How do those at their preferred weight do it? How do they eat meals that seem so calorie dense, yet maintain weight/lost weight?

Not sure if the question/tilte explains what I'm asking properly, so I apologise if so.

I know a lot of people will say that when a person who is at their healthiest/desired weight, the way they maintain or seemingly never have a problem with weight gain is by eating in moderation, but Im struggling to truly understand it. I see a lot of people going out for meals or eating meals that, on paper are calorie rich, and as someone monitoring their calories, it seems like a large amount to eat and I envy it in a sense. Yet they never really care for noting it down etc.

Those who've never really experienced being overweight are who I'm talking about - and I hope I don't come across as a jealous bitch or anything! That's not the tone, I just can't fathom a world where I can go out for a meal, not worry about what I'm eating, not care for compensating later on if I do splurge, and not worry about the scale next week.

I've lived my entire life worrying and managing food, and I know logically I've eaten in excess hence why I'm overweight, but now that I'm actively monitoring and losing weight (I say now, what I mean is I'm doing it again after gaining weight i lost before the pandemic, having lost 4 stone and gained 3 back over the last year and a half), and I watch others who have never had to truly monitor or worry about their weight eat freely, I just don't understand how they do it. They will eat larger meals than I will, have extra cheese or fries, and I'm missing somethign here because if I did that I'd be gaining weight for sure.

I guess I'm just feeling a bit down and frustrated at the moment, especially as my weight loss has slowed down this month compared to last, I've lost 20 pounds so far but still have another 30 to go before I think I'll be comfortable (although I know why the slow down has happened, and I've pulled back the reigns this week as after being sick for a week with the flu, I kinda went a bit mad with eating what I wanted). Again, I hope this doesn't make me come off bitter, I just want to know how to become the people I'm talking about - how do I become the person they are? I don't want to live a life of counting forever, even when I'm satisfied with the end goal.

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