How to balance heart healthy diet with weight loss diet for stubborn foodie

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here,

Thank you SO much to all the PPs. I think there are some really valuable responses here and I think already I am tuning into what I need to do.

My takeaways: I have to reduce my portions. Cook more at home. Exercise more/weight train. (I do exercise but not enough!) And go back to tracking my food.

And, a really big thank you to 13:58 for those thought questions. I do need to re-evaluate these things and congratulations on your weight loss! Your questions about other sources of pleasure resonated with me and I need to find other sources. My life is stressful right now so time is short for the things I want to do for myself. And, if I am honest with myself, being a foodie is starting to feel too stressful. Too many choices get overwhelming and if I eat more simply at home I will save time in the decision making process.

And fwiw, I do cook healthy foods. I have above average cooking skills and like a variety of healthy foods. I think after 2-3 nights of healthy dinners I get fatigued and bored. But I will figure out how to push past this. Part of the problem is being a short order cook for the rest of my family--picky eaters, sensory issues, etc and this contributes to my burnout. I am actually in the kitchen all the time!

13:58 here. xoxo to you, OP.