Thursday, November 26, 2009

On being a Guilt Free Diet

The Healthy Life Diet is an Aware-Guilt-Free-Diet.
which means you are aware of what you eat, what your thoughts and moods are, what your goals are, etc that is to be a Healthy you.
and If you must eat something that you consider less healthy or unethical, because you just have no other option (ie. u're gonna pass out if u dun eat, etc), then you simply just enjoy that food, guilt free, because there's no point of eating something and hating every minute of it.
It's very important to be Happy and Enjoy your food, Happiness is truly our best medicine and we need to stay happy no matter what :)

Why ?
Because..........

There are just moments where you can't eat properly & healthily
Example
- when you're working, busy busy and on the run, no time to eat and can only eat something practical, white bread perhaps.
- when you're flying and you can't bring your own food so you must eat airplane meal and you forgot to request a specific meal for you.
- when you're traveling abroad and could not find a decent healthy food
Yes of course you can make an effort to get a decent healthy meal, but in some cases it's just not possible.
- And in those other situations where you must eat whatever's available anyway..... Eat it wholeheartedly, eat it with no burden because you know that you didn't have any other choice and you're not going to add negative energy by sulking and complaining, you know that you can always try to have a healthy meal afterwards.

There are moments where we don't have the money to spend on healthy food.
The best quality food cost money, that's true, but just get the best that you can afford :)
If you can't afford organic vegetables, then get a normal vegetables, prepare / cook them with Love and enjoy eating them, all the positive energy does make a difference.
If you happen to be at a restaurant, some of the salad prices (& other healthier food) are ridiculously too expensive and makes you think thrice, yes thrice before ordering it and sometimes you end up not ordering it and settle for something else. Hey... don't sulk, it's fine, enjoy your meal, be thankful for it and try to eat a healthier food on your next meal.
Example
Lunch - and you've only got $3
pizza cost $2.50
salad cost $4.50
What do you do ?
You eat pizza happily and make up for it by eating lots of healthy food at dinner.
no burden, no guilt.
and You learn to bring your own healthy food next time ;p
But what if you don't like pizza ?
Then find a guy selling roasted almonds, chestnuts, bagel, apples, whatever you can afford.

What about not eating meat due to ethical reasons ?
What about Vegans who are againts animal cruely ?
What if you are a Vegan but you really crave meat ?
Then you need to decide for yourself what to do.
If you don't eat meat because you love animals, then don't eat it. You could get enough nutrients from Vegan Food.
If you don't eat meat because you are againts animal cruelty but you crave it really bad, then decide for yourself what to do.
If you decide not to eat meat, then be happy with your decision and choose to eat a good healthy Vegan food.
If you decide to eat meat, then eat meat and realize the consequences and be responsible for your actions, Don't feel guilty about it because it just burdens you with negative feelings and regrets.
Think about what you're going to do and
Take responsibility for your own decisions.

Example :
If you happen to be a Vegan - Raw Vegan - etc
and your grandma who you don't see often, baked you your favorite childhood pie for your birthday , which also happens to be the best pie in the world
What do you do ?
Do you refuse to eat it ?
Unless you're super allergic & you risk death, then avoid it at all cost.
But if you're just being healthy and ethical about your food choices, then I think it's totally fine to eat "junk" but super-yummy-made-with-lotsa-love from dear grandma.
Otherwise you'll end up hurting her feelings and you waste her whole day effort to bake you that pie only to be turned down by you.
So you eat the pie a little bit, enjoy it, let it bring back all those wonderful childhood memories, be happy, be grateful, your grandma is happy for you, the whole room is happy. Everyone's happy. Good times.
Don't let 1 single "slip" of eating that pie burdens you with guilt !!
Enjoy it, and you know you're back on your healthier eating choices afterwards anyway !!! :)

That illustration describe what I'll do now,
although a few weeks ago I'll definitely refuse to eat it :)
but I'm changing, I'm evolving, who knows what I'll do next time.

So be Responsible for your decisions, whatever that decision may be, Don't feel guilty about it because all that negative energy will just burden you.
It's important to Live your Life Responsibly and Guilt Free :)

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