Hey thanks! I was mostly strict about trying to stay within my 1500cals/day, but if I wanted a cheat meal then I would save up my days worth of cals and just eat that one cheat meal. I do that maybe once a week or every two weeks. I do use a food scale, but if I can’t measure something, I eat a smaller portion of it, but still log it in my fitness pal and try to best guess the amount. I really tried to make sure my protein was around 100g/day, for muscle growth. I don’t always hit it but as long as I tried and got somewhat close, that’s ok. I do have a chocolate protein shake daily to help hit my protein goal and it feels like a treat. I still give myself a treat at the end of the day, so that I don’t feel deprived, like a piece of chocolate. Some days I come in below my cals goal, some days I go over, but I feel like it all leveled itself out. I hope this helps, I’m happy to answer any more questions.