Things I have learned from dieting

1) It's really freaking hard.
2) I find myself thinking about food CONSTANTLY.  It's very irritating.  If i'm not wondering how I could have cut calories better in the last meal, I'm planning the next one. I feel seriously one track minded.
3) Drinking water makes it easiER (it's still freaking hard) but it means I have to go pee every like 30 minutes.
4) Dieting (and let's be honest here, I'm not going to stick to a fad diet.  Just not going to happen) really means making a long term change in my life.  I have to retrain my brain and my body to like different foods and to have different comfort mechanisms.  It's about changing my entire relationship with food.  Food does not like to be broken up with.