Meals - Week 13

I have cut out the nuts/fruit mix as a snack, at a 180 calories per handful i have figured their are better ways to 'spend' those calories over the course of the day than this, i have replaced the nuts with all bran/bran flakes or cracked wheat bread toasted,

I have been struggling though, i am still addicted to food, but i am meticulously keeping my food diary up to date and by making sure i am topping 2100 calories per day during the working week and a little bit more on the weekends (roughly +/- 2300) i am still losing weight and fat and at the same time i can feel my muscles strengthening especially in my legs and arms.

When i say i am struggling i still walk into the kitchen mostly on an evening a stare forlornly at the biscuit tin or visualize a cheese and pickle sandwich, the smell of pizza straight out of the oven still gets to me, i still have to stop myself from ordering a dessert at a restaurant or grabbing an extra piece of bread from the basket on the table... I am missing steaming hot sausage rolls the most, nothing like buying a sausage roll and nuking it in the microwave until too hot to eat and demolishing it when the temp drops a little, however i am not craving sugar, it is a long long time since i had a coke or a chocolate bar, i can also sit and eat a meal served with chips and not even think about touching them, i am enjoying my 2 fruit a day, the high fibre items and for me it is a natural instinct now to reach for the water at any given opportunity, i have raised my water intake from 2 to 3 litres a day now and although i pee every hour my skin feels amazing.  I think the reason my cravings are not as intense is due to the fact that my diet is balanced correctly, my protein, carb and fat intake is within the recommended guidelines set out by various health authorities.

I think i will always struggle with food and by finally admitting to myself i am a food addict and treating my addiction like any other i am now in a happy place and content with the fact that i am keeping the addiction under control, taking every day one step at a time and not losing site of the end game which gets closer as every week goes by.