When I started on WW in mid-July, I felt hungry all the time! I ate carrots
(not over the daily limit) until I felt like a rabbit. It took a while to
figure out what I could eat that would fill me up, leave me satisfied, and
leave points for chocolate and beer - 2 things I am unwilling to give up.

Through constant journaling, I learned how to juggle things. One of my
favorite lunches this summer (when fresh produce was tasty and abundant) was
half a whole wheat pita, with 1/4 c hummus (doesn't sound like much, but it
is enough), stuffed with lettuce, tomato, onion, sprouts. That really filled
me up in the middle of the day!

Now, 3 1/2 months and 23 pounds later, I easily have points to play with
each day. Sometimes, I look at my journal and say "oh, I must eat another 2
points" to make the minimum of 20. This makes my DH laugh, and I love it!

Yes, it was tricky at first. Yes, I did feel hungry many days. Yes, it got
easier. Yes, I'm glad I'm doing it!!!

Hang in there, Amanda! It's not a short trip, but it's the journey of a
lifetime! :-)

--
Wendy
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"Amanda" wrote in message
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OK,

After four days, I am nowhere near the allotted points yet, as I'm
unwilling to
start feeling deprived because honestly, it kicks up all sorts of
unhealthy and
wacky emotional stuff for me, and I end up eating more, not less. This
has got
to be fun, and feel good, or forget it, I'm better off not playing with
dieting
fire at all -- too dangerous, I don't want to get bigger!

I'm really testing to see if this is something I can use to GENTLY and
SLOWLY
retrain myself, to be nicer to myself. I honestly have no clue about
portion
sizes, I can see that.

People asked me to post my day's "menus", ha ha ha, I'm still just
haphazardly
grazing through what was already here (like 2 large Papa John's pizzas
laying
around from Friday night -- not a common event) and doing what I'd
normally do,
*but* keeping an eye on portions.

As the days have gone by, I've been playing a little with the portions,
paring
them down to whatever "one" WW serving size is, and seeing when I feel
hungry
again.

With that, here's a telling trend -- these are "Flex Points Spent" per
day,
from day one through today (if I just eat what I plan to eat):
26.5 (pizza)
21 (out with friends, ordered the duck)
16.5
12

I am about to go make my dinner, again, keeping the portions down, but
eating
what's here/what I want to eat. I'm VERY hungry, it's almost alarming,
it's
like I don't know what it feels like, ha ha ha. Hopefully dinner will be
satisfying (steak, potatoes, corn) and I won't need a snack. Gotta go to
the
store and get some bananas and apples. :-)

Slowly getting the point...
Amanda the
~dietphobic
TDC Ginny Favers, Captive Princess of Chickapin Hill
Planning my next trip way, way, way too far in advance:
12/03 - Villas at Wilderness Lodge & Animal Kingdom Lodge
Summer '05 - Disneyland
Trip Reports at http://www.ginnyfavers.blogspot.com