The picture on top is the plate I took. It was about 700 calories and I had eaten light earlier in the day, my daily calorie goal is about 1800 per day. The second picture is what the takeout box looked like after I took my plateful. I barely put a dent in it! Normally I would have taken the entire box to the table and tried to eat it all and but down 1500+ calories. I had a satisfying entire plate of food and barely put a dent in the box while maintaining my calorie count.
This is a mental thing I've been working through for awhile - staying true to myself when counting calories and only taking small portions. Before I would have just said "fuck it" on takeout nights and abandoned my calorie count for a week or two. I was on/off like that for the last year or two. It feels good to just have a satisfying plate of food without going overboard. I think mental victories are just as important as other victories and it's been a big mental barrier for me to just be honest with myself without giving up.
Edit: I didn't look thoroughly enough at the sidebar, this is probably a small NSV.
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