02-06-2005, 03:52 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-06-2005, 03:53 AM by Count Duckula.)
[wcip Wrote:Angel,Feb 6 2005, 01:13 AM]You know those situations where a bell goes off and you realise you have a devil on one shoulder and an angel on the other; each one telling you what to do? Self-restraint, where are you?
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Sounds like you need an incentive.
My two cents: I'm on the Hacker's Diet. It's the same "more output than input" formula of other dieting plans mentioned, but gives the whole thing a solid scientific basis.
My incentive is in the form of a skirt. I told Kasreyn that when he flew up to Roanoke for graduation in May, I'd be wearing it. It's hanging on the wall next to my door. Whenever I think about indulging in something I shouldn't (I have a terrible weakness for French fries), all I have to do is look at the skirt on the wall and think about wearing that skirt in May, and the thoughts of breaking the diet usually go away.
It also helps to have some sort of quick-burning "reward snack" for times you might be tempted. I carry beef jerky for such an occasion. (Imagine going home to a Jewish household with a mother cooking good Italian food and baking wonderfully tempting sweets! I know where you are, and it ain't pretty. :wacko:)
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UPDATE: Spamblaster.