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Originally Posted by Grace Preston
That shit drags you down... because you never have it. I eat healthy the majority of the time... but I will absolutely have an occasional treat-- and because I do so, my body doesn't see it as anything off the reservation. I probably choose to enjoy things the way I do because I have health concerns that all the diet and exercise in the world cannot solve (genetic-- born with it)
I'm glad you have what works for you. I watched my fit and healthy father die at the age of 44 from something that all the diets and exercise in the world couldn't have saved him from. I choose to enjoy life from both sides of the dietary aisle.
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I'm sorry to hear about your father.
It is a free country I think people should eat what they want and also be allowed to freely practice commercial sex!
I have counseled many to have the occasional treat and I advocate everyone eating healthy if it makes them feel good - for me I feel really great and it enables me to live the life I want. If I ever got off my regimen of diet and exercise I would consider it slow motion suicide.
Before you suggest it I've had many hours of counseling from a PhD psychologist who agrees that in my case I feel so good being healthy but not extreme (I eat red meat, even sausage and use sugar substitutes..lol)that the benefits are appropriate with no undue orthorexia!
I understand some people enjoy food and I would like the taste of the occasional cookie but it really would not do enough for me to offset the negative health impact - I mainly look at food as fuel for the life I like to lead so I have no emotional unmet deficit from "denying" myself - it really isn't even hard for me to say no to food.
(Pretty girls are a completely different story)
I really don't even condemn self supporting fat people but those who get government assistance and are a burden on the healthcare system aggravate me.
