During the throws of the dieting portion of my journey people would comment on my weight loss and I would be quick to say, “It hasn’t been easy. I am ALWAYS hungry!” My daughter finally took offense to this and told me basically to shut up. “Mom, they are complementing you; don’t ruin it with a complaint!” My feeling was that I was sharing that dieting is not easy and one of the greatest sacrifices wasn’t all the ice cream and cookies I had to give up but rather the constant nagging hunger that filled my days.
I don’t know if others would agree but hunger was the defining feeling I had the entire year I dieted. And even today as I struggle to maintain the weight loss hunger is a close enemy. The difference is that I have learned better coping mechanisms.
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