Cravings, how I live with them

Cravings ugh! I don't get them very often any more but when I do get them they are BAD but luckily not to the point where I want to rip the door off the pantry. From day 1 of my new lifestyle plan I made a pact with myself that I will focus on the what I can have and not on what I can't because I want to have positive thoughts on this journey and not focus on the negative otherwise, I will do what I always have, crashed and burned.

So with this in mind I created the '2 Day Craving Rule' where if I get a craving for something, I will tell myself 'yes you can have it BUT you have to wait two days'. So after two days if I still want it, then I'll have it, at least then I know that it's a genuine craving rather than a spur of the moment boredom filling binge!

So why two days?

- after two days, I usually don't want it any more

- I need to make sure it is in fact a craving

- I can work out a little harder to compensate should I do in fact satisfy my craving

Has it worked? yes, have I satisfied my cravings? yes I have (with positive thoughts) and usually I will only have a small amount because I'm satisfied that I even got a little.

This whole thing is such a mind trip and if you can sort out the mental side, everything else falls into place!