re: What is the one thing preventing you from losing weight?

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I like the taste of good food and the eating experience but I don’t live to eat.

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This is probably the real root of my problems: I live to eat. This is going to sound like depression (because it is), but most days, my meal is the only thing I look forward to and one of the few things that brings me any pleasure or enjoyment. I eat emotionally, and have a bad habit of soothing with food.

Cooking delicious “plate lunch” style meals for myself is one of the few ways that I am able to effectively care for myself and give myself a little joy. I am trying to get better at controlling portions, but I don’t know if I could meaningfully switch to a significantly healthier rotation of recipes. Everything I do is meant to be cooked in one or two big batches per week and then portioned out throughout the week and reheated in a single-serve container in an office microwave. My “healthy” meals don’t tend to taste near as good reheated like that than gumbo, red beans, or pork chops & gravy.

To change my diet would require me to wholesale change my cooking schedule, techniques, recipes, ingredients, etc. It would not be a simple transition/decision.