Just to add another voice. I do not live on a strict adherence to any plan. I am 20 years out from my original diagnosis, with a very poor prognosis from the gate.
I don’t eat a lot of sweets, but if I wanted some ice cream when it was 107* a couple days ago, I won’t feel guilty for eating it. Same answer for dairy, my normal dairy intake is a little 1/2-1/2 in my coffee in the morning.
I don’t eat much meat but I didn’t feel a bit guilty when my neighbors brought us cooked grass fed local steaks and I made it into steak strips with my salad for 3 nights in a row.
I don’t live by any hard and fast rules. I try to remember to keep my body as healthy as I can while I live with cancer. I will not deprive myself of foods that I love, I will decide when I really want them instead of eating them all the time.
Since alcohol has a direct link to breast cancer, I cut what little bit I had from my life on day one, and kept it that way. I just don’t drink period.
Try to remember that making an effort for health by reading labels and eating healthy doesn’t have to be bondage to a diet.
How can you accept for yourself, an occasional food without guilt? Are there cultural foods that you feel you shouldn’t eat, and how do you deal with that issue?