[sposteTipsKage]

I just want to share some of my experience with you on the subject of eating off protocol. My husband and I found ourselves unprepared one day at a funeral. We woke very early (4:30 am) and took our drops . We had no time to have coffee so figured we would stop for some. We ran into a ton of traffic and had to forget the coffee. We got to funeral just in time, went to burial afterward. This whole sequence of events was 7 1/2 hours. By the time we got to reception it was 12noon. Needless to say, we were STARVING! We went to the reception ONLY to visit with some family we haven't seen in a long time but we knew as soon as we walked in we were in trouble. We were so hungry and it smelled soooooooooo good, we caved. We ate salad, pasta, bread w/ butter, chicken w/ cream sauce, broccoli w/ garlic & butter, potatoes. On the way home we finally stopped for that coffee and had a donut with it. I ended the night with 1 (ok maybe 2) handfuls of Oreo cookies. I figured since I blew away the day, I might as well annihilate the night too. The next morning I got on the scale and find I gained 1.2 pounds. I was shocked. I thought for sure it would have been 7 minimum. I got right back to protocol. The following day I was down 2.8 and on my way again. The same thing kinda happened to me yesterday. We had a celebration at our church and I was extremely weak (TOM) so I had potato salad, macaroni salad, southern BBQ, coffee w/ cream and sugar, cake, cake, and more cake. This morning I woke up to 1 pound up from yesterday. Again shocked! I'm strick protocol today for sure. I typically don't eat my breadstick and only eat an apple if I am hungry (sitting in traffic). So, I'm hoping tomorrows weigh in shows losses. But, if it doesn't I won't sweat it. I cheated, I must pay the consequence. I know at the end of my P2 I will regret it though for blowing my chance to squeak out another 3-4 pounds. But I feel, I would prefer to hide the diet in certain circumstances.
I'm not telling you to cheat, but if you can't to take your food with you or don't want to, maybe your gain wont be to drastic (if you gain at all). I know it sounds like I ate a lot, but after doing P2 for a few days, your body just doesn't want the quantity. I had a spoonful or two of everything and was full. I made sure I had a large handful of tomatoes and carrots first before anything else. Use your best judgement (if you cheat) and don't forget to hop back onto protocol the next day. Good Luck to you.