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Originally Posted by Wannabeskinny
Enjoy your trip and try not to worry. Food is a tremendous source of pleasure, especially when it connects us to out roots. If you deny yourself the foods you want to eat you run the chance of a major slip up because restriction usually does lead to a food rebellion.
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I agree with what Wannabeskinny said above in red. I also think that we don't have to get stuck in the moment. Sometimes we "want" on autopilot and just because of an old, outdated memory. Nostalgia brings warm feelings, but we don't have to get stuck there. I like to ask myself "do I really want this?" or "do I want to want it?" I realize that it's just food, and I'm denying myself zero by having something different, or I'm denying myself what I really want (fitness) by continuing to reinforce the delusion that this particular food somehow adds to my life.
But it takes a while to sort through this thinking, and kindness and patience with ourselves as we move toward "naturally fit" means we'll eat a lot of things that, in retrospect, weren't worth it and weren't even what we really wanted. Just don't get stuck in "it's a treat" and "if I don't have it, I'm denying myself." Taking away the nostalgia, is it really what YOU want NOW?