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 This is the right decision for me. I know, from experience, that I feel better when I cut my sugar intake and MOVE. I am a happier and healthier person. HOWEVER, I am not not not not not a better person. Let's take a note out of Biden's book and repeat it. I am not a better person for eating fewer sweets and going to the gym. This is not me being good, EXCEPT that I am treating myself well. This past year when I ate all the doughnuts I wanted and didn't go to the gym? Well, I was still being good. That's what I needed. Adaptation is the name of the game, and moving towards a value neutral paradigm of health, eating, and exercise.And with that paragraph, I have decided to stop beating myself up for eating bread and carbs in San Francisco or for pleading with my bff to can the list of activities he had so carefully prepared and instead, let me veg on his sofa and watch a How I Met Your Mother marathon instead. I will not be irritated with myself for choosing to catch up on Mad Men and Ugly Betty rather than kick it hardcore on the treadmill last night. It doesn't make you a bad person. It just makes you you. That's some powerful wisdom, right there, and something I needed today. 2 CommentsLeave a comment |
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I read Elastic Waist frequently and really enjoy it - but this piece has motivated me to leave my first comment ever!
I didn't realize that I was striving for a "value neutral paradigm of health, eating and exercise" until I read this - thank you for naming it, writing about it, and encouraging others to get there.
It's such an uphill battle in North American society. I feel like it's a daily act of resistance to refuse to accept messages that are about being "bad" and "good" when it comes to the food we eat and the exercise we do. As someone recovering from an ED, it's powerful social messaging to fight against.
It's so nice to know there are many of us challenging that paradigm and supporting one another over the interwebs. ;)
I think I really needed to read this today. I've been on Weight Watchers for 4 years, during that time I lost a total of about 60 pounds, but it's been back and forth, and at this point I'm up 20 from when I started. I always looked at it as good vs bad. I cancelled my membership the other day, because I realized that I don't like looking at food that way. I don't like for what I eat to be the sole decider on how I feel about myself.
I also realized that I didn't feel good about myself or my body even when I weighed 135 pounds (I'm 5'9"). Who's to say I will like my body even if I lose the weight? So, I decided that I'm going to try to, as the title of this article suggests, love myself just as I am.