First NSV

Just to preface this post I am pre-surgery.

My biggest "issue" has always been that after being on a "diet" for a period of time I get sloppy and indulge. When I indulge, it's like, let's indulge all day because in my mind the day is ruined because I had a cup of ice cream.

From there the slide continues. Well if one day is bad then tomorrow is bad and it goes from there and my whole plan is lost.

Last week I slipped. I had ice cream. It was good. The reason I had ice cream became very clear. I was very stressed regarding work. Instead of going home and eating what was planned, I stopped at DQ and had a small blizzard. My bad!

Believe it or not, that small blizzard fit into my calories for the day but not my plan for the day so all was not lost and I realized that in my 80/20 world, the blizzard fit into the 20.

Next morning, I was able to get back on plan and have been there ever since.

So two victories really.

1. Recognizing a trigger that makes me eat to console myself. I need to deal with that. Having ice cream for the sake of having ice cream is one thing, but using it to self medicate is a whole other. I have proof that I am self medicating with food and can now deal with it.

2. The guilt of going off plan was fleeting and I was able to put it behind me and climb right back on the horse without sabotaging myself. This is huge! Really huge!

Thanks for listening on this fine Sunday morning.

Those are both awesome NSV's! You are super self aware and recognised you were self medicating and you didn't beat yourself up over...that's great!

That's how so called "normal" people eat. I have a cousin who sometimes overindulges, then makes up for it by eating healthy for the next day or two.

I was always an all or nothing eater like you described; for me, it was feast or famine, with no healthy medium (except on weigh****chers, but even then, a tiny slip up would cause me to write off the day as "bad" and end up with me binging on whatever. I haven't eaten off plan yet but if (when) I do, I hope I can deal with it as wisely as you have. That's an amazing accomplishment.

Well said, Kathy, well said! :)

Kathy, I am in awe of your consistent commitment to your food plan. Jealous actually! Way to go. You are an inspiration

Congratulations SweetRide! That's amazing. Self-awareness really is half the battle. Once you have that, you can choose how you want to behave. Sounds like you are making choices that honour who you truly want to be!!

I love this post because it has to be a world where a small indulgence is not a crime- congrats-

Way to go. That is awesome.

Great job!