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Right on! What a laudable attitude to apply!BambiS wrote:I stepped on the scale, it’s been several months . I have had a slight gain, but nothing I can’t tackle and get off.
I think you bring up an important point here. As much as we can imagine a society that was supportive toward and congruent with healthful eating, and wish it were extant, our daily experience in the society we inhabit is quite different from our ideal. Knowing that we're facing a culture and environment that not only doesn't support our efforts, but often actually works counter to them, it behooves us to be well-prepared to navigate that difficult terrain and take its many challenges seriously, right?Rebecka22 wrote:I hope everyone had a great week navigating food culture that doesn’t support our choices.
JeffN wrote:While neither the authors of the study nor I am recommending anyone to live on a diet of just one food, the study does make a very interesting and key point. And that is, that the simpler the diet, the greater the compliance and the greater the results. The two simplest diets produced the greatest compliance and the greatest results. The typical complex diet had the lowest compliance and produced the least amount of weight loss.
The more we try to complicate our diets and/or lifestyle, the harder they become to follow. The key to any diet or lifestyle program is simplicity. Very few of us have the time and/or energy to spend extra hours in the kitchen or in the food stores. Nor do we have the time to learn 100's of new recipes and food products.
So, don't try to complicate your program of healthful living.
Find out what works for you and stick to it. Create simple meals based around vegetables, fruits, whole grains and legumes.
I LOVE this idea! Thank you so much for sharing it!VegSeekingFit wrote:The concept of doing things that you love with your time… have been thinking about future retirement and what would a day in the life look like… not bucket list stuff like walking the Appalachian trail or visiting Galapagos Islands, but just a typical day… This is really helpful train of thought to also go a step further and think… well, why are you waiting --- just do it now??
That is the most important victory of all, Beth! Don't forget to give yourself credit for that, and for all the other things you are doing each day to support your practice of this way of eating / living.Lizzy_F wrote:Victories: I’m still here.
Speaking for myself, I would generally turn toward connecting with the things I feel provide the most value and meaning in my life. For me, that means social and emotional connection with the people I love and contribution to community (whatever that community might be or look like). Another important piece for me, is physical activity. I wonder if the difficulties with your knee might be contributing to that feeling of being in a "funk"? Managing pain can weigh down even the most buoyant among us. Some questions I might ask: What are the specific contours or components of this "funk"? In what ways does it manifest over the course of a day or week? How does it feel in your body? I totally identify with the sentiment you express about preferring to be positive, but I would also encourage you to make space for yourself to feel your genuine and legitimate feelings, whatever they might be, and offer yourself compassion. Imagine a scenario where you love yourself as a starting point, irrespective of the energy you may be feeling or the behaviors you are expressing. I know that isn't easy, but you DESERVE that love and compassion.What do you do when you realize you are in a “funk” of some sort? How do you help yourself get to a better place?
This feels like an important observation; the various cultural environments we inhabit or move through can exercise just as much influence as physical environments. Of course, often both are pulling or pushing in the same direction (so often a direction counter to our personal goals). Are there any steps you can imagine taking to shape or intervene in the environment so as to support what you are wanting to achieve? Sometimes, finding a little leverage may go a long way. I know you always continue trying, so I also know you will get there given time. Onward!Gimmelean wrote:I think my work tribe is challenging me to eat what I wouldn’t have dreamed about when working from home was a choice.
This seems like a really useful and effective practice. Thanks for sharing it!Greens wrote:I have been assembling salad ingredients in snap ware and then chopping before dinner again. I think handling the produce immediately when I bring it home has really helped me not to waste things in the back of drawer. Chopping the contents while microwaving veggies makes dinner prep pretty seamless.
JeffN wrote:Adherence fatigue is similar to pandemic fatigue, treatment fatigue and as I mentioned, it is a feeling of fatigue over time for doing what is necessary to maintain adherence to the program (ie, special ordering, meal prep, preparing ahead for social situations) in a world that doesn’t support us.
For years, I have listened to clients talk about it not only in regard to adhering to the program but recovery from substance abuse, . They have done all the right things to maintain the program and have reaped the success of their actions but they get to a point where they just tire of having to do the “different” thing one more time. In treatment fatigue, is is tiring of having to organize their pills, remembering to take them, dealing with the side effects etc.
In regard to adherence fatigue and this way of life, it can come from any one of the things we do to maintain the lifestyle including (but not limited to)…
- feeling like an outsider
- having to special order when out
- having to always prepare ahead
- bringing your own food when out
- being different at social gatherings
- being asked over and over about their lifestyle choices
- having to set aside the time necessary to be active
- not being able to “indulge” in all “food” around them
- having to give up things they used to enjoy
Sometimes, people just tire of doing the right thing especially when it is outside the norm. Sometimes it comes even years after success and the initial thrill of getting well and overcoming their health challenges has waned.
Managing it will be dependent on the person, their situation, what is causing the fatigue.
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