Dr. Kentaro Fujita

Now, I want to be clear here, this is not the same thing as failing, because failing or justifying something post hoc,

You're not talking about the pattern of behaviors.

You make that decision in the moment and say, well, you know, the cake looks really good.

It's sunny out.

It's beautiful.

I deserve the cake.

And you eat it.

That's sort of like a justification in the moment.

When we're talking moderation, it's more kind of like I have the goal in mind.

And with the goal in mind, I understand that indulging once isn't going to kill that goal, right?

So it's not that I don't have the goal in mind and I just want the temptation.

I have the goal in mind.

I'm integrating it with the indulgence and saying this one instance isn't going to destroy my goal.

It's a lot like saying, you know, eating chocolate cake once isn't going to make you fat.

Or eating a salad for lunch one day isn't going to allow you to lose weight.

What matters is the sustained behavior over time.

But you have choices about that pattern.

You can either have it be completely consistent one thing, or you can have cheat days.

And so we were really interested in some of the trade-offs.

You think about some of the trade-offs.