Chronic Illness and Cheat Days

Chronic Illness and Cheat Days

If you are on a diet, chances are you look forward to your "cheat days" or "cheat meals." I mean, that's the best part of dieting aside from losing weight! But when you are on a diet like the endometriosis diet, where you are eliminating foods for your overall, long-term health, or due to food allergies/sensitivities, there are no cheat days. We aren't lucky enough to eat according to plan 6 days a week and then splurge on the 7th day. Or because it's our birthday, or a holiday or because we don't feel like cooking. When you are on a restrictive diet for your health and well-being, you don't get to have "just one" of a forbidden food. So I decided to share a glimpse of what cheating can mean based on my own few cheats. Continue Reading