As I have said before, I am not a woman of extreme will-power.
I don’t wake up every day struggling to “not eat” this or “not eat” that. I don’t go to parties or restaurants and stare longingly at the dishes and foods that other people are eating and I am not. I don’t think of myself as deprived in any way.
Rather, I love the way that I eat, and I’m excited to eat the foods that I prepare for myself and my family because I know not only will they taste delicious, but I’m feeding my body nourishing, healthful foods that give me energy to live and do those things that I love. Regardless of your particular dietary choices, you should love the way you eat too.
Some great questions to ask yourself to see if you are accomplishing this:
As a general rule, do you feel energized, happy, and ready to go after you eat? Do the foods you eat taste good and are enjoyable for you to eat? Does your diet provide any roadblocks in terms of current or future health and happiness (ie. does it contribute to high blood-pressure, high cholesterol, or obesity)?
If you can look at the way that you eat and answer these questions, and honestly say you are completely happy with the way the foods that you eat make you look and feel, then why change? And why should you?
The only reason to make significant and lasting changes to the way you eat is if you have a deep and intrinsic motivation to do so (for many this comes in the form of a doctor saying, your cholesterol is through the roof, or you need to lose about 100 lbs. if you don’t want to be diabetic, ect.). This is what I have discovered over the past few years as I have made dietary changes.I have
naturally transitioned to a way of eating that does not include any animal products and is based on whole plant foods.
I emphasize naturally because that’s the way it should be: a process, a transition, a moving towards a more healthful way of living and eating.
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