Unfortunately, you are correct. A lot of people claim to stick to 90% compliance, but that 10% of meals contains enough extra calories to wipe out any progress made in the 90% good part.
For me, a 10% meals is a meal that deviates from optimum, but it's totally removed from reality. The cals might be higher, but not a thousand calories higher. They might be a couple of hundred higher.
Another 10% meal might be a dessert. If I have a cheesecake for dessert and make it one of my meals, I'm usually good. That's a lot different from having a cheesesteak, fries, two beers, and then cheesecake for dessert and counting that as one 10% meal. One must be realistic.
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