I’ve been noticing something for a while now. It’s always been a problem in society overall, I think it’s an issue that takes different form depending on the generation and the situation, and I’ve been acutely away of it throughout my endo career, but today I really want to directly speak to it because I am seeing it so much lately.

Today I want to tell you that you don’t have to manage endo perfectly. In fact, I am urging you not to try to.

And this is what I mean.

In the past say two years, I’ve worked with a couple of hundred people, either one to one or in my course, and for the most part, many people do take a balanced approach, but in some, I’ve noticed this trend to be very black and white with endo management, very full throttle, very all or nothing.

And I get it. Having had an eating disorder for the best part of my adult life and all of my teenage years, I understand how easy it is to become obsessive about certain food choices. And as a perfectionist and overachiever, I also understand the desire to want to go all in, to want to try and make changes all at once, to try and do all the endo management things all at the same time.

But here’s the thing. It’s not sustainable. Trying to do everything all at once and to stick to restrictive behaviours doesn’t lead to long-term successful endo management, it leads to resentment, stress, and exhaustion, and perhaps, even disordered eating. You’ll probably end up giving up because you feel so miserable, maybe not knowing what’s working because you’re trying so much at once and perhaps getting stuck in a binge-restrict cycle with your eating.

So, if you’re not really sure if this applies to you or you’re just not very clear on what I’m talking about, I wanted to share some examples.

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Show notes

Glucose Goddess sweetener guide

Sweet Laurel Bakery recipes (I adapt to make sugar free, but they generally are better for blood sugar because of the almond flour anyway, if you’re in the USA, you can order her cakes)

My Endo Net recipes

Orthorexia