A lack of standardization

One of the frustrating things for an newly-ex-dieter-turned-mindful-eater-out-of-desperation is the lack of solid answers.

When asked "what should I eat?" my response, invariably, is "What sounds great right now?"

"Should I eat breakfast?" leads to "Are you hungry when you wake up?"

There are no rules -- no standardization -- no easy-answer formula. 

You love and hate that about diets, right?  It is easy to tell when you are "being good" and following to diet (or "being bad" because you aren't following the diet closely -- or off the diet all together because you haven't been "good" in days).  But isn't that the thing you hate about diets, too?  That you have to do exactly what someone else says...forever... and when you don't, the weight comes back.

So, yes....mindful eating is hard because you have to continually evaluate a desired action against your current conditions -- but when you buck standardization, you create something that actually FITS YOU (instead of you trying to fit it).  Doesn't that seem like a better long-term solution?