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The Problem
A couple of weeks ago TorStar80 asked "What's your kryptonite" when it comes to foods etc. that coax you off track. Turns out I have a bunch of things. This week it's been high-fat specialty sausages from a local German deli, and sushi. I don't think either of these things is inherently bad, but I tend to overindulge. (And as for the sushi, the problem isn't the sashimi as much as everything else, including the deep-fried rolls or sides.)
It's okay when I can prepare by pre-compensating (eating less in advance), or working up the willpower to consume less (or none), but these foods were both surprises brought into the house that I failed to resist. This seems to be the hardest sort of thing for me to deal with: surprise delicious food.
The Solution
This is where the Stoic practice of negative visualization or "futurorum malorum præmeditatio" would be beneficial: calling to mind the negative or challenging things you're likely to encounter (or even the worst things that you might possibly encounter), and reminding yourself that they can't affect your core or your progress because of your knowledge of and commitment to what's right and good. The original version of this meditation seems to be about fortifying your equanimity against the sorts of misguided, bad-tempered people you might have to deal with in your daily life, but it can easily be adapted to other sorts of challenges. This is what I'm going to try in the coming week, so I don't find myself in a similar position next Saturday morning.
As for whether I'll be able to meet my weekly weight-loss goal by Monday, I'm approaching this question with curiosity. Last week I lost 5.2 lb in two days — one super-low-cal and one fasting day. It's the same amount I'll have to lose this weekend to meet my one-pound weekly goal. But it's a big number and I'm not sure I can repeat it. We'll see.
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190.6 lb
Lost so far: 9.6 lb.
Still to go: 15.6 lb.
Diet followed N/A.
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gaining 6.3 lb a week
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Yes, the "surprise" foods are always hard to avoid. My husband can eat more carbs than I can, and so he'll buy a bag chips, albeit a small one. My stomach used to go beserk, growling, cursing and making it very uncomfortable. Luckily these days, those foods don't bother me. He can munch away beside me and I can ignore it. Though, I must admit, the smells are very alluring at times. ;)
12 Dec 20 by member: CarbAbuser
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Truth is Phroggy I have various kryptonites as well - I think most people do. I love Sushi so much, but you’re right, the surprise is the worst. How do you prepare for that? I don’t know about you but I spend my day preparing mentally for what I’m going to consume, and when someone brings me something... and it’s one of my impossible to say no things, it’s extremely challenging. You have an interesting approach. Let me know how it works. Lately I am doing the opposite, I visualize where I want to be, I was at the worst case scenario.. at least for me, and while it wasn’t the greatest, I’m way more motivated by going back to where I felt the best. If anyone can do it it’s you <3
12 Dec 20 by member: TorStar80
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Thanks, Star. I think that's powerful, connecting with and visualizing yourself at the place where you've felt best. I think the Stoic "premeditation" is a version of that, in the sense that part of it is imagining yourself dealing with the sorts of challenges that you'll inevitably face like water off a phrog's back.
13 Dec 20 by member: PhatPhrog
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Jo, I'm looking forward to having cultivated the same sort of attitude to "food distractions".
13 Dec 20 by member: PhatPhrog
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Sushi is OK but only vegetable one.
16 Dec 20 by member: darlene byrne
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