I just made a post (postdated to yesterday) - I Am Still Here! Here are some important takeaways. Not only did I survive but I came in about 600 calories under my goal! Additionally, I came in 1,000 calories under my goal (insurance calories for Thanksgiving) the previous day.
Long story short - I would have still hit my 2 day net calorie goal if I consumed an additional 1,600 calories. Let's see - pumpkin pie - 380 calories, cherry pie - 380 calories, another chicken pot pie - 400 calories - those three total 1,160 which still leaves 440 calories. This thing is, I didn't feel like eating those so I didn't. I looked at pumpkin pie and cherry pie sitting out all day as well as when everyone was eating them. No willpower was required on my part - I didn't have to fight the craving/desire to eat them. I did not even have a craving/desire to eat them.
The hardest part for me in eating healthy is to program/rewire my brain to not want to eat stuff like potato chips, ice cream, french fries, etc. It generally takes me 2 years to reach that point. Hopefully, I have reached it. It's difficult if not impossible to lose weight when you to have to consciously tell yourself to not eat stuff that you really want to eat!
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