You are putting words to a problem I think about all the time - its hard to balance health and a social life!

For example, not drinking beer can be an annoying hurdle when your friends want to drink casually a few nights a week. It shouldnt matter but its always lame to be the one guy who doesn't grab a beer.

For me it's mostly the time-restricted eating window - I've been limiting my food to a 9 hour window each day, 5 days per week... but this SUCKS for a lot of stuff. If I am working at the coffeeshop and getting stuff done, I have to leave early to eat dinner before the 9 hours are up for the day...

IDK. I guess it's all a balance. Maybe it's better to be 80% healthy than 100%, so that we can enjoy the fun things of life too.