You need to know when to take strategic diet breaks...
Had a nice run of 6-8 week successful dieting?
Maybe take a diet break !
Having an awful day?
With bad news, or just mad busy and stressed
Maybe take a diet break !
Having a bad day with your depression / anxiety?
Maybe take a diet break !
There’s no problem taking a day off your diet.
And more importantly, it doesn’t mean
-calories don’t count that day
-go YOLO
-stay off it til next Monday
If allowing a few extra calories has a significant benefit to your day, go for it, because it won’t have a significant down side.
But be real with yourself…
If you are having a ‘super stressful day’ most days - you may need to look at finding non-calorie ways to de-stress.
If the diet is too much to handle most of the time, you ned to look at…
-is the diet way too restrictive
-is this just not a good phase of your life to be dieting in
…and maybe come back to this when you’re in a better place
It’s not any one day that’s going to make or break your diet, but the average of all your days over time
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