Day 3

As I'm driving to school this morning I could not stop thinking about how badly I wanted an egg McMuffin.  And this was AFTER I had already eaten breakfast.  Now I know its only been three days but I wish these intense cravings would go away.    I've always wondering if hypnotherapy would work. At this point, I would definitely try it.  Maybe I should try some aversion therapy.  I bet I could scrounge up a rubberband somewhere in my house and snap it on my wrist. I'm using this nifty app called My Fitness Pal to record my food intake and exercise.  I like it because it doesn't just show me the calories but the sodium, cholesterol, sugars, protein, etc. Which brings me to my current train of thought.  It is so very difficult and expensive to eat well in this country.  I now know that I need to purchase as much frozen veggies as possible.  Canned is ridiculously bad sodium wise. And there is sugar in everything!  I love cold cereal, always have.  But I'm going to have to pick my battles with that too.  I've already determined that I will have to make my own oatmeal.  The stuff in the packets (that I also love) is not even remotely healthy.  It is no wonder this country has an obesity epidemic.  It is so easy to eat those so called "convenience foods".  It guess the saying "if its too good to be true" could accurately describe this phenomenon.  My sister has my bread machine and I think I will try my hand at bread making soon.  I've also become this obsessive label reader.  I don't think this is bad but more often than not I put the product back on the shelf.  I could go on and on about the food issues in this country but I think I'll save this for another day as it only depresses me.  I felt pretty good today and I don't want to ruin it.  I couldn't help myself this morning and stepped on the scale.  I've lost 3 pounds so far, which undoubtedly influenced my positive mood! I walked my normal route around campus, stepping up the pace a little more.  Of course I also took the stairs to the fifth level of the parking garage.  I'll be glad when I start to get into shape!  And to all my lovelies who read this and shower me with your support, you mean the world to me!  I couldn't do it without you guys and I wouldn't want to!