Partly because of the recency bias, when we overstep the line in one direction it seems that we tend to swing back quite far to the other.
People like to indulge over Christmas, then apparently go as far as to eat nothing for a couple days per week.
Or swing from one dietary end of the spectrum such as veganism to the other, which is now apparently called the “carnivore” diet.
Part of the difficulty is a lack of deeper “feeling” of the body at the nervous system level.
What does that mean?
As we tune into the body, with a little mindfulness we start to see shifts in breath, areas of tension and even how food, our movement and our habits can impact mood and of course energy.
Why is this important?
We can use these subtler clues as tools to help us navigate.
So as we eat a certain way, we can notice differences in our physiology before it goes on for so long that we are at an extreme end of the spectrum and swing wildly (and dogmatically) in a new direction.
Personally, I have gone through some crazy swings, from elite level endurance sports, to strength training maximal weights, a wide range of nutritional protocols… hell, I’ve tried it all.
But the cool thing that came out of that train wreck was eventually realising the need to understand more about the physiology and how we can tune in.
Once we have done research of course, increasing our awareness (journaling, body temps, pulses, HRV, wellbeing etc) is perhaps the only tool to solve the problem of the ever swinging pendulum.
