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Mercury is an issue with tuna, yeah. It's only an occasional thing with me. Smaller fish are better.
Eating too much is a universal disorder, sure. DCharlie etc can tell you that I used to put away those 3 full plates at Indian buffets too, and it would immediately go onto my waistline. Now if I do go somewhere like that, I concentrate on the tandoori chicken and curry, ignore the nan and rice and spicey potatoes, eat a couple of medium-sized plates and I'm done. If it is REALLY good, I might go for some more. And I feel great, and don't gain weight.
The good thing about the equilibrium phenomenon is that it will work in your favor once you get the weight down. I may be completely high but I've noticed 3 of these plateaus myself, where my weight loss seemed to stall, but on the other hand, i didn't start gaining again either (at 78kg, 74kg, 70kg). At each step I thought I was done losing weight. There are a lot of non-physiological factors in play here as well.
- you need to lose 3-5kg or 5-10lbs to really notice it. People around you will not notice a couple of lbs, unless you are a high school girl trying out for the cheerleading team
- similarly, you won't be buying new clothes every time you lose a couple of pounds, because of pant sizes etc. Once you lose enough to buy a whole new wardrobe and toss all your old clothes, you suddenly have a really strong incentive to stay at that weight.
- people just get tired of any kind of discipline and periodically go off the wagon, whether consciously or not. I'm sure i've done this...I design and schedule my own workouts and cook my own meals, so my unconscious desire to work harder/less hard or eat more or less of good or bad foods definitely has an effect. (I think this is a net positive, don't get me wrong - just saying that it periodically helps creates these plateaus...). People tend to be happy once they lose a noticeable amount of weight, and slack off. Takes a while for the buzz to wear off before they can make another serious push at losing more (since that will invariably involve taking diet or exercise to another level)
T - EXP: I got another menu option for you last night: frittatas.
I actually made one last night for the family. I used 10 eggs, bacon, garlic sausage, bell pepper, red onion, spinach, potatoes, garlic, oregano, salt, pepper. But almost any combo of eggs, meat and veggies that would work on a pizza will work with this. I cook all the ingredients other than the eggs separately, then beat the eggs, pour in and cover. It's done when you can slice it with a spatula etc. The great thing about it is that it is great cold as well. We have half of it leftover today after feeding 3 of us last night. You could do this for breakfast very easily, and take it to work for lunch as well. Think of it as a big trashcan for all the stuff in your fridge that you need to cook or toss
