Yay! My weight dropped down! Thank you all SO MUCH for the support. I'm afraid I did have a little Diet Pepsi yesterday, but it could have been worse. My rule is that if I "cheat" it has to be in a social setting... in other words, nothing off plan if I'm by myself. So yesterday I waited until this afternoon meeting I had, and had the soda then. It's a bit of a stretch, since they weren't serving soda at the meeting, and lots of people had nothing, but several other people did have cups of coffee or whatever. At the end of the meeting I still had 1/2 a can and I just tossed it in the trash on my way out of the room. So I consider that a victory of sorts, because I cheated "within bounds" and also didn't let the one cheat turn into anything else. Oh, my other rule is to log all cheats in the food journal on this site. I hate food journaling so it is a disincentive to cheat! But it will also give me a record of all my deviations. So I did that too yesterday. If I can stay perfectly on plan today it will be a major triumph, because I will have learned that I can be imperfect but still stay on course!
Thanks again everyone for your comments, it really means a lot to me!
Posted By: LiDaDi
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04/05/2006 12:05
its not cheating!
well, maybe its emotional cheating... like when you have a bf, but have a secret crush on someone else ;-)
as long as one little bit of diet cola doesn't send you spiraling into guzzling the whole case, there's nothing wrong with having some. one of the myths of "dieting" (i hate that word) is that you can have ZERO of one particular food. that always ends up backfiring b/c you feel guilty, deprived, and then falling off the wagon.
sometimes, its actually good to have a controlled portion of one of your favorites as a treat for good behavior. what to watch out for is whether or not its a trigger food - i.e., sends you into drinking an entire case. my trigger food is saltines. once i eat one, i end up eating the roll.
you're a strong, lovely person and you know what's right for you. i think you can make your own decision about whether or not you can handle some diet soda, as opposed to listening to the all-or-nothing mythology.
YOU are doing GREAT! I love what you said about learning that when you slip up you can still stay on course. I have to remind myself of this. It used to be O Well I screwed up so I can eat whatever...nnot anymore..Good rule! I am proud of your triumph!
