Thanks guys for the feedback.
I ended up having my 8 ounce glass with a tall cafe misto for "breakfast" at 11:00 and then about 1:30 I had some turkey meatloaf and greens. We didn't get to our greens yesterday, so it was like GOT TO HAVE MY GREENS today
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then another cafe misto. I am starting to feel "back on track". Tonight I will probably have either: an apple, a sandwich, what I usually have for breakfast or toast and eggs, depending on where my hunger is at. I think that will have made this a great N day for me.
Since I have been a BIG EATER for years I find it really challenging to reduce my portions. On this particular day, feeding about 30% of my turkey meatloaf (all healthy kitty friendly ingredients) to my cats helped keep my lunch portions manageable.
Winnie, I think you make an excellent point about as you call them G-days. I like to think that my "just lettuce" days are well behind me. On the other hand I learned years ago that for me overeating ironically leads to guess what? overeating.
Once I overeat to a certain point, it is like a certain "switch" is flipped and it is VERY HARD for me to stop overeating. It is like I have made myself physically uncomfortable with food and then my reaction is to eat MORE FOOD to "numb" the initial discomfort ... obviously this is NOT a logical phenomenon
ANYWAY, although I overate yesteday I wasn't stuffed when I woke up this morning. I just wasn't hungry. This is the point I am most "at risk" for serious overeating and/or binging. I think because this is the easiest time to overeat beyond what my body can comfortably metabolize. This is also the best time to SLOW WAY DOWN and eat less.
If I had not decided today was an N DAY, I would have gotten up this morning, padded downstairs and indulged in another cool whip slathered piece of pumpkin pie. Not such a bad thing in itself, but that would have been the "rocket" to launch me into serious indulgence that I suspect later I would have regretted.
WHen I was having my second cup of coffee with my husband I said, "I could go home and have a piece of pie and have my first red day."
He said, "You could."
I said, "But I don't really want a red day."
He said, "You don't have to have a red day." (yes he was being very zen and all.)
I said, "What time is it?"
He said "2:33."
I said, "I can have a piece of pumpkin pie in less than 10 hours and not have a red day too."
He said, "That's true."
I said, "How are we going to split the second pie?"
He said, "I am going to eat as much as I can tonight." (you have to appreciate his sense of humor)
I didn't smile. I felt very panicked and sad.
He said, "We have more pumpkin in the freezer and a whole other pumpkin we haven't cooked yet."
I smiled. "It's true. We could make another pie. Do you want to?"
He said, "The weekend after next. I am only going to eat 1/2 the pie."
I smiled and we walked home. I can wait until tomorrow to enjoy more or the rest of my pie.
These are small moments, small decisions, but inevitably they add up to eating much less overall.
As for two meals a day, this is an idea that I find myself toying with over the past month ...
Wosnes ... do you consider eating 2 or 3 meals a day as "green"? I would have to approach it that way. Cause my appetite really does vary from day to day,
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