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The thing about eating healthy

The thing about eating healthy is you learn how to eat. I will be the first to admit, when I moved out on my own, I no longer had a parent telling me what I could and couldn't eat. And I didn't cook, lol.

Yes, you can eat chocolate cake for breakfast. But after I began to really watch what I was eating, I realized just because I "can" eat something doesn't mean that I should. And just because I'm not eating it doesn't mean that I "can't", it just means that I choose not to.

Anyway, after moving out, I literally ate fast food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I was having fun! And I gained like 20-30lbs in the process...

Those bad habits started to follow me. If I wanted to eat something I just ate it.
Now I'm thinking before I eat. But I still enjoy things I like. I like to go out to eat, and like most people, I enjoy a good appetizer. But limit those nights out to 2-3 times a month, instead of multiple times a week.
Even over the holidays I ate cookies, and stuffing, and bread. I love bread. And potatoes...

What healthy eating means is, if you eat a bad snack in the afternoon, don't throw in the towel and eat bad for dinner and dessert. Start over at dinner, and eat the way you know you should. You start to look at your food closer and how it makes you feel. Good food makes you feel energetic, happy, and generally good. Bad food (carbs, sugar, caffeine) makes you feel tired, bloated, sluggish, and grumpy.

Today starts my new year and my new goal.


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