I also notice that when I cheat and eat a lot of refined carbs, I don’t feel as good. I also notice that after a while on the ‘diet’, a lot of sweets are really unpleasantly sweet.
I never had a weight problem until “midlife”, around 50, when I gained about 30 lbs within a year. I lost most of it using the low-carb diet, and my husband lost 65 lbs. and has kept it off for years.
I still sometimes struggle with staying at my ‘young’ weight, but don’t have to be terribly strict with the diet. I do notice, however, that when I do fall off the wagon, I eat much less of things like pie or cake - a little bit is satisfying enough, once you train yourself out of routinely eating those things. (Ice cream - rather Sherbet - is my regular downfall now!)
(LOL over your cod pieces ;-)
I read a very short diet book once whose basic guideline was EAT WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD AFTERWARD. I really took it to heart. Now I definitely know what various foods are going to do to me. Will they give me a migraine? Make me feel yucky, eyes blurry, craving sweets after? Or will a small amount satisfy me for hours? It’s a very good way to eat.