Another strategy is to already be a psycho to the extent that friends and family find the food-related behaviors the most normal of the total package. All about the contrast.
TBH I am already (one of) the (many) local weirdo(s). My nickname at my favourite cricket club is Space Cadet.
But friends are very very important, you don't damage your friendships lightly. And commensal eating is one of the pillars of friendship and even family ties.
I kinda think you should be a psycho. If your friends & family would prefer you stay unhealthy and make them feel good for 45 minutes while you eat something they think you should be eating, F them.
It's not normal to eat ex150. It's also not normal to weight 300lbs, yet somehow that didn't make them uncomfortable (or maybe they didn't want to say it). I know which one I'm picking.
I would agree, if one slip buggered it up. If I had a peanut allergy I would expect people to respect that! People are just going to have to put up with my sulphite intolerance. (But those people are generally pretty pleased to see me drinking again.)
But I tend to think if my methods are so fragile that 45 minutes of breaking the rules breaks the method, then that's the first thing I should fix, if it can be fixed.
ex150ish seems robust to me. I haven't managed to stick to it for more than a fortnight at any point, mainly because I'm not trying to! And yet it works......
Well, one secret is not to use it if it's not appropriate. I can't imagine the level of self-hatred it would take to starve yourself thin. I could probably hunger-strike for a political cause, but I'd have to be literally willing to die for it to even try.
The first commandment of sport is 'build form'. Until what you're doing is right, trying harder is futile and usually counterproductive.
The 'will to win' is worth something, but it's almost worthless next to the will to learn correct form, and the will to practise.
Another strategy is to already be a psycho to the extent that friends and family find the food-related behaviors the most normal of the total package. All about the contrast.
I've been a (diet) psycho for over a decade now, everybody got used to it.
You're not a psycho, you're charmingly eccentric and your methods seem to work. That makes you wise.
TBH I am already (one of) the (many) local weirdo(s). My nickname at my favourite cricket club is Space Cadet.
But friends are very very important, you don't damage your friendships lightly. And commensal eating is one of the pillars of friendship and even family ties.
I kinda think you should be a psycho. If your friends & family would prefer you stay unhealthy and make them feel good for 45 minutes while you eat something they think you should be eating, F them.
It's not normal to eat ex150. It's also not normal to weight 300lbs, yet somehow that didn't make them uncomfortable (or maybe they didn't want to say it). I know which one I'm picking.
I would agree, if one slip buggered it up. If I had a peanut allergy I would expect people to respect that! People are just going to have to put up with my sulphite intolerance. (But those people are generally pretty pleased to see me drinking again.)
But I tend to think if my methods are so fragile that 45 minutes of breaking the rules breaks the method, then that's the first thing I should fix, if it can be fixed.
ex150ish seems robust to me. I haven't managed to stick to it for more than a fortnight at any point, mainly because I'm not trying to! And yet it works......
"I have willpower in spades if I need it."
What's your secret? I have absolutely no willpower when it comes to food.
Well, one secret is not to use it if it's not appropriate. I can't imagine the level of self-hatred it would take to starve yourself thin. I could probably hunger-strike for a political cause, but I'd have to be literally willing to die for it to even try.
The first commandment of sport is 'build form'. Until what you're doing is right, trying harder is futile and usually counterproductive.
The 'will to win' is worth something, but it's almost worthless next to the will to learn correct form, and the will to practise.