Great minds think alike! Just last Thursday I told someone that I expect to have two MAJOR falls btween now and Yom Kippor. Since I am giving myself only two, I don't want to 'use' my 'allowances' just yet. I will try to save them for other days when my craving may be much stronger than today and I will find it to difficult to overcome. _{("Shhhh!! Don't tell the Yetzer Horah that I am planning to tell him this every time he comes to me!" ;D)} This way I am not facing the prospect of FOREVER giving up the enjoyment of _______.

Keep clean, keep growing, and keep glowing!!!

I like your idea, Yosef Hatzadik. I will try it out till the omer ;D which is a huge tikkun for our issue. What about the minor bumps along the way? I'm feeling that it will be hard to keep from falling or being tricked by the yetzer along the way, in between the two designated allowance periods. Brilliant! Your saying that we need to delay the fall. Your post came right in time. I just read a chapter in The Light of Ephraim, ( I think the author is gonna start paying me royalties for quoting his book too much), were the author taught that we must fight the yetzer slowly -leat leat which has the numerical value of 80, the same numerical value as Yesod- foundation, the sefirah that parallels the male sexual organ. Starving it, makes it all better.

Interesting - don't know if that would work for everyone, but if it works for you - fantastic!