Hi Raeofhope,
First of all congratulations losing on 10 lbs, that is great!!
I am no expert just telling you what worked for me. I had trouble at the beginning too and the only way I found to deal with it is this: don't worry about yesterday, that is too late, look forward to tomorrow. When I lost some weight i felt good about myself and did not watch what I ate for a couple of days and oops the pounds crawled back. Also I realized that I am human and can not be perfect (eat only the right things at the right time at right portions..etc) all the time and there will be days or weeks where it is going to be harder to lose or not lose at all. Just pick yourself up and go on and you will see more pounds coming off. Don't be too hard on yourself!! Look what you have accomplished so far!!
Have you started exercising? Walking is a great way to start, I walked for months on even ground and increased to hills and such. Exercising is a great way to take food off of your mind. Are you thinking about food because you are bored? Get up and get going doing whatever you like!
What helped me to say no to "no-no foods" is this : I started tracking how many calories I burn by walking. Let's see I walked 3 miles that is roughly 300 calories. Then I started looking at the labels of different foods for calorie content and started tracking that as well. Boy I was in for a shock!! 1 slice of cheese-cake(my favorite) can have 600-700 calories. i know how hard it was to burn that 300 calories and there was no way I was going to mess it up.
The other reason I was thinking about food a lot : I did not realize but I was not eating enough and my body was starving for nutritients. Do you eat enough? Have you started tracking your food intake ? Fitday.com is an excellent site to track your food intake and exercise routine.
Hope it helps, again I am no expert just sharing what worked for me.
Good luck to you, and I know you can do it. Just stick with it even if it seems hard, you will see the reward in the mirror in time.
Hajni

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