My acceptance of my “never” list is growing stronger. I can nip arguments from my lizard brain quickly when they come up. “Wouldn’t it be nice to have…” quickly stops when I say to myself, “That’s on the Never List, and I want to keep to my 90-days.”
My Always List contains the concept: Eat until you are “simply satisfied”, not beyond. In thinking about stopping eating when I am simply satisfied, this stoppage is easier before the food is in front of me.
I recall times on vacation when my husband would split a meal. The result was we both had a nice satisfying meal, and we did not want more. The plate was halved at the beginning. I did not have to look at yummy food on my plate that I would not eat. I pre-decided.
Pre-decision is a powerful tool. It removes the decision fatigue we feel when we are tired. The HALT acronym stands for Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired. We make really poor decisions in these states. When I am hungry, I am not in the best place to correctly portion what goes on my plate. Before I am hungry, when I am in a contented state, I will pre-decide.
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