Fighting the urge for take out

I sometimes give in, but do it in a healthier way. Order pizza, but get light cheese and lots of veggies. Eat no more than two pieces. Freeze the rest.

It is okay to get take out. Try not to get more than a reasonable amount. Thinking you will have leftovers for another meal. Trust me. Just get the small or if you can get by the slice. Enjoy it, log it aqnd move on.

Congrats on the loss. Thgat is a great begining.

My first thought is that a low carb - high fat vegetarian diet would be pretty stinkin' restrictive...to the point that I would wonder if that's sustainable for any significant amount of time. This is a long haul kind of thing so you need to find a way to eat that you can sustain for a very long time, if not into perpetuity. Most vegetarians and vegans that I know eat relatively high carbohydrates given the plant based nature of the diet.

My second thought is that most people I know can easily fit some pizza into their calorie targets, particularly if it's not like some kind of everyday thing.

My third thought is that people tend to dive in and try to make whole sale changes to their dietary profile and nutrition over night...in five years here, I don't think I've ever seen that work. I've seen a lot more success when people make small changes over time and let things evolve during the process...and it's a long process.

I eat a pretty nutritious and balanced diet...I still eat pizza probably every couple of weeks...I still go out for pub grub about one per month...these things don't somehow undo everything else I'm doing...what I'm doing most of the time is what matters.

While i do commend you on your efforts to monitor your prediabetes diagnosis, here is a couple of things for thought.

Your A1C will improve drastically simply with weight loss. You are in the prediabetes stage which is just dancing with being diabetic so thats a good sign and a good place to start taking it seriously. However, my above post still stands.. When i was losing weight, i was insulin dependent and i am a carb lover, low carb is not who i am, but i knew that i had a better chance of getting rid of the weight that was the reason i had diabetes by eating in a way that i could sustain, which included, eating pizza. Which is why i said, i would much rather just get that slice of pizza then constantly battle myself and eventually cave and end up eating an entire pizza as a result.

So far most of your support was generally the same answer i gave.. i guess the only answer would be.. just fight the urge, go home and cook.

Ideally those are the only real alternatives here, right? either eating out or going home and cooking and ignoring the urge. I think people need to realize that support comes in many forms also. The advice i am giving you is coming from a 3+ year verteran who lost 165 pounds and kicked diabetes *kitten* to the curb. My support comes from a place more long term because from my experience these 2 week intervals are often just struggles people thrust upon themselves in the view of a jump start to their journey. But.. perhaps a newer person would be more suited for advice here, so best wishes!