The Beginning of My Journey

I've known about CRON for a while now. The first time I ever read about Roy Walford and his studies was a few years ago when I read Harvey Diamond's Fit for Life books. I am almost 20 years old and I decided to start on my CRON journey. I have, in the past couple years, been struggling with food addiction and bingeing and have, as a result, gained a lot of weight. I am 5 feet, 7 inches, and I weigh 170 pounds. Though the thought of weight loss attracts me to CRON, the thing I most like about it is that I will improve my health. I know I cannot go on stuffing myself till I'm sick and stay healthy. My body may be able to deal with it for a little while, but then, I'm going to end up in ill health. I also think that CRON will help me to get over my food addiction.

I am so excited and already feeling so much happier. This is the third day for me and I am so motivated to continue. I find that I'm not thinking about food nearly as much, nor do I want to eat apart from true hunger. I am able to enjoy other aspects of life so much more. Nature is more beautiful to me and my attitude is so much more optimistic. I am just so happy!!!

My only concern so far is that I am cutting calories too quickly. I think I need to be eating at least 1200 calories per day, but I just do not get hungry. Yesterday I ended up eating about 750 calories and today I'm doing a little better, but I'm not sure what to do because I don't want to eat when I'm not hungry. My metabolism is slowing down and this morning I was feeling rather weak, but I just don't get hungry. My body can feel satisfied for an insane amount of time on a small portion of food. This is not something new for me; it's been going on for a long time. I just don't get hungry like a normal person. Any advice would be appreciated.

Anyhow, I'm pretty healthy right now. My blood pressure is 112/80 and my cholesterol is 113. My blood pressure used to be 140/80 when I was 13 or 14, but it went down when I started eating healthier. I'm really excited to get even healthier and hopefully extend my lifespan. There's just so much I want to do on this earth!