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It's just a response to the constant frustration of feeling limited, especially by something arbitrary. If I got told randomly that now every single family gathering, social event, date, drink with the boys, exercise routine, and road trip must circle around a chronic health condition that I must make conscious decisions around every day all day for the rest of my life, it makes total sense for me to occasionally go "fuck it".

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I understand (as much as I can) that it must be very frustrating, as you outline. However, the post I was asking the question of sounded a step or two beyond occasionally saying "fuck it" (which we all do, I suspect, whatever out motivation for health conscious behavior):

> I have stubbornly refused to accept that it's not a smart idea to eat anything I want. I am not going to give up hash browns until I lose a leg.

Maybe I'm over-interpreting a single line of text on an internet forum, but this sounds like more of a policy than an occasional lapse.

Eat anything I want, as in not limit myself to keto / low-sugar?

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