Sometimes moderation just isn't even worth it..

HugeBum wrote: »

I agree- all the people on here who are like "fit the food you love into your goals" if you're happy to eat a sliver of pizza and a teaspoon of ice cream, well done, but I find it hard to work in a reasonable amount to satisfy, given how unfilling these foods generally are. I find it easier to avoid them altogether because I am just not a person who does anything by halfs.

Sliver? Teaspoon? Da eff pizzas and icecream are you buying lol. I can buy a 6 slice pizza and it will last me 2-3 days. I'll have a few spoons (60-70g) of icecream easy, which is a much more reasonable portion than my old portion of "half the tub"!. I also made brownies recently, from a box. So there were no "healthy" low-cal substitutions, just lots of oil (instead of butter since we don't have butter on hand), chocolate chips, and fatty carby goodness. It made 12 small slices (although I weighed each slice as a serving since htey weren't all the same size) and it lasted me maybe a week or longer? There were a few days where I easily ate 400 calories of brownie because that's just what I really craved. I actually ate the majority of the mix within 4 days haha. In the grand scheme, one day of eating way more than I probably should (still within my calories) isn't a big deal, even if I"m eating this stuff daily since the rest of my dietary context is generally quite varied.

But.. I've gotten used to eating reasonable portions of ALL foods I love. I also have to moderate fruit, like grapes and pomegranates. So instead of eating 2-3 pomegranates or a whole bag of grapes in a day, I'll eat half or a whole pomegranate and only a few handfuls of grapes or less. But they are all still worth eating in those smaller portions. I also dunno what kind of pizza you're buying that can only be enjoyed in such a tiny amount in order to stay at your calorie needs. I had to portion out my desired sloppy joe intake last night too, I easily could have eaten way more than I did haha.

usmcmp wrote: »

I think a big part of this process and moderation is adjusting our mentality of what a portion is. Sure, a small piece is not nearly as satisfying as a large piece. To me a small piece is better than nothing. Two slices of pizza is not nearly as satisfying as an entire pizza, but two slices is better than nothing. Planning those treats in advance helps you prepare for the amount you will be eating and it will make it more satisfying.

My portions were always "fill the entire plate and make sure it's a nice huge rounded portion"... so yeah haha. And even if you don't plan, its usually not hard to fit it in. At least it hasn't for me, but I also tend to have up to half of my calories left over for the afternoon and evening, so that helps. Or you can easily plan in advance to eat that whole pizza or half - for my birthday I planned in advance to log a 700+ calorie individual pizza. But if I don't log that in advance I can still just half 1/4 or half of that pizza and have the rest as leftovers. Maybe that's another thing that helps me... if I can't have as much as I want today, then I'll just keep eating it the next day until I'm satisfied. The smaller portions seem to be just fine for me though regarding satisfaction, I only just finished a 15-piece box of these beauties that I got almost 2 months ago (and the normal ones are like 2-3x bigger):