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Recently at my job, some fitness experts have come in and started evangelizing for clean eating. You know, the organic this and the organic that people. All I could think about was how most people in America and the world have no choice as to whether their tomatoes don’t get sprayed with pesticides or whether their burger meat comes from a cow raised on grass. They simply can’t afford to have these concerns. Hell, I can’t really afford to! Besides, most people I know don’t eat organic foods, weren’t raised on organic foods, and guess what? They’re fine. No chronic ills, no protuberant physiques.
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| They don't call it that for nothing. |
I must tell you, I can’t stand the whole yuppie I’m-eating-holier-than-thou patina of the clean food club. Annoying! I choose to eat in the same manner as the author of the book"French Women Don’t Get Fat", Mireille Guiliano: reasonable portions of good food that I love. Even though I was raised like most Americans on a diet of burgers, fries, pizza, hot dogs and soda, I’ve discovered that I don’t love most of that stuff enough to make it a large part of my diet. I do however love wine, espresso, dark chocolate, olives, avocados, spinach, berries, mangoes, bakery fresh breads, tofu, soy milk, Greek yogurt, cheese, eggs, fish (especially salmon), chicken, hamburgers, beans, brown rice, and soup. So my diet revolves around those main items because I really, really like eating these things. I also load myself up with fruits and vegetables, drink plenty of water, and walk a half an hour a day and lift light weights.
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| It's a paradox wrapped in a crepe and washed down with red wine. |
I absolutely refuse to have complex about the foods I put in my body. Who wants to be the chick at the party who can’t eat anything or worse has to lecture everyone about how they shouldn’t be eating their nachos because of the saturated fat? I mean, seriously, do we need to do advanced calculus on every morsel we put to our lips? Eating is as much about pleasure as it is about nourishment, but I think we’ve lost sight of that in America. I just want to eat and enjoy my food. Don’t you?
I could not agree more with this. I'm always reading studies about how this is bad for you, you should replace this with that and there is nothing more irritating than a food snob sticking their nose up in the air because you want to eat some white bread. Plenty of people can't afford organic things, they cost so much more. I work out and eat plenty of fruits and veggies. I just can't imagine living life without eating bread and cheese, indulging in chocolate cakes and adorable cupcakes, or getting messy with some hot buffalo wings. The key is honestly portions enjoy food but just don't a weeks worth of it lol. I can't help but roll my eyes at people who only stick to salads,grilled chicken and almonds. That is no way to live life at all. We are here for only a short time and I want to have fun and eat delicious food. It's depressing to deprive yourself. You'll end up a sad old person who can't enjoy a slice of pie. And most old people I know LOVE sweets!.
ReplyDeleteIt is terribly depressing to deprive oneself and counterproductive if you're trying to lose weight. Also, life is short and often brutal. I know I can't enjoy the ride without some quality dark chocolate!
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