I think know what you mean. For me, the problem is letting myself get even the slightest overfull. Even though I might just have eaten a few too many veggies, I still feel like I failed as long as the little stomach ache sticks around, even though its nothing compared to what I used to do.
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I really believe you'll do fine if you keep cheating smart--and keep looking at it as a big picture, where the big picture is mostly not cheating.
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Yeah, I really agree with this. I still feel pretty new at all this, but as I've been working on my new eating habits, I realized that going off plan was a reality, either from poor planning or from a TOM craving. So what has worked for me so far is to come up with various plans on what to do and how to shift my calories for the day around, so I still get my overall calories right, even if I end up with more carbs then I normally eat.
And since I'm staying in the right calorie range, I feel like I'm ~indulging~ but not cheating, since I'm mentally prepared and am just executing plan B or C, rather then my normal plan A. This also keeps the indulgences small, since I might be swapping it out for a 200 calorie snack. Even if I do go over, I just try to look over that day, see what happened, and come up what a better plan for the next time. I guess thinking about it in terms of plans or a numbers problem keeps me at more of an emotional distance from my food, which was something I needed.