Glenn Livingston talks about the practicalities of implementing food rules in our lives. The process of rule construction is a process of reclaiming responsibility for your food choices. Our history has been to follow XYZ Diet Guru, then letting your inner saboteur say, “Well, there’s this problem with XYZ Diet Guru’s methods, so I’ll have to try some other diet guru.” But setting up food rules is a  process of taking ownership and responsibility for your own eating behavior.