Getting over the mental aspect of eating less is so difficult for me

Ok so I eat out pretty regularly. I've taken steps to limit my total calorie count. I suppose It's not ideal but at least it's a start.

When eating out I found that (in the testing I've done) that just eating the entre/sandwich by itself with no side item (fries for example) that I 99% of the time felt completely satisfied and didn't feel hungry anymore once I finished. I didn't feel the need to eat anything else. Meaning most of the time eating the side item is just unnecessary unless I had skipped a meal. (This blew my mind knowing I had been over eating all this time when I didn't need it)

Despite this revelation. When I actually get down to day to day life and I order food I always end up buying a large / medium combo despite knowing that I don't need it. I have this moment where I'm arguing internally with myself. and yet despite knowing I'll be fine eating less I still end up buying the extra food anyways.

Sometimes out of frustration I throw the extra food away immediately after getting it before I have a chance to ruin my streak. It keeps me from overeating but it's of course very wasteful.

How do I finally break this habit of overeating? It often feels like Im two different people, one is trying to sail into the rocks while the other is desperately trying to steer away to safety and both are at constant odds tugging on said metaphorical wheel,

I just hate it. It's insane to me that I accept and comprehend that I don't need the extra food and will still be satisfied without the extra food but then I can't bring myself to actually do it in practice with any level of consistency. Most weeks I end up cheating at least once and it just kills my drive to keep going.

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