Since I am facing losing my band next week, I have to find a way to do it on my own. I would MUCH MUCH MUCH rather do it with the band, but that's just too bad. So, I'm going to have to suck it up, and be brutally honest with myself and my pre-band eating habits.

1. Being constantly hungry is NOT a license to eat a whole large deep dish pizza. Or a whole bucket of fried chicken. Or a whole casserole of lasagna.

2. Occasionally having a piece of pizza, or fried chicken, or lasagna is NOT the problem. However, if that doesn't satisfy my hunger, I will have to fill up on less calorically dense foods, like fruits, vegetables and lean Proteins if I want to maintain my weight loss.

3. I will NOT drink WITH my meals.

4. I will eat regularly, and not wait until I am STARVING and in a panic about food.

5. I will PLAN. I will PLAN. I will PLAN.. That means I will have nutritious food available for every meal. I will not fall into my prior bad habits of hitting fast food places and super-sizing because I never got around to making a lunch to take to work.

6. I will CHEW my food.

7. I will eat SLOWLY.

8. I will stop eating after 20 minutes.

9. I will find ways to distract myself from thoughts of food when I am not physically hungry.

10. I will NEVER DIET.

11. I will make nutritious choices 70% of the time.

12. When I have a bout of unstoppable hunger/cravings, I will satisfy my craving for any kind of food with ONE normal person serving. If I am still hungry I have permission from myself to eat as much vegetables, fruit and lean proteins as I can cram in there.

13. I will Water load before meals.

14. I will drink my gallon of water a day.

15. I will do a minimum of 20 minutes walking each day.

16. I will faithfully and frequently check-in with my beloved bandster buddies to receive the support, love and understanding that I will need, particularly when things are not going as well as planned.

17. I will practice using my emotional hunger tools, and revisit my eating addiction therapy tools often.

18. I will concentrate on HEALTH, not weight.

19. I will open myself to inspiration.

20. I will be gentle and loving with myself every step of the way.

Feel free to add things I may have missed!!

Did you do the master cleanse diet? I'm starting it next week hopefully.

I don't remember if it was called a master cleanse or not, I'm sorry to say. My juicing book has been long buried under who knows how many other books on the topic of weightloss, increasing your memory, visualizing your future, tapping into your psychic abilities, etc., etc.... lol

I haven't juice fasted in a while now, but have toyed with the idea of juicing one day a week.

I toy with lots of ideas. Implementation, however, is something I SUCK at... lol