Originally Posted by etofhb

However I’ve developed a little psychical/psychological trick along these lines. Promise not to laugh? Okay on my mantel below the TV I have 1 gallon bottles of water, each weighing 8.8lbs. I fill the bottles equal to the amount of weight I lose. I weigh once a week and adjust them accordingly, this does two things for me. First it motivates me to fill up another bottle and second, when I’m feeling the urge to revert to my old eating patterns I pick them all up and carry them around a bit to remind myself “Do I want to go bake to this?”

Keep in mind fat is less dense than water so you know visually that you have lost more size in fat than what you see as water. Of course for the believers your subconscious hasn’t lost anything, it on the mantel!

“I SAID NO LAUGHING!!!”

Good Luck, I'm certain you will get through this!