I have been doing No S for almost a month, and haven't done anything even remotely like "cheating" until today. I had a very busy morning, and had plans to meet up with a friend mid-afternoon. Breakfast went fine, but it was too early to eat before I left. We went to see a movie, and all they had was snack food. So, I ate a bagel dog and no more than one cup of popcorn (I took a handful from my friend's bag.) It would easily have fit on one plate (probably less than one plate) but I couldn't help feel that I was "snacking" though I treated it as my lunch and ate nothing else. Maybe because it came from a bag? Dinner was back to normal.
I am not going to beat myself up about it; I had to eat something, and we had no time to go get lunch at a sit-down place. What do you think? Was it "lunch" (though not a healthy one) or did I skip lunch and snack?
Just curious.
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Nah. That was lunch, not cheating. If it would fit on a plate, it was part of a discrete "meal" and you didn't eat again until dinner, it wasn't cheating.
And ideal meal? Of course not, but you knew that. And the very fact it felt "wrong" tells me you don't exactly do that every day, either.
This is EXACTLY why No-S is so good. It takes into account you have a LIFE. Sure, sure, 90% of your meals are a LOT healthier than that. And that's what's important.
And ideal meal? Of course not, but you knew that. And the very fact it felt "wrong" tells me you don't exactly do that every day, either.
This is EXACTLY why No-S is so good. It takes into account you have a LIFE. Sure, sure, 90% of your meals are a LOT healthier than that. And that's what's important.
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That was lunch. According to Reinhard, "snacks" aren't what you eat -- it's when you eat them. Between meals.
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