Orlando Enrique Fiol wrote:

I understand how that all-or-nothing approach helps people, but it intimidates
and discourages me. My goal in life is not to be the kind of eater who avoids
carbs at all costs.

For some people specific foods or foods over some glycemic load do have
to be avoided at all costs or they get driven off the plan.

For some people they can eat anything on occasion and not get driven off
the plan.

Thinking you fall in one class or the other is just a guess. It's
something that has to be tried and learned for certain by experiment.
And it's not just binary on or off. There are shades of gray in between
that may need to be learned.