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At my usual time I went to the gym, shortly thereafter a co-worker came in. She asked me if I had had cake that afternoon, I shook my head "no" and she replied that I was "being good."
It dawned on me that too often we place these judgements on food: good carbs, bad carbs, good fats, bad fats, you're being bad when you eat certain foods and being good when you avoid them or eat "healthy" foods.
Food is food. When it came time for cake, I wasn't hungry and the cake would add no value to my day, plus I'm still at the point where I may attach emotional feelings to my indulgence. I just didn't want, and moreover need a piece of cake.
I've been trying to find a food that is truly bad, or at least qualities that would make it truly bad in my opinion.
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Yes, yes, yes!
I'm really trying to move away from "good food/bad food" and "being good/being bad" judgements. It's hard, because so much of the world revolves around those concepts. If I tell someone I'm going to the gym tonight, the response is, inevitably ... "oh you're so GOOD!" or if I turn down sweets "wow, you're really being good"
I told my guy last night on the phone that I was going to skip the gym to go out with my girlfriends and have margaritas and even *I* said "Baby, I'm gonna be BAD tonight."
It's just inescapable!
But now when I say "bad" I really try to not infuse it with guilt and feelings about my self worth (usually!
). Bad is now just shorthand for "eating something that doesn't contribute to good nutrition and might put me over my calories for the day."
Honestly, for all of my realization about food last week, I really do feel that I still have a long way to go.
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