16/02/2026
SOOO we went to Five Guys for our V Day dinner. Romantic right? lol
ANYWAY the reason im banging on abouit it was that
it wasn’t a cheat meal,
it wasnt the mentality of a “blow out it because it’s a special occasion,”
and it most definitely wasn’t a lettuce-bun situation (I see you five guys, and i see carbs and i know which choice i’d rather pay good money for…)
We ordered a proper burger and delicious chips (and a milkshake obvs) and that was that.
BUT the biggest difference compared to a few years ago wasn’t what I ordered - it was what happened afterwards (duh duh duhhhhh)
….I DIDNT mentally write the week off OR wake up the next morning thinking I needed to be “good.” OR add in extra cardio to compensate and finally I DIDN’T spiral because I’d “f*cked it.”
*and the crowd goes willdddd*
But that used to be my patter, because I was stuck in that constant swing between restriction and over eating foods i’d previously deemed ‘bad’.
Realisation → the burger was never the issue, the diet culture restriction was
When you’re under-eating, over-restricting or constantly trying to earn your food, meals out feel like tests. And if you fail the test, the whole week feels ruined (not fun for anyone)
BUT when you eat enough consistently, build balanced meals most days, and stop labelling food as “good” or “bad,” your indset slowy shifts (sorry to say you don’t suddenly become enlightened) but you just stop setting yourself up to explode.
And when I say I got “results,” I don’t just mean physical ones.
I mean not thinking about food all evening,
trusting myself to eat out midweek and move on
consistency that copes with alll of real life
And that came from building skills, the boring basics, eating enough, practising fear foods intentionally instead of avoiding them and crucually not compensating the next day.
This is the kind of shift I’ve been helping my clients build recently - if that sounds like something you’d like? the waitlist is open - just DM me WAITLIST (no automation but i’ll just come say hi!) ###x