Yes indeedy. It's only half a bagel. Maybe that'll put your carb count a little higher today than usual, but for sure if you let go and carb out through the day, you'll be too high. Everyone on this list will tell you, just keep on going and put the little slips behind. Thinking of a slip as the breach in the dam--nothing to do but let the whole thing go--is a only thought loop that sets up permission to carb out. You can choose to discard it and adopt another. Karen spends a lot of time figuring out what thoughts lie behind her breaks away from lowcarb eating. She's wise and experienced about this kind of thing. Half a bagel? So what. Get back on the horse, and keep on going.