non scale win

I was scrolling through snap memories from 2 years ago when I was losing some weight tracking calories. Now obviously it worked because calories on calories out but I didn’t keep it off after, and I think part of the reason is because I didn’t actually learn how to properly eat all I knew was to stay under my goal and I’ll lose weight! So I would restrict to stay under and then have regular “cheat days”.. which this is where I messed up. Because looking through these photos I know I ate the entire plate or close to it.. which I can’t even imagine doing now. Like I can’t picture eating the whole plate at all.

Part of me wants to go back in time and tell myself It was ok to just eat half of that food on my plate and stop bc I’m full and not sick. I didn’t have to eat everything just because it’s a cheat day or because I was afraid of wasting good food! That’s how I know I’m making progress, and I’m learning good habits that I can keep after the weight is gone.

Some photos for reference: (2nd photo was just the main dish I also ate appetizers and dessert, I did have some leftovers from that though)😭😭