RJ wrote:Mainly it's just that I've been doing this long enough (even though I'm a newbie here, I've been doing No-S off and on for about a year) that I think I should be getting my schtuff together better as far as things like portion size, snitching during meal prep, etc go. And those couple of days were pretty close (and I've since had a red day and had to restart
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).
I guess I'm not as far along on this road as I was giving myself credit for, and I need to work on baby steps, or something.
(And I need smaller plates. But I refuse to go the "Mom's on a diet again" route, and use a salad plate at dinner when everyone else is eating on a regular plate. Blecch.)
Well, sweetie, it really sounds to me like you're being too hard on yourself. All those "should bes" and "ought to bes" are counter productive, they make you feel guilty, and then they make you feel like a failure. Since you already feel like a failure, it's easy to justify eating something that should be reserved for an S day. And those "almost"s are setting yourself up for failure.
This isn't horseshoes ... if you "almost" ate something that should be reserved for an S day, but you DIDN'T ... that's not
almost ... that's
SUCCESS! That's not "I almost failed today" ... it's "I really wanted that piece of cake, but I perservered and didn't eat it! I'm really proud of myself!"
It's a building block for tomorrow ... where you can say to yourself "I was successful yesterday, even though it was really hard. I can be successful today too!" And I can succeed tomorrow too, because by being successful on one day I've proven that I can.
So cut yourself some slack ... this isn't Jeopardy, where you have to get all the answers right all the time. You're not defusing a bomb, where you have to be perfect. Start with "good enough" and work yourself up to "great". And don't aim for "perfect". No one is perfect. I'll bet Reinhard has days where he just craaaaves a brownie. And he's admitted that he has red days. So if the guy who created this diet isn't perfect yet ... why do you think you should be?
Tasting during meal prep is okay ... a big giant honking plate of food if you're really really hungry is okay ... craving a big piece of cake and not eating it is TERRIFIC. Just relax and enjoy life ... and let this diet take you along with it. When it's time to reduce your portions, you will know. Your body will tell you. And even after you reduce your portions, there are going to be some days where you just want to figure out how to fit an entire cow on one plate. Pretend you're playing Tetris and create the leaning tower of cow on your plate ... and as long as you only eat the one plate, you're a success.
Don't "almost" yourself to death.
Laura L