@lostandtired It has gotten much easier to discipline myself, but it was REALLY hard at first to be like “okay I am at like a 7, so I need to stop”.
It helped to have some kind of control meal to help calibrate the scale. I eat the same breakfast everyday regardless of how “full” it makes me. After my bowl of milk and cereal, I stop eating and have to move on with my day or I’ll be late as fuck to work.i
used that post-meal feeling to be like “okay, this is what a 7 should feel like”.
At first, I had to physically leave the kitchen when I finished eating and do something else. If not, I would just nibble on other shit. I also made this rule that I cannot, under any circumstances, eat my kid’s food. That kid food will destroy you. Fucking pop tarts and macaroni and cheese. I’d suggest stocking your kitchen with only healthy foods, or less appealing, but necessary foods, that way you won’t feel tempted to snack. Like, who the hell wants to snack on bell peppers?