Same here. One can indeed say that eating too much for what one needs, is simply a matter of choice. From my own experience I can say it's the same as alcoholism. One doesn't really choose to eat too much, one is driven to eating too much.
Transitioning into a low-carb diet was the best thing I ever did. Of course, there were wrong choices, of which overtraining on too few carbs , resulting in overeating and a metabolic slowdown was the worst one.
What often seems tragic to me, is that people revel in strategies that make them stand out as heroes. "Look at me, I'm being so good because ...... (I don't eat any fat, any carbs, eat 'clean' .. etc.)" and then wonder why they are falling off the bandwagon after several weeks of too strict eating.
A successful strategy is one that allows you to eat according to a meal plan that doesn't make you really put a bigger effort into eating less than you need. If one has to constantly watch herself/himself at every bite you take (as is ofte the case on too low protein/fat diets), failure is just around the corner.
Simple things like smaller (but pretty) plates, ditching trigger foods, and diminishing the use of sweeteners can be steps towards success.
Two of the other best decisions I made was
- deciding to cut out gluten since it makes me feel bad for prolonged periods, and also probably is a reason for metabolic slowdown due to allergy-like reactions (joint pain, gut discomfort).
- deciding to NOT always buy junkfood on impulse as soon as it is on offer (am such a sucker for sales!) because the food is crappy to begin with. It took me years to overcome that 'Pavlov' response. Now I only buy more or less healthy food on sale, like the very last one was leaving the store with 12 cans of my favourite brand of tuna (Princess)
