Three days in a row!

Three days in a row! Since Monday I have been on a roll. The goal of simply cutting out the junk food is so working. I have not gone over my calorie limit in three days. My daily treat allowance budget of either pretzels with a sugar-free pudding or pretzels with a frozen fruit pop has not been exceeded. I took my snack consumption down from 1000-3000 calories a day to less than 200 calories a day. I do enjoy mini meals high in protein. I have noticed that by making sure I am eating my protein at every meal I am far less hungry. When I eat the small meals, breakfast, lunch and dinner with a treat and a mini meal after dinner I still come under 1000 calories a day even though I am eating way more food. The difference is that I have shifted the balance of the quality of calories I consume from empty calories to healthy calories. I eat more real food and less junk food. Before 90% of my calorie intake was from junk food. I would easily eat 1000 calories worth of junk. I eat no junk now and even my treat meal is only 10% of my daily calories. I am learning that in order to keep this up I will have to exercise my endurance muscles and continue to stick to my healthy plan knowing that today's work will lead to tomorrow's victory. CLM