Hi Au secours. I hear you!
I think you’ve kind of answered your own question. Lockdown has changed your psyche: it has been significant for all of us. It has put everything else into perspective. It is not surprising you find it “difficult to be sensible” when everything else is difficult and we have to be sensible about so many other things.
There have been a lot of posts during these times about the importance of being kind to ourselves. And I think we need to take this on board and find good ways to indulge ourselves, rather than feeling ashamed about our need to do so.
I’m speaking to myself here too, as I really need to get back on board. A few days of the wrong type of indulgence for me, and those pounds are starting to creep back on. I’m doing a 6-week “wedding crash” reboot as of today, but in my heart of hearts know that I’m not going to stick to 800 every single day. I think I’m going to try and do a bit of a hybrid between Fast-800 and 5:2. I will have some days (more than 2 a week, but definitely not 7) where I am strict and just get on with it. But then other days when I relax a bit and allow myself an indulgence. Mine is wine, yours may be different. I. may try and alternate those days, or do strict weekdays and relaxed weekends. Not sure yet.
For me, exercise is also important and I’ve slipped here too recently. I’m becoming a bit of a couch potato I’m afraid. So my aim is to do one type of exercise every day, either a run, a long walk or a swim. I can do any of those in under an hour and a half per day so I have no excuse not to (especially when my phone informed me yesterday that my daily screen time last week was about two and a half hours! Shocking!!). So as well as improving my diet I want to start getting out and about much more. I find I always begin to feel more motivated when I’m more active.
So anyway, Au secours – and anyone else reading this – I’d say be kind to yourself and perhaps try building in some slack for the odd indulgence, whatever that might be. I honestly think if you know you’ve got something nice to look forward to tomorrow or whenever, it makes things a lot easier than if you are completely denying yourself. Good luck, and keep posting X