[Lost Dog]

This diet has been great for me, so far. I'm really enjoying the feeling of freedom.

For a long time, I've counted calories. It's worked, but I tend to get caught up in the numbers. Calories, grams of this, grams of that, how much before this, after that. My wife says I'm obsessed. No longer. If this continues to work, I'll keep going and going.

One other area of freedom: sweets. I don't really crave them much. When I was counting cals, I allowed myself to eat them sometimes, as long as they fit into my cals and macros. One taste of sugar and I just wanted more, more, more!

Now, a piece of fruit is a decent dessert for me. Knowing that I can have some real food if I'm still hungry at the end of the day has allowed me to skip the sweets. When I was in macro mode, I had all sorts of carbs left at the end of the day. That sherbet and frozen yogurt (mostly carbs) was always calling to me and because I had them left in my macros, I would eat it. Mistake. I just wanted more, more, more!

I'm liking this, so far. Thanks, Adam!