Hi Friends,
This is my second week on Jenny Direct and I have done very well up to this point. Today I planned (with the jenny guide) to eat lunch out. I was successful and didn't overeat, but NOW I can't stop thiking about regular food or eating period. I am hungry. Any help will be very much appreciated. I know this must be a 'mind' thing. Jo

Jo,

My first week was the most difficult. Until my third week came! Ha! I'm now in my third week, and ever since I ate out, it is all I can think about. It's like I ate boxed and frozen food for two weeks and then I got a taste of something different and I couldn't stop wanting more. I, too, didn't overeat, but I keep looking for excuses to get off of the program food.

You are not alone in this. Right now, I literally take it hour by hour. I tell myself that I will eat this JC meal because I know it will help me reach my goal. When I crave foods, I do everything I can to get it off of my mind. I've played endless amounts of computer games, cleaned my house like never before, caught up with friends that I haven't spoken to in a long time...you get the picture.

I wish I could give you a magic solution, except that I'm sure it will go away. It went away my first week, when I thought I was going to die from starvation. I know this will too. But if you find a magic solution, please pass it along to me!

I wish I could find the magic solution. I find there are days that I have to go from minute to minute, and fight the beast. Other days are much easier... but there are times I'd rip Jenny's hair out piece by piece if there was a Peanut Butter Sandwich on the other side of her...

Just try and muddle through - it does work!

Thanks so much for your comments...sometimes I do feel like I am in this alone! It was good hearing how you cope...and that you take it hour by hour. I have been listening to a hypnosis tape that is supposed to change a person's desire to eat when not hungry.. ha ha ha the only thing it has done so far is to put me to sleep. I must have the wrong tape because the minute I hear the introduction, I am out like a light. Finally! the answer to insomnia ha ha ha, Jo

Jo - Do we have the same CD? I'm also glad to know that I'm not the only one to try hypnosis! I tried that before JC. Basically, I was out alot of money, but I, too, got a very helpful sleep method. It works great for sleeping, but not so much eating. Maybe he thought I was a sleepeater?

Oh, it is very much an hour-by-hour thing. And what MudMouse said about the peanut butter sandwich is so true. I literally laughed out loud.

Thank goodness it comes and goes, though. I couldn't live like this all of the time. I just try to remind myself of the bigger picture and what I want out of this. I even have my total weight loss posted up at work as "Tracy's number of the week" so that if people see me eating food that is bad for me they can call me on it. I am encouraging them to talk me out of bad choices.

Just remember what you started this for. Everytime I think about quitting or doing something stupid, I remind myself of all of the money I have poured into this. (I'm stingy!) And then I think of how much more I would have to spend to fix this bad choice. I have a ton of different ways to talk myself out of things. Most of the time they work. I said most. Not all. Ha ha.