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Originally Posted by bluesinger
I may be giving it a go, this "eat meat" version. What can it hurt? My other WOE isn't cutting it for me right now.
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I feel compelled to give you a few basic rules for that.
Eat fat meat
Eat when hungry
Eat at least some fresh meat, not overcooked
That's it. Every other aspect like choice of meat, choice of cooking method, choice of spices, salt, etc, isn't that much relevant. I mean, if adding a bit of spices to your steak makes it more enjoyable, go for it, it's not gonna change the big picture much. Those three basic rules are there because of the risks.
Not enough fat, get more hungry, rabbit starvation, etc.
Staying hungry, could cave in to cravings.
No fresh meat, risk of scurvy.
Also, a sort of guideline to avoid the all-too-important success/failure thing. Bypass it completely. Instead, go with intent and satisfaction. Short term instead of long term. For example, you wanna eat a steak, well, eat a steak, done. Next meal, you wanna eat something else, well, eat something else, done. See what I mean? At each point of intent, there is satisfaction of this intent. And, it's not a question of success or failure, it's purely a question of satisfying your intent. So another example, you're at work, travelling, wherever, you wanna eat something, a steak or whatever, eat that, done. If you can't eat what you want, then it's not failure (and all the bad thoughts that go along with it, I'm a failure, I'm a bad person, I suck at this, etc, etc), it's just that you didn't satisfy your intent.
There's a parallel to this. You wanna watch a movie, you can't for some reason, you didn't satisfy your intent. It's got nothing to do with failure or success. See? It's become a practical thing, not an idealogical or grand goal thing. I'm saying this because eating only meat is a big deal. Well, let's make it a small deal.
This guideline is derived from what I learned from extensive practice at golf. The simpler it is, the easier it is to do, the easier it is to satisfy intent. In turn, the greater the effect on my confidence in doing what I intend to do. It's a simple principle, right? Well, it extends to everything else, including eating only meat, which we can do one meal at a time, or just this one meal today right now.