Hello everyone, I am not sure if this belongs on r/loseit or r/fatlogic, but either way, I recently realized that I have no idea how to celebrate without eating. Here comes the humble brag, so I apologize in advance, but I have had a very good couple weeks. I received a promotion, was accepted into a graduate program, my birthday is coming up, and today I just hit a major weight loss milestone. And I have no idea how to celebrate any of it.
For my entire life, my default way of celebrating has been to stuff my face as a reward. I am proud of my recent accomplishments, and my family would like to celebrate each of these events. And the default way to do that has been to go out and get a nice dinner, or make something special (aka ridiculously unhealthy) at home. However I do not want to sabotage my weight loss for something as temporary as food that tastes good in my mouth and will make my toilet weep.
I am aware that weight loss works off of averages, and one bad day can be made up. However, I am not at a point yet where I trust myself to have a "cheat day" or a "cheat meal". I have an addictive personality. I have been addicted to cigarettes, porn, and alcohol. Each of one of those addictions I have overcome (to the extent that that is possible - you will never stop thinking about "just one") by quitting cold turkey and never allowing myself an opportunity for remission. I know that many people are able to succeed by having cheat days and special events, but that is simply not something that I will be able to handle right now based on my past experiences and self awareness.
So to get back to my real question, how do (normal?) people celebrate a major event without eating?
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