1 week post cleanse - victories and challenges

Slowly but surely I seem to be getting better at dealing with my diet/food issues. Here's a summary of my post cleanse week:

I've always done an accelerated break so this week I did a break properly for 3 1/2 days before adding anything in. I did very well for that although I should've gone longer then 3 1/2 days I think since my cleanse was 14 days, not 10. Still, it's progres..

One challenge and mess-up was Saturday, the first day I went back to some bad food habits and there seemed to be opportunities for cookies all day. I had cookies several times! I broke last Monday. But, up to Friday night, was feeling in control. Sunday I ate healthy but did overeat with healthy food Sunday night. I was also very upset. Eating doesn't seem to sooth me but since I was stressed, I was feeling a little apathetic and reckless about my habits. At least it wasn't junk food.

The biggest victory is that I'm getting more in a habit of stopping when I want to eat and noticing whether my body wants it or not...and sometimes saying no to the idea of eating if my body doesn't actually want it. I need to make this into a HABIT but I've done it most of the time since my cleanse. This morning I'm too full. The habitual part of me wants to go snack but I want to wait until I'm hungry. I find myself wishing I was hungry more often or quicker so I can eat. Funny, huh? But it's good that I'm becoming more aware of these things as I try to continue doing what I did on the cleanse and the break which is to wait until I'm hungry then eat.

For some people it's good to plan out healthy food so they don't eat junk but if I plan having some food that I like I find myself waiting to eat it. So this is something that I'm trying to work into a habit and I think I'm making progress. We'll see how thing work out - the next few weeks are vital but so far it seems each cleanse helps me get one step closer to good eating habits.