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As somebody who follows a very strict diet, but likes to experiment with protein shake recipes, it’s a battle when I’m trying to create a recipe for (e.g.) a pumpkin pie shake, but I’ve never had a pumpkin pie before so I go to the store, get a pie, intend to eat like three pieces for experimentation and exposure, just to eat half of the darn thing. It’s so annoying because now I have to go off for a 3-hour-long bike ride to burn off the 800 calories of pumpkin pie I just ate.

Does anybody have any advice on how to stop yourself from just going feral?! I’ve never been one to eat sweets nor sugars, so this is all new experiences, and as such, I don’t fully have those control skills developed. I’ve gotten a lot better recently, but still an issue.