3/7/12: No fail, just documenting the start of this thread.
3/10: Oops! Mindlessly dipped a potato chip into the ranch dip after lunch, while clearing the table. Stopped at just one, though.
3/13: Oops! Scraped the pan with the crispy Parmesan cheese bits while sitting around the table, talking, but the meal was over, so a technical red.
3/14: Pi Day! Had piece of pie in honor of the day (math class!) but in my heart, I don't really consider it a true S day.
3/19: Enjoyed 3 dark-chocolate covered almonds mid-afternoon. Almost the last of a Christmas present. Not terrible, but not vanilla NoS.
3/20: Small second serving at dinner.
Life note: We have long-term guests staying with us and there is a learning curve to figuring out the amount of food needed to serve us at each meal. Consequently, I've been taking smaller (for me) servings, wanting to make sure our guests have enough. But temptation for seconds looms large when there is still some in the bowl and I would have taken a larger serving in the first place. Hopefully I will soon have mealtime amounts figured out as I do lousy with virtual plating of my meals--I always overeat in such instances.
3/27: Several sandwich cookies for lunch when unexpected visitors stayed for lunch.
Life Note: Two weeks in and getting much better at estimating the right amount of food to prepare now that we've expanded the household by 100% for the next few months...
3/28: Ate one cookie at the home of a neighbor. Couldn't refuse without hurting feelings.
3/29: Sigh. Special dessert made for our family by a visiting guest. Understandable, but not NoS compliant. 3 days in a row is a bit frustrating. Having company definitely complicates things....
4/4: Took a piece of the homemade candied orange peel I was offering a guest. Not a biggie, but not compliance either.
4/12: Virtual plated dinner--ugh! Even though it *seemed* like a smallish amount overall, I ended up eating too much and felt slightly sick later. I really must stick with one appropriately-filled plate regardless of "how it might look to others" at a buffet when people expect you to take multiple small servings.
4/24: More Virtual plating--this is really my downfall. I'm not gaining weight (and since I don't have much to lose anymore, I've not been losing at any great rate) but still, I feel like my habits are derailing--more "diethead chatter" than in a long time. One=done is SO FREEING.
5/03: With a long stretch between lunch and dinner due to an evening meeting, I opted for a glass of milk (legal) but then snitched the one lonely roasted asparagus leftover from a previous meal. Again, not a biggie calorie-wise/healthwise, but a disappointment in keeping habits.
5/17: A neighbor brought over some apple strudel, still warm from the oven. I ate some, so a fail. Again, it was just a few bites, so no weight-control damage. But...not strict NoS compliance. And that is what THIS thread is all about.....
5/22: Ate a cookie while having coffee with a friend.
5/26: Took an extra piece of pizza. No excuse, just did it.
6/07: Had a guest over, put out peanuts and fruit for him, but ate some (too much!) myself. A true WTH moment.
06/13: While cleaning up after dinner, snitched a dried fig off the plate. Ooops!
! Thanks for sharing how your eating evolved over the years, too. And good luck with your house guests - I know how that can trip things up.
Because I tend to be black and white, I can't usually stop myself. Thanks for a great thread!