@MetabolismLost I find my desire for alcohol (or rather the lack of desire) is one of the biggest surprises and the biggest benefit of MJ. Far too often I would start a diet with great enthusiasm only to find that a few glasses of wine would undo the good, and make it worse. Not only is alcohol full of empty calories but drinking also had me reaching for fatty carby snacks, and the morning after looking for sugar and carbs and caffeine to make me feel better.
Now I am so less tempted to even open a bottle. Sometimes I have half a glass and simply don't enjoy it and do not want any more. And when I have had a couple of glasses I've founded is easier to stop, walk away, and choose a glass of water, rather than insisting the more bottles are opened. What a difference! And hopefully a big improvement for my health.