Help, I can't stop the belly!
Hi Chris, I don't know about you but I know my trigger foods are carbs. Anything white flour sends me to the ground. I can't stop, so I don't start. When you mentioned that you ate a pasta dish I would have considered myself down for the count!!! Have you identified your trigger foods? Your breakfast and lunch sounds reasonable, although I'd tend to limit the carbs such as no rice with the chili and no bread with the pasta. Your dinner probably could have been more protein dense and you wouldn't have eaten as much.
It's not about willpower, I read an article that stated that overweight people had probably more willpower then most because of the sheer amounts of times we attempt "dieting". I find that it's really a mind over matter issue, at least for me. I can talk myself out of those foods that just don't do anything for me nutritionally or that trigger my bad habits. I can do that probably 95% of the time. The other 5% of the time I just pray. :haha: Chris, all I can suggest is to keep on keeping on. Every single day is one more opportunity to succeed in this battle. Good luck!! Donna