It's sad when people feel guilty about eating, instead of viewing that food as something given to us. Someone prepared it. Someone else grew, harvested, and transported it. Maybe an animal gave its life. Certainly a plant did.
Haha - OK. I was supposed to talk about why we shouldn't feel guilty...
But the real point is that the food we have is a gift, and we should do what we can to treat it as such.
This is even true for fast food, or other things that are "bad" for us. Not that I'm encouraging people to eat fast food. Just that if it's sitting in front of us as the meal we have chosen, then it's important to enjoy and appreciate what it is. It gives you the calories that you need to function. Many people worked hard to make something that is cheap, convenient and consistent. Perhaps it will even be tasty, and that's something to appreciate too.
It's good to make healthy choices. And it's good to take steps to alter your mindset so that healthy choices are a natural part of your life. But it's also so important to enjoy what you're eating.
If you're going to eat chocolate, cookies and ice cream anyway, do what you can to fully experience them and don't let guilt be part of the experience.
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