whoa...I haven't updated this in a while
Day 17, 18, 19, 20 - As far as the waking up at 6:00am and staying awake..nope. Tonight I'll go to bed on time and see if I can at least wake up tomorrow at 6 and stay awake.
Visualization has been great as usual.
As far as cutting out the processed starches, foods with refined sugars, and cheese, it was going great until after I posted a blog entry yesterday (Day 19). After that I just went crazy eating all the above non-stop. It's kind of disappointing because I had some new blog material. I had post titles like "The End of Overeating" or "Life Without the Processed Crap" in mind. Guess that'll have to wait.
I'm pretty sure I know why I did it though.
About 2 weeks ago, I decided to visit some relatives and stay with them up until yesterday. I didn't think that would really have an effect but it did.
The processed breads and pastas, the sugar-filled foods, and cheese always gave me the urge to overeat. Since I cut that out of my diet I haven't had that urge at all. The food I've been eating for the majority of this trial just doesn't have that influence on me. Well, since food isn't on my mind all the time like it used to be, I ended up not eating enough so I would be hungry a lot. It was unintentional, but the effect was still the same. When I came back home, I was in a very hungry state and all the foods I had cut out are here (at my relatives they didn't have these foods) and I wasn't prepared.
Lesson learned - If you're going to make a diet change, be prepared and make sure you're eating enough so your hunger doesn't make the decisions for you.