Have you ever found yourself thinking in terms of โgood foodsโ versus โbad foodsโ? Youโre definitely not alone here but it can become a harmful way to think about what you eat. Here are some ways to notice that thought pattern and change your relationship with food.
DO ANY OF THESE SCENARIOS SOUND FAMILIAR?
You decide youโre only going to eat foods you (or the latest social media influencer) deem โgoodโ.
You stick with this for a while but start to feel restricted before long.
You eat food outside of these โgoodโ choices, so youโve eaten โbadโ food and start to beat yourself up.
You tell yourself you are โbadโ for choosing that food. You say โstuff itโ, and binge eat since youโre already off your plan.
You recommit to โbeing goodโ and the cycle continues.
If youโve said, โare you talking to me?โ
, join the club! So many of us are constantly told which foods are โgoodโ or โbadโ and neither of these will help us reach our goals. We tend to cling to these promises because we somehow think that this time we stick to things and this time will be different.
Here is the actual truth, no food is really โgoodโ or โbadโ. The sooner you start believing and practicing that mindset, the sooner youโll reach your goals.
๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ถ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ต๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ค๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐บ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต โ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ช๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ดโ
If youโve ever viewed foods as โgoodโ or โbadโ, youโre automatically setting yourself up to go overboard on the foods you wouldnโt eat when youโre โbeing goodโ. If youโve ever thought, โwell Iโm already off plan so I may as well ruin things entirelyโ, you know what I mean. 
What youโll notice is these thought patterns equate the foods you choose with the kind of person you are. You are not a bad person because you eat a donut 
and you are not a good person because you eat a salad 
.
Once youโve started to think about yourself as a bad person, or not good enough, itโs easy to slip into unconscious choices perpetuating that belief. Whether itโs continuing to eat foods that donโt support your goals or skipping the gym, when you think of yourself as โbadโ because of your food choices, it takes away future healthy choices you would otherwise make.
Who has just had an โa haโ moment here??!!
So if โgood foodsโ versus โbad foodsโ isnโt the mindset move, how can you make choices you are proud of?
Stay tuned for Part 2 where this exact question is addressed.
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