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[quote=Anonymous]I've been thin (too skinny, really) my entire life and ate whatever and then premenopause hit, and wow, what an eye-opener!  I packed on 25-30 pounds very quickly because I kept to my old eating habits. I tried to slow it down by promising myself I would cut down on treats or junk food (never worked). Finally I made a sea change and stopped buying everything that I could never cut back on and counted calories, and stayed very strict and lost the extra weight. It was a lot easier to say "no chocolate" than to say "a tiny bit of chocolate every day" or "a chocolate bar twice a week" because I NEVER kept to those limits.

And I realize, I've always been that way, with everything that I like. I used to like to go to the casinos, but I wanted to stay and gamble the entire time, and all night. When I realized I was spending too much money on that, I just stopped altogether. I only want to watch old shows that have lots of seasons so I can binge them; I hate getting into shows that are once a week only. I used to have this hobby that was all-consuming; I cut it out entirely when I realized it was taking too much time/focus/money. Even something like a good book - I'm staying up all night to finish it instead of reading a little bit every day.

Back to my diet; I've lost the weight and truthfully could probably keep eating like this for a very long time, but want to have some leeway for small indulgences without opening the floodgates.

Is there a way to change my entire mindset to enjoy 'treats' (whether it be food or other things that are ok for once in a while but not ok as a constant activity). Thank goodness, I never got into heroin!  :lol: [/quote]

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