On topic: I drink pretty much only water & protein shakes. That’s it. So, I got tired of that & started having a beer every once in a while. In order to maintain a balance, I now have beer on my ‘cheat days’. Since I’m a little larger in size than the normal folk, I can have 6-8 during the day & not feel any effects (I don’t get drunk, period, much less catch a ‘buzz’. Nothing against anyone doing it & I’ve done it plenty, I just think that Jesus feels it to be a sin and there’s no talking me out of it, so there). Let me tell you, I now crave that beer almost as much as my coveted ice-cream, buddy.

I wish it were that simple Ricky. I could eat a chicken breat, bone, marrow, feathers and all and still be hungry. It is a mental thing with me. Of that I am sure. I am never satisfied no matter when I eat or how much. The longer I do this the more I realize that it is more mental than it is physical.

I quit drinking alcohol because I could never regulate how much I would drink. The only way I could make it work was to quit completely. So I did.

I can’t quit eating completely and eating reasonably tends to be as hard for me as drinking reasonably was. When it comes to destructive habits I am a person of excess.

But I am working it out. If you ever kick off your nutrition blog give me a shout. I’ll be right over there.

****But even after 8 months it still seems like I am hungry all of the time.****

Then, eat. Throw a chicken breast on the grill, cook it & then eat it.

Part of my strategy has been to set my goal so low that I will never reach it. That way I am on a never ending weight loss program. By not ever reaching my goal I hope to never start gaining weight back.

Even though I know this will never get easier I just hope that someday it becomes tolerable.

The closer you get to your goal, the slower it goes, but that’s ok, because this isn’t a race… What are you going to do when you get there? Go back to your old ways? I don’t think so. So, you might as well settle in for the long haul. No hurry.

You rock!