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This is a Must Read

jeme3
jeme3 Posts: 355 Member
edited January 12 in Food and Nutrition
I think there is a lot of wisdom here.

http://www.nwedible.com/2012/08/tragedy-healthy-eater.html

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  • liittlesparrow
    liittlesparrow Posts: 209 Member
    ...This is EXACTLY HOW I'VE BEEN FEELING. It's so hard to be... "healthy". It seriously has started to overwhelm me. I just recently said **** it, and I'm eating things I like and that I think are pretty healthy, and eating when I'm hungry... I'm tired of over thinking everything. This is a good read, very relatable. :D
  • KenosFeoh
    KenosFeoh Posts: 1,837 Member
    I'm tired of over-thinking everything, too. I think I understand the basic principles of good nutrition, at least to my satisfaction, as in it's better to get my sweet from fruit than from fruit loops, and so forth.
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,439 Member
    Nothing like a big plate of sauteed, no steamed, orthorexia.:wink:
  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    That was pretty good stuff. I am sure there are plenty of pompous *kitten* who will get their feelings hurt by it (or at the very least wish AIDS upon the author), but I rather enjoyed the tone.
  • barbiek999
    barbiek999 Posts: 176 Member
    Thanks for this link! The author's got a great sense of humour;)
  • grillingirl
    grillingirl Posts: 81 Member
    Thanks! That's funny stuff!
  • tpittsley77
    tpittsley77 Posts: 607 Member
    Love love love this!!! Thanks for the laugh!
  • ironmonkeystyle
    ironmonkeystyle Posts: 834 Member
    that's awesome. thanks for posting. :-)
  • RhonndaJ
    RhonndaJ Posts: 1,615 Member
    Enjoyed this read immensely.
  • deladypilot
    deladypilot Posts: 618 Member
    I love it. I think to often we do over think this and it can just drive you mad.

    Thank you for sharing
  • sunnyside1213
    sunnyside1213 Posts: 1,205 Member
    Thanks for posting this. Very funny and soooooooooooooooo true.
  • murphy612
    murphy612 Posts: 734 Member
    Love it :)
  • RobinC37
    RobinC37 Posts: 242 Member
    I rarely read things random strangers post on the internet claiming they are "must reads." Yours was. Thank you.
    I've been feeling like this more and more. I feel like there is some formula I have to discover to have a perfect diet, and recently found myself crying at the thought of going out to eat (the sodium, the calories, after working in a restaurant I am leery of food prep and clean conditions). Every week I go to the grocery store, spend 10 minutes looking at all the different deli meats, choose none, and then wish I had deli meat all week. i'm afraid of things if I can't read a label and know whats in it. I'm scared of preservatives. This has helped put it back in perspective, so thank you.
  • Cara85K
    Cara85K Posts: 122
    This is great!
  • bathsheba_c
    bathsheba_c Posts: 1,873 Member
    Ha, this is so true. There are so many weirdos on this site who think that anything that isn't lacto-fermented virgin tears is part of a conspiracy between Monstanto and the FDA to poison us all!!!!!!
  • kingofcrunk
    kingofcrunk Posts: 372 Member
    I really identify with this. Its sometimes so hard to be healthy and then you discover you are in fact the unhealthiest person out there!
  • jensweighingin
    jensweighingin Posts: 168 Member
    This just made my day! Thanks!
  • jimmie65
    jimmie65 Posts: 655 Member
    Loved it.
  • Guamybear
    Guamybear Posts: 1,061 Member
    I am glad I eat like I always have..
  • KarenJanine
    KarenJanine Posts: 3,497 Member
    Great read thanks!
  • 714rah714
    714rah714 Posts: 759 Member
    Nothing like a big plate of sauteed, no steamed, orthorexia.:wink:
    orthorexia, good word, had to look it up
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