have not and only eaten out on average once every month or two tops, I see the advertisments on tv for the big and juicy burgers they say.... I think they look big and greasy and it doesn't even remotely sound good anymore.

Over time, watching your diet and eating smaller portions, your body will adjust too.

Just remember this stuff doesn't happen over night. It takes a little for your body to get used to all of the changes and it will fight against you. You just have to be tougher. ;)