Everyday Systems

I had a "letter of the law" but not "spirit of the law" moment last night. Basically, I was up late to meet at deadline, and at 12:01 (midnight) I broke out the chips.

Technically, I made it to the S-day. Emotionally, it feels like a fail.

All the usual "fail" reasons applied. I'd been superwoman that day, getting project after project nailed away. At 9PM, I found a "bomb" in my inbox - something that had to be done by 8:15 this morning. It was not a quick task, so I was up past bedtime, and stressed, and in a "poor me, haven't I done enough?" mood. To be honest, since it was 6+ hours after my last meal, I was also a bit hungry.

So now it's really an S-day. I thought about skipping breakfast, then decided to eat something because breakfast starts my day right.

Mark it and move on.

But I want today to be a recovery day - I need it on multiple levels. That means restful, healing, and pleasant.

Being stuffed is not that.

So... I am "setting an intention" for the following.

Regular meals, incorporating "nice foods".
A special, planned, thoughtful treat of some kind
No permasnacking. I can have snacks, but stop and think first, and make sure the snack has a real beginning and end.

Have a great S-day, everyone. Enjoy!

I think that's an intelligent way to handle it.

I feel with you, because mentally my "day" starts when I get up in the morning, and I'd feel frustrated at working past midnight. In fact, I take great steps to guard against such things, as sleep deprivation on a long-term basis does Bad Things to me. But... Life happens to all of us.

Breakfast often sets the tone for my day as well. I'm less likely to permasnack if I'm doing the regular meal thing. You probably would have been setting yourself up for an excessive S-day if you didn't eat breakfast like you usually do.

LOL. I was giving myself a "Do you REALLY REALLY want a snack?" talk today when I realized it was noon.

Well, mebbe not a snack. Lunch, though? Yeah.