I've finally accepted it's okay to splurge, thanks to you all. Granted, I didn't eat bad (I'm still under my cal. count), but still. I had a DELICIOUS taco salad. Yum. And I ate all of it. I did not work out today but I'm still happy with myself. So thanks everyone who is so supportive.

That is wonderful to hear! Negative self-talk hardly ever leads to anything positive. You deserve to feel good and enjoy a treat every so often!

Cool. It isn't supposed to be torture!

Glad you kept it real -- both in calorie budget and emotional budget. WTG!

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Good for you. You don't have to suffer with boring food to eat healthy. You can totally manage a healthy diet and enjoy good food, that's the best part!

Good for you. Thanks to America's steadily advancing obesity epidemic most restaurants (>99%) offer simple and healthy meals for patrons who are watching their waistlines. Just watch out for some of those restaurant salads, you wouldn't believe how many calories (>1000!) some of them can have. Couple that with a tendency towards excess sodium and you've got a recipe for scale wrecking disaster.

It's good that you are tackling this problem when you are still young. If I had started losing weight at your age I wouldn't have as many pounds to lose. Plus, the younger you are the better it is for your health and for any cosmetic skin issues you may have afterwards.

Heck, if you stayed within your calorie count, I wouldn't consider that a splurge, I'd call that another day at the ranch!