So I've pretty much been on plan (i.e. eating responsibly, regular exercise, keeping track of everything) for the past few months.
Over Thanksgiving I realized I'm now doing it without thinking about it. I ate what I wanted, but where I'd have 4 full plates of Thanksgiving food, and THEN dessert, this year I was perfectly satisfied with 1 plate of my favorite dishes and 1 slice of cheesecake. When I was done, I was done. I didn't have that urge to keep eating even though I was full.
Over-eating or non-hungry eating is now something that I have to actively remember to do, if indeed I wanted to do it. It was the exact opposite before. I used to have to actively think about NOT over eating or eating when I was bored. I had to really buckle down to avoid over eating. I had to really make an effort to get a workout in. At first I felt deprived and a little resentful, then some switch flipped or something. I don't know. Suddenly I have a better relationship with food. Even when I *try* to trigger myself, I have no inclination to binge. I did that out of sheer curiosity, btw, because I hadn't wanted to binge in a long time. It was weird, lol.
It's not that I've suddenly realized THIS is how to lose weight, because honestly, I haven't lost a whole lot. I do feel better about myself, but I don't have any outward changes to substantiate a real change due to the changes I've made in my life.
A part of me is scared this is just a phase and I'll go back to scarfing down bags of Oreos and 4 slices of pizza for dinner. Or at least desperately WANTING to do that.
Have any of you gone through this? Did it last or was it just a phase? Maybe I feel like this because I finally put my foot down in real life, and it impacted my relationship with food? I don't know.