love love love love love the blog support... its so awesome !!!!  12 lbs to go till I'm at my goal.  Merry Christmas everyone and happy life style choices through-out the season !.

that having a full stomach and my vivid imagination has stopped me from cheating !!!  I have baked and baked and baked, gone to 7 parties, 2 cookie exchanges... and have not cheated !!!  I am so pleased and proud of myself... I will say that I have eaten my supper as early as 4:00 to ensure that I won't slip and told everyone who will listen that I'm on a strict diet (support support support - plus it would be embarassing having them see you cheat right after you made the announcement)... but if it works, go for it.  5 more days to get through and then the parties and yummy looking treats and wonderful cocktails should all be gone.. amen.

I learnt this from a hypnotist... if you have a 'weak' food (trigger food) or if there are food items around that are not healthy (cookies, high calorie foods that aren't on program)... try imaging those foods are loaded with bugs... maggots, flys, worms... whatever works.  So everytime you think of the trigger food also force your mind to think of maggots coming living in the food.  It will work, eventually (and for me it was sooner then later) your mind will associate that food with that visual and you will be turned off from eating it.  I associate mixed nuts with maggots... my visual is a large plastic container of mixed nuts (the ones from costco) and when I look into the nuts there are maggots crawling around.... needless to say I no longer have a weakness for nuts.  Currently I am imaging the Christmas baking with worms living inside of each treat (ugg and yuk).  Give it a try and hopefully it will help you get through the holiday season !!!

14 lbs gone forever... 18 more to go till I reach goal !!!  Still going strong, loving the food, exercising lots, living the lifestyle... looking forward to goal as I know know it is obtainable.  Have a wonderful day everyone.

So... here's my question/story.  I've been sticking to program 100%, no issues.  Haven't been hungry or a feeing of deprived.  I exercise about 1 hour in the mornings 6x's a week (eliptical & weight lifting then my cross training is treadmill and power plate) I golf about 4 - 5 times a week (with a golf cart) and I try to walk everyplace as much as possible.  I drink tons of water (way more then the 8 glasses).  I have been on the program 21 days and have lost 10 lbs (I'm trilled with that - my goal is another 20).  I eat all the food I am suppose to so thats not an issue.  I have had 3 super hungry days.  2 were a couple of days ago... which I survived... and today was a hungry day.  So... I had my normal breaky at around 7 am... by 10 I was starved so I had a lunch bar... I ate my lunch at 11:30, then golfed and ate asa I was done the golf game at 5 (forgot to pack my snack) then I ate my dessert right after.  I am fine (not hungry now).... my calorie intake for the day is just shy of the 1200.  SO MY QUESTION IS... I didn't have my afternoon snack... should I still be having it tonight before I go to bed... or does my calorie count for the day suffice for my afternoon snack ???  I don't need it but I'm wondering if I should have it anyway???  I tried to listen to my body this morning, I was hungry... I ate... during golf I wasn't hungry so I didn't go looking for a make shift snack.  Any help, thoughts would be appreciate...

Wow... don't know where it came from as I have never been hungry like I was (I'm thinking some evil force wanted me to cheat... I fooled them I didn't).  Anyway, I kept telling myself tommorrow (meaning today) I won't be hungry and it won't kill me to feel alittle hungry (positive reinforcement like crazy - tried to trick myself)... and I woke up and I wasn't hungry.  Whew... stuck to the plan and I feel so good about staying on the program.  Yay me !!  Today I'm back to normal... happy, full and content with NS. 

and OMG I'M HUNGRY and kinda sorta tired.... first time since starting the program !!!  wow... been hungry yesterday and today.  I started drinking lemon water and am wondering if that is why either that or its the soon to arrive... well lets just say men are pretty darn lucky.  Not to worry though as I am in control and there is no way in h#ll I will cheat !!!  Feeling in control feels way better then feeling fat.  So here's to counting the 2 hours before I can eat supper and looking forward to not being hungry tomorrow (i'm hoping)... thank god for the blogs I'm gonna read everyones happy stories to get my mind off of hunger.

lost 1.8 pounds this week... and I`ll happily take it.  Total of just over 7 lbs since I started weighing myself but probably closer to 10 since I started the program.   Day 24, start of a new week !!!

Anxiously awaiting bed-time so I can get up in the morning and jump on the scale !!!  Sick I know, as much as I hate being 'tied' to the scale I love jumping on it to see how I've done this week... regardless I will measure my success based on how I feel.  AND... I feel good na na na na na and I knew that I would.  Ok so being warped is also singing in your brain/head while your typing your blog.  ;-)

And I still feel great and in control.... I absolutely love this program.  I sucessfully conquered shopping with the girls for the day, having suppers at friends houses, happy hours and a tad bit of  boredom.  I don't know where this inner strength and control comes from but I can tell you now that I found it I will never let it go... every day, every minute, every meal that I eat the NS way gives me added control...feeling this good feels way better then feeling overweight and all the bad feelings that come with that.  And I'm even ok with the 6 lb loss (actually I'm thrilled... when I started I thought I'd be down at least 10 by now).  This tells me I must be learning to control my obsession with the scale and not allowing it to influence me!  Yay Me !!