How I Lost 13 Pounds In A Year-- Day 2

Today I continue with my next major change that helped me re-vamp my diet and thus, my waistline.

Today's Change: No more late-night pizza!

I had developed a very bad habit of staying up late with Eric and ordering Papa John's when we got cravings for junk food. It got to the point where we ate pizza about once a week, either for dinner or late at night. With both of our jobs bringing us home around 7 each night, we weren't eating until 8 or later and pizza was a very easy fall-back. However, we knew it was starting to really get to us, so we set a goal: no pizza whatsoever for a month. After a month and a half, we realized that we had easily reached our goal, and now we order pizza maybe once every two months. Instead of pepperoni and cheesy bread, we try to order margherita or BBQ chicken with no additional bread. This way we get plenty of flavor and not as much grease.

We also started making pizzas at home using Pillsbury dough. It was much cheaper and healthier, with much less grease. And it was fun-- we would make a delicious salad and have some wine and turn our pizza nights from late-night junk nights into fun date nights!

See if you can do it: Give up pizza (or whatever your major food crux is) for a month and see what you feel like. Do you still need it? Can you satisfy your craving in another creative, healthier way?