I just finished the Eat Drink and Be Skinny kickstarter game and successfully lost 4%. I absolutely love Teresa Marie! She is so motivating and I love everything she puts out there - check her stuff out! She actually responds to her emails too! Such a powerful force to have on your side! She's real and down-to-earth and actually makes this whole thing fun. (www.eatdrinkandbeskinny.com) Well, I'm so happy that I stuck with it, even when I thought I was going to fail. I submitted unofficial weigh-ins to keep myself accountable, even when there was an increase. Most of all, I participated in the game! I posted stuff and liked things and stayed in the game every single day. If there was a link about fitness, I read it. If there was a question asked, I answered with my opinion. For me, it's so important to BE IN THE GAME!
I found myself counting down the days until the end so I could pig out, but when that time came, my splurge ended up being much better than I expected. I found that by the end of the 28 days, I didn't want to eat a huge bowl of ice cream or alfredo or something super rich like that because I was thinking about how it was going to give me a stomach ache and set me on a path of unfounded cravings. I ended up splurging on pasta... two servings of regular angel hair pasta. It was delicious, but since I had stuffed myself to the brim, I felt like crap. It was a reminder to stay on track with the healthy changes I'd made and that's what pushed me join this transformer game.
You know what else I learned in that kickstarter game? That I won't die if I skip the oreos at the office... That if I skip the crap snack and just go to bed, I'm not going to starve to death in the night... That the oreos don't satisfy the craving because I'm not craving food at all. I'm actually craving more sleep and more health and more love and more acceptance and more time with my family and more time outside and, and and... it's not food at all. Don't forget that.