It all sounds wonderful from the description of how I’m doing and what I intend. However, as with all things, the reality isn’t as simple as it sounds. For a start… if I had any kind of strong willpower I’d not be in this position to begin with.
What does this mean in practice? Currently, the willpower is pretty much holding up, tho still needs real resolve. However, I find myself ‘cheating’ in quite a subtle way. For example, I eat meals three times a day as ‘normal’ but it’s the ‘normal’ that is the issue. For lunch and dinner, I have been enlarging the size of the dishes I’m preparing. My lunch salads are much larger than usual, and I’ve been steaming additional veg to go with whatever I’m making. The result is not so much that I’m taking in a greater amount of calories per se, it’s that instead of the diet gently reducing my stomach capacity the increased bulk is either keeping it where it was or actually stretching it.
So why is this a problem? Simply because the result is a real urge to snack and give my stomach something to work on. The answer… obviously to reduce the size of the meals again. If it’s so obvious, why this post? Partly to remind me to change my diet, yet again.
As I said in the last post I’ve already decided it’s time to substitute my lunchtime salad for soup, this post may seem redundant but it might serve to remind me of dietary pitfalls, and how easy it is to subvert your own efforts when your mind is a sneaky little food addict trying to feed the habit, literally.
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