Have to congratulate those who lost a significant amount of weight...and most of us who still have our little alert inner button on monitoring our daily food intake.

I haven't yet tracked on a daily basis what I eat..but I do think about vaguely each day what I do eat. It doesn't mean it's right though. I wish I didn't have to think about it even in a lazy way, but the reality is that even healthy to semi-healthy daily eating does mean thinking a bit about how a meal tastes, how it looks (portion wise, what it is), and when to eat.

The best ways for me not to go crazy is:
*Never stock sugar, white rice, candies, cookies, chips at home in the pantry.
*Eat before 7:00 pm ( I used to eat past 8:00 pm just bad. I ate less but I GAINED weight.)
*Stock fridge with a wide variety of fresh fruits (at least 2-3 different types) and veggies. Always. This is a challenge during very cold winter weeks.
*Don't buy any processed, tv dinners. (Not hard for me, since I grew up in a family where we couldn't afford to buy them.)

I went to my lst bbq when I saw my family....who haven't seen me for 12 months. Ate hamburgers only 3 times in the past 3 months. And all of this at social functions outside of home. I probably won't eat a hamburger until 8 months later. We've never been interested in preparing hamburgers at home.

But yes, I love perogies, sausage....(gourmet stuff or bratwurst) at times.