You've already lost 8lbs., way to go, you can so do this, I'm in the same boat as you except I have a lot more weight to lose, so believe me I know its hard, but for me in my experience after the first day i think it becomes a lot easier at least for me because this is how i think of it: okay first day if it gets hard and i screw up i say oh well ill start tomorrow its not like i accomplished anything yet, but if i can make it through that first day when i wake up on day two, i think well i accomplished my first day which was really hard and i don't want to screw up my triumphs so far. I don't know if any of this helped but I just wanted to give you encouragement because im starting today so i know how hard this has to be for you. but you can do it :):):):):):)