[SV] I went to a family part, and stayed at my parents for a weekend, and managed to stick to counting and good judgement; Rewarded with a 2 pound loss

My family loves food. It's a metabolic miracle that more of them are not rotund. This joy in food while not overindulging is not a balance I find on my own and have to work at it. The hardest are these big gatherings where a plethora of homemade meals and treats are available. But I did the responsible thing, I ate light before but came not starving, and I ate a very managed quantity doing my best to gauge what and how much I was eating (without being that one person who makes it about themselves, I hate to be the needy person with this stuff)

Similarly, I stayed over at my parents for the rest of the weekend, the family gathering being closer to their home than mine, and I managed to resist old pitfalls that come with returning to your childhood home. No midnight raids of the sweets I don't stock but they do, no indulgence in lots of beer or soda.

I spent the day taking my mom out target shooting, an activity I love and she has always wanted to try. I fasted in the morning and we had Portillo's (hot dogs for non Chicago folk) and I felt quite full, and was uncertain when I got home. Sure enough, even after a days meals, I'm 2 pounds less than I was when I left for the family party that morning.

One of the important things for me was resisting the "eat now, figure it out" bug that is a precursor to binging for me. Instead, I got out my MFP app and did the math, I found I could eat pretty much everything I wanted, but chose a small fry instead of a large and that way I could have a few spare calories left for a late afternoon snack. Binging for me is like a blackout, all reward, no thought, and the guilt comes later. For me breaking those habits is all about prevention, as the guilt and anguish after are just a spiral into frustration and more emotional responses, instead of constructive steps.

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