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.

(ps. forgive cross posting on facebook -- tis the plague of social media that it's plural)

kaalii · 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...

This_is_it · Post by **This_is_it** » Fri Sep 02, 2016 8:21 am

RAWCOOKIE · 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.

noni · Post by **noni** » Sat Sep 03, 2016 1:30 am

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

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

~reneew · 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.