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[quote=Anonymous]I have a certain fear of lacking food too. Grew up with 2 older brothers so had to eat fast to get seconds of the good stuff. Later on in high school / undergrad there wasn’t a lot of food around me (parents working too much to offer food outside meals, then university and no money), not starving at all but just enough pressure to create the food noise of “better eat it now if is available”

I started noticing my mindset was different when I was in front of all you can eat buffet or at cocktail parties. I would become way too obsessed of making sure I wasn’t missing an appetizer, and making use of all the opportunities to get as much food as possible. Then with my kids plate at home or at restaurants polishing their plates so that no food is wasted.

I am not fat by any means (bmi is probably 20-21). But I am a skinny fat always looking to tone and lose the last stubborn roll of belly fat. I spend quite a lot of efforts and money on gym memberships, fitness trackers, I have a tonal etc..

And one day it finally struck me. “On on hand I can’t resist barely edible free food or cold restaurant fries and on the other hand i pay XX$ a month to lose the couple pounds that behavior probably made me gain”.

Now every time I try to reach for food I want to eat out of “scarcity” mindset I tell myself “I spend twice as much money trying to lose the weight attached to this food, which is not even good. I am not hungry and I am not a trashcan”.

It works for me 
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