Okay so backtracking momentarily on what potentially counts as “cheats”
I’ve had a few pre-planned events PO (anniversary, vacation, holiday, wedding, family bday, family lake house weekend, big football games)
On almost each of these occasions, I’ve indulged. What (to me anyway) is critically important is that it was PREPLANNED indulging. It wasn’t “accidental” it wasn’t “spur of the moment”. I knew ahead of time I was going to go off plan for a specified period of time and I enjoyed it and then immediately got back on plan because well.... I PLANNED it.
To me, that’s the difference between whether we will run the program or the program will run us.
As long as I’m going in the direction I need to go, I’m fine with it. This is the rest of my life and it will include feast/fast periods.
I’m not ashamed to admit that I LOVE cocktails, beer, and wine and well over 3/4 of my indulgences have been alcohol-related. The last 3 weeks I’ve been completely on-point.
I’ve been