Withdrawls

I've been trying to cut back on our fast food consumption over the fast few weeks. See, the problem is that McDonald's, Wendys, Taco Bell, Sonic, Jimmy John's, and probably a dozen more restraunts and fast food joints are within a block to a block and a half from where we live. But then I buy groceries on top of going out to eat. We have a fairly busy schedule, so usually on the way home, fast food trumps any dinner I have planned unless it is a crock pot dinner. And it has been so hot here lately that I haven't wanted to entertain the idea of any kind of food until I am ravenous and can eat a whole entire cow! Well, anyway, so I saw how much money I was spending on food, fast food in general, then I tried to put on a pair of my jeans from last fall and could barely get them up my thighs, so I decided it was time to eat more healthy and at home. It has been two weeks and I almost have another pay check's worth of money at the end, but today I was feeling really awful. I had a headache that I couldn't get rid of, no food tasted any good, my stomach was really gurglely(if that is a word). So when I went to take The Boy to his therapy appointment we stopped at McDonald's and I got a small hamburger and a small pop. INSTANTLY I felt MUCH better! It's crazy how dependant my body has become on food with high sodium content and preservatives. Not to mention fat. I tried cutting out sugar too, but when I found myself crouched in front of the pantry at 3 in the morning snarfing down marshmallows from the bag because it was the only sugary treat we had , I realized that I had hit an all time new low and that a little sugar isn't that bad for me.