I don't know what places you frequent. I spent some time in areas where the places I was going the food was clearly labeled What was eye opening for me was jus

I don't know what places you frequent. I spent some time in areas where the places I was going the food was clearly labeled What was eye opening for me was just how little 2000 calories is. We've gotten so used to large portions that an actual day of 2000 calories takes a while to get used to. Examples: take a single donut, 400 calories. And that's for a "normal" size not the giant 8 inch cinnamon role donuts you see at most places in the USA selling donuts. Same with muffins / cupcakes. Yes I know that's junk food but I see so many coworkers eating them every morning and the odds of them staying under 2000k for that day are close to zero. A sandwich on square bread, the old standard size, is 500-600 minimum but most sandwiches in the USA are on rectangular bread 1.5x the size of square slices which means the sandwich is going to be at least 1.5x the calories. I'd even go so far as to say it's nearly impossible to eat 3 meals and not go over 2k. Obviously it's not impossible, but once you know the calorie counts each meal is going to be pretty small by typical USA standards.