Hi MrsT,
As others have said, we have all fallen off the wagon as part of the process of learning to follow this WoE. – Mine was just a week after starting, but was long enough for me to realise that eating carbs was an addiction for me. The good news is that its an addiction that fades over time with this WoE.
It worries me that you are talking about going to bed early to avoid food, that’s not a way forward that could be sustained long term, so I would like to make a couple of suggestions on other solutions.
Others have talked on other threads recently about the idea of spending time to think of things you enjoy eating which are low carb. – I am sorry but work commitments at this time of year mean I skim posts so off the top of my head I can’t remember which thread it was on.
Maybe the solution is to come up with a hobby or interest which you find adsorbing and helps release stress rather than going to bed early to avoid having down time. = We often talk about this being a Way of Eating for life rather than a diet, Maybe we should all talk about Way of Life element more, by sharing our alternative ways of dealing with stress.
If it helps, I took up knitting (just a simple pattern for a cushion cover) it it was something to occupy my hands while watching TV during winter evenings to get over the stage of thinking about nibbling while watching TV. That stage did pass, (and before I completed the cushion cover). Over the summer I am busy outside during daylight hours, but once winter starts I have already treated myself to a new soldering iron. – I went on a day long course on stained glass and found it very absorbing. A cross between making my own jigsaw pieces and joining them together.