I know that making exceptions will cause me to fail. I learned this from experience 3 years ago, before ever reading it in Reinhard's book.
But, i still do it... I still sabotage myself, and that frustrates me more than I could even explain.
![Mad :x](./images/smilies/icon_mad.gif)
How do you stop yourself?
For example: I had a really bad (all red) week last week -- I made an "exception" on Monday, which turned into a full week of exceptions -- and then I determined to do better this week. I had a great GREEN day yesterday (totally vanilla NoS), and then this morning, already, I was craving popcorn, so I caved and had some.
![Sad :(](./images/smilies/icon_sad.gif)
I don't WANT to cave! I don't want to break the rules! I want this to work for me... And, I knew why I caved today... I'm sad because my Grandpa's only been given a couple more days to live (he's dying of cancer) and it's just really hitting me now (I've known for several months that he wouldn't make it, but it never really sunk in until I talked to my Dad last night).
![Crying or Very sad :cry:](./images/smilies/icon_cry.gif)
So, help? Anyone? How do I deal with this???