Those of you who enjoy moderation, y'all just sit this one out, mkay?
Let me preface this by saying that I'm a huge researcher, and I've read all the Whole30 posts on life after your 30 multiple times.
Here's the thing: decision fatigue is real, and that's why the rules work for me--I don't have to ask myself if something is worth it. It's super cute that Melissa Hartwig can eat two bites of a donut and then stop because it's no longer worth it, but if I don't cover that donut in coffee grounds, I WILL RETURN. No matter how crappy it was. Making a decision at every bite is a quick way for me to lose my mind. Even with a Whole100 under my belt, it's still a problem. Telling myself that I'm free to make worth-it decisions on the fly is a sure fire way to chaos. Returning to the Whole30 is a helpful strategy, but it makes me likely to EAT ALL THE THINGS before I start.
On the other hand, I'm not a robot who can swear off less-healthy food forever. So, recently I've been thinking about giving myself a certain number of tickets a year for one meal of craziness. And that's it. No Thanksgiving dinner that leads into my birthday weekend five days of craziness, but two separate tickets that I consciously spend and make sure that the meal I get will be worth it. Predetermined "worth it" moments, if you will. Enough to cover single holiday meals and a few spare for random events that come up (but not so many that I wouldn't have to be discriminating).
Thoughts? I'd love to hear from fellow abstainer types who've mastered healthy eating for the long term.
Man I was hoping peeps had commented. I could have written this exact thing myself. For certain foods, it's absolutely no brakes race to the bottom. I can't figure out how to live my life full time outside of the Whole 30. For instance, my husband and I make pizzas on the grill, and it's our thing. We have a little wine, we make pizzas, we enjoy the pizzas. What do I do about that? :/
ReplyDeleteI just copied this post over here so that I could refer to it in my other post :-) if you go to our Instagram page, there are lots of helpful comments on this overy there. It's the one with Charlie holding the Willy Wonka ticket.
DeleteAwesome. Will head over!
DeleteSarah, ❤️. You are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThis is what Sugar free Sheila does!
ReplyDeleteI was just catching up on your guys Instagram and I absolutely LOVE this idea! I am the exact same way. I'm about to go into crazy research mode thanks to this haha so thank you ;)
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