I actually had a Red Day yesterday!

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I actually had a Red Day yesterday!

Post by reinhard » Thu Sep 01, 2016 5:09 pm

That's right, me the founder. First one in a long time. I was at a wonderful Lebanese restaurant with my diabetic father in law and my 3 year old son, who'd ordered a rice pudding for dessert (Turkish coffee for me!). After a few bites my son decided the spices in the pudding were a little too authentic, and my father in law has well, diabetes. It felt like a gastronomical crime to leave it, so Red Day for me. And the funny thing is I didn't even feel bad about it, I enjoyed the pudding, I didn't say "what the hell" and eat anything else, and I'm not in the slightest concerned that this marks some kind of slippery-slope degeneration of habits. Odd as it feels to say, I kinda feel good about this red day! So take heart, new and struggling no-essers, not only can you fail on occasion and still succeed on this big picture, but one day even the few failures you may have will feel like a kind of success.

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Post by kaalii » Fri Sep 02, 2016 5:53 am

haha, opening a new topic for a red day...

but, yes, i know the feeling of having a red day and feeling totally ok with it, even god about it, because of being confident about being on the plan and the circumstances were sane...
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Post by This_is_it » Fri Sep 02, 2016 8:21 am

:) :)

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Post by RAWCOOKIE » Fri Sep 02, 2016 8:18 pm

Thank you for posting that (I'm not on facebook, so I didn't get double-exposure!) - I hope that any new No S people who are struggling with this do get to read this.
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Post by noni » Sat Sep 03, 2016 1:30 am

I miss our family reunions, a groaning board of Lebanese food. You are excused!

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Post by Merry » Sat Sep 03, 2016 6:17 am

:)
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Post by ~reneew » Wed Sep 07, 2016 4:15 am

That's how it starts!

But seriously... For me it does. I'll be a saint and cave just once... then the slippery slope. I remember you mentioning the ring of fire once. I guess I'm not there yet. Haha. You're such a goal setter. Thanks for your wise words of encouragement once again.
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