@TrinityWaves I really hope so. I wouldn't say I have high suppression currently, I definitely feel hungry before meals and don't have any issues with finishing my portions. I don't have cravings like I used to though, or when I do, it seems easier to sidestep them. I want to ride out 7.5mg as long as I possibly can - right now it feels like a good balance of having a normal appetite but having the medication curb that voice that says that I'm not satisfied.
I always have Halo Top in the freezer for ice cream cravings, mini bags of buttons for chocolate cravings, pom bears for salt cravings, and babybel for cheese cravings. So if I do fancy something I have a way to satisfy that without blowing my defecit out of the water.
I cook a lot of things that we would have had as takeaways before as well, which also helps to not feel restricted. I do chow mein, sweet and sour, thai curries, vietnamese, mexican etc - can then always placate my brain with thoughts of what is usually a really delicious dinner!
I guess my main strategy is to pre-empt, be prepared, and to satisfy the craving in a managed way. It doesn't always work, but works often enough. I am quite an all or nothing thinker so my main struggle is with not feeling like I've failed if I'm not perfect every day, and accepting that I will have days where I'm not in defecit and that's fine - as long as I'm in deficit most of the time.
I have yet to find a way to accommodate pizza into my diet (the idea of turning a tortilla wrap into a pizza is too sad) so any ideas are welcome!