... I know I need to do this for my health.
Right on! If you want to put things into perspective, Google "hunger" or check out the Wikipedia entry on that word. Only a small number of us in the "First World" have ever actually felt "real hunger" -- although, shameful to say, it does still exist among some of our deprived populations.
Real hunger, apparently, first manifests when you get sharp and painful cramps in the stomach. It all goes downhill from there, unless you eat something....
I don't know if this helps. Perhaps it does the opposite, but it did help me when I was feeling very hungry a few months ago upon starting this diet!