Weight a Minute!

My doc told me today to lose weight! Duh, I know! She told me that possibly some of the issues I'm dealing with are related to my excess weight. HMMM....ya think? I gave her a good reply. Nope. I don't exercise much. I don't always eat right. However, I AM working on my self-control. Blank look and a scribble on my medical chart-"delusional and mentally unstable.."
No, I'm really just kidding, but I was so relieved to have someone I trust speak truth to me. People who love me lie to me. I get that, but helloooooo, I don't want to die of heart disease and diabetes here. Give it to me straight, I can take it. I laugh when I say that, really, because no one can really influence you if you don't want to be influenced! If someone speaks the truth to you and you're not ready to hear it or you don't acknowledge it, you are in deep doo doo for sure!
I already have the power of self-control within me. I now have to exert it. That can only be done by me and God alone.
So, here's my experiment, and feel free to give it a whirl. I want to know what it feels like to be hungry, really hungry. My body is so used to getting multiple snacks that it doesn't know what hunger feels like. From now on, I will wait for my body to tell me it is hungry, then I will eat. No more taking cues from TV commercials for KFC, ads for donuts, snacks at every church function, or anyone else's influence for that matter.
I will find out for myself what I am made of. This is not willpower at all. This is just healthy, smart thinking. I don't need willpower. I need a true application of self-control.
I am an overweight woman on a mission. This could get ugly. Maybe I'll do it on a weekend.....