Love this. The fast, the devil card!!! That is so perfect.
I wonder if somewhere between gluttony and self-control is...contentment?? I don’t love that word, but like a peace with things as they are? I don’t know just something that came to mind while reading. But I also still feel itchy around the word control, so that might just be work I still need to do.
Fasting, despite it's longstanding history in many spiritual belief systems, feels like diet culture to me. Since I'm middle aged I'll be getting my first colonoscopy in a few months and prep for that involves fasting. Otherwise, I don't see myself fasting ever again in my life. Mainly because it's not a good fit for my chronic health issues, but also because it feels too close to the way I used to deny myself the right to eat because I'm fat.
I do think fasting is Type 2 Fun! Now I only do it very occasionally, but when I do, it’s a chance to step back from my eating patterns and seeing them as separate from me, and something that I don’t have to be so wedded to.
Love this. The fast, the devil card!!! That is so perfect.
I wonder if somewhere between gluttony and self-control is...contentment?? I don’t love that word, but like a peace with things as they are? I don’t know just something that came to mind while reading. But I also still feel itchy around the word control, so that might just be work I still need to do.
Definitely going to check out that app!
Fasting, despite it's longstanding history in many spiritual belief systems, feels like diet culture to me. Since I'm middle aged I'll be getting my first colonoscopy in a few months and prep for that involves fasting. Otherwise, I don't see myself fasting ever again in my life. Mainly because it's not a good fit for my chronic health issues, but also because it feels too close to the way I used to deny myself the right to eat because I'm fat.
I do think fasting is Type 2 Fun! Now I only do it very occasionally, but when I do, it’s a chance to step back from my eating patterns and seeing them as separate from me, and something that I don’t have to be so wedded to.