While restaurants offer ever larger portions of foods that are often low in nutritional value and high in fat and carbohydrates, value conscious consumers want to get the most food for their dollar. Overindulgence is not a surprise in those circumstances. What I do know now is that being aware of this barrage is at least part of the battle. For me the situation is no less dire than that faced by an alcoholic. While I have things under some control now, I continue to suffer from an eating disorder.
Eating requires planning and discipline.
Some of the choices I face now are unpleasant. In our very friendly and relaxed metroparent office, I have to beg off eating doughnuts or bagels or brownies when someone on our staff brings them in. I have tried to eat these kinds of treats, but my brain is so tuned to immoderation that I cannot even taste them. They just set something off in me. I am better off avoiding them altogether.