No Bad Food

No bad food.  Sounds too good to be true, right?  Turns out, that may be the case.  This is a new concept for me.  How many times have you eaten a decadent brownie, rich cheesecake, or any other high calorie, sugary treat, and felt guilty or even rebellious?  Any of these sound familiar?

"I am going to be bad and eat this brownie."

"I am going to sneak another piece of chocolate."

"Good thing I had a salad so I can eat this cookie."

"I better eat vegetables the rest of the day so I can eat this piece of cheesecake."

Many times we make up our own rules and decide what  SHOULD be off limits.  What if we quit "should'n" ourselves?  What if all foods were really okay to eat?  What if there were NO bad foods?  Kind of hard to wrap your brain around, huh?

This concept was introduced to me this week and I have put it to the test.  This is what I have found:

First, it is extremely hard to change my mindset and let all foods be available and okay to eat, with no moral value attached.  It is a struggle and I am still working on this one.

Second, I find that I enjoy my food much more when I allow myself to have what I want.  It is quite amazing.

Third, I am finding that cravings for "bad foods" have actually decreased.  I do not crave and eat nearly as much "junk" when I do not make it off limits and do not assign it a moral value such as "good" or "bad."

It is a work in progress.  All in all, I like this change.