Living up to impossible standards--yes. This is such a hard way to play this "game." The idea that we need to be "ever vigilant" and unrelenting in our weight and health progress, seems to create (in me) A really unfun way to live. Acknowledging that I'm not actually some superhero machine that will do things that aren't always logically in my long term self interest is my way of merging the two things- the impulse to live "perfectly" and the freedom to live a life that isn't always 100% planned and on some to do list. Way more of a reasonable possibility. But the acknowledgement that we know ourselves and what our thought processes are- that seems to be the real gift. But it's hard to love the desires that make us feel sick as much as the ones that make is feel good. I love thinking about this so philosophically! Thanks! I miss college :)
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