
Originally Posted by
Windex
You're overthinking everything. Eat as much real food as possible and only use powders when necessary. Cook food you will enjoy eating within reason. You mentioned chicken tastes terrible reheated - so find something else you can stomach and will enjoy. I would easily at any point worsen my diet slightly to reduce the "ad nasuem" feeling of eating bad food which often is directly proportional to the likelihood of binging. I'm not saying replace all your carbs with ice cream or anything that extreme, but for example: if you hate sweet potatoes, which other people preach are infinitely better than regular white potatoes then don't eat the sweet potatoes, go with the white. At the end of the day, you're not an IFBB competitor and the difference in the grand scheme of your life is negligible.
If a bit of Prego pasta sauce is what it takes for you to enjoy your pasta dish then keep using it. The extra 10g of carbs is not going to be as detrimental as 2000 calorie whole box of pizza or whatever cheat meal you go-to because you're sick of eating the same dry food.
Also, show us your math on how you calculated your TDEE - I feel as others have mentioned it seems to be on the high side.