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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Start cooking for yourself more.  I focus on proteins and lots of yummy veggies with various spices and condiments to create the flavor profiles you like.  Eg, check out Brooklyn Dehli.

I need/want my belly full too ... and have lost 80 lbs eating this way.  [/quote]

I am this PP.  OP - start with your mindset, including your identity as a "foodie" (I understand this, I really do - I used to be a cook at fancy restaurants, so being a foodie is very much a part of my identity!).  As a practical matter, you can eat anything you want if you are in a calorie deficit.

Do you journal?

Things that I really had to evaluate before weight loss was possible for me (80 lbs - which I had gained gradually over 10 years including 2 pregnancies, sedentary job, unhappy marriage, and lost in about 1.5 years) because I came to a place where I feel aligned about how I want to treat / feed myself and food is just one part of that.  I still go out to restaurants, I still drink, I still eat a variety of things.

1.  Why did I want to lose weight?
2.  What factors led to weight gain?  For me - a combo of typical lifestyle stuff as well as deepseated emotional coping mechanism of overeating and overdrinking
3.  What does it mean to me to be a "foodie"?  Is this identity and how I express it really working for me?  Does it mean that I eat anything / everything I "want" (do I really "want" to do that?)
4.  Am I aligned in how I want to treat myself?
5.  Is food my only pleasure?  This was a huge one for me, and before I lost weight, I really started building a life that included more pleasure and rest
6.  What else do I need / want?[/quote]

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