Pain, get ready for it.
The faster you accept it, the better you mind is attuned to face it.
What I show my students 1 week ago, before I start my intensive revision.
In order not to feel guilty, I decided to do something too. I like to take little snacks to treat myself as comfort items. I sometimes go out of my workplace to have lunch, have a good breakfast, buy some snacks to eat before I start the afternoon session of work.
Now, for the past week, every time I feel like buying the "Gong Cha" for a snack, feel like getting roti prata for breakfast before I go to work, feel like having lunch out, I reminded myself, I am not even facing pain, I am just fighting craving.
Almost a week, so far, so good, although the money saved is not significant, guess my body is ......