True confession: I have a tendency to eat two servings if I make two servings of something.

But I had a new idea this week. My new strategy has been to immediately put the second serving into the freezer for another day.

So tonight for example, for dinner I cooked up large pan of some chicken and peppers. Usually I would eat the whole thing. But tonight, before I ate my meal, I packaged half and put it in the freezer.

Putting it directly in the freezer before I even eat tonight’s serving really seems to be a game changer. If I just put it in the fridge, I know myself and I would eat it. The freezer feels so final. The food is no longer available. If that makes sense. Sometimes I have to trick myself.