Originally Posted by mgmoore7

Thanks a bunch. Here is a post that I had on another thread in another forum. Mostly, I just seem to have the thought now something along the lines of "I am training so hard and making progress, if I eat that, it will just take that much more training to burn it off" and other things along those lines. Basically, I am starting to tell myself "it is just not worth it." This is a big deal to me because I have always had the saying "some live to eat and others eat to live". Can you guess which of those I fall into. I like food.

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"I was at a Christmas party the other night where it was pot-luck style. All great food. I did not over do it on the dinner. Had a little extra ham.

Then it was desert time. I went and got a plate and walked to the desert table. Looked at the brownies, banana pudding, apple pie, etc. for a few seconds and said to myself "it is not worth it" and walked back to my table with empty plate in hand and continued our conversation.

That is really different. I am not saying I would won't eat desert, it is just that a week before my duathlon and when the weight loss is really on a role, desert would just mean I need another hour on the bike to burn it off. "