"Clean" or "good" VS "Dirty" or "bad" foods

Bringing back the caption of one of my old Instagram posts coupled with some more recent pictures of a mouthwatering burger and fries, to give context to this post.

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“Classifying food as ‘clean’ or ‘dirty’ is an easy way to set yourself up for failure. Idk about you but I don’t clean my burgers & fries OR my salads with Lysol.

Yes some foods (fruits, vegetables, lean protein, while grains) are more nutritionally dense than others (containing more micronutrients in less volume– more vitamins & minerals in less calories) but at the end of the day a calorie is a calorie & this 1000 calorie meal will not be processed by my body any differently than another 1000 calorie meal of chicken, broccoli, rice, salad, avocado, whatever, etc.

The problem with classifying foods as ‘clean’ or ‘dirty’ is that you automatically associate the ‘dirty’ foods as bad & off limit, causing you to restrict yourself from the foods you love to be skinnier in the next 5 days or some other ridiculously short period of time, making you more likely just say fuck it after those 5 days of “clean eating” & OVER CONSUME the ‘dirty’ forbidden foods. The cycle continues on & on. You beat yourself up wondering why the heck you’re such a “fatass” and can’t “stick to the plan”.

Eat the foods you love in moderation. Know how they fit into your daily intake. (2000 cals – 1000= There is still 1000 other calories in my allowance for the day) & balance the rest of your intake accordingly (I’m going to make sure I get in lots of veggies & some lean protein later) & you won’t have any trouble at all “sticking to the plan” because you won’t be confined by a plan that says you’ve failed if one day you decide to be a human being & eat that burger you’ve been craving.

Stop making it so hard for yourself & being so hard on yourself. We are all humans living in a world full of delicious food, idk anyone who doesn’t like food & if you are that person then IDK if you’re human.

Stop trying to “drop 10lbs fast” by following the latest diet fad that companies just want you to waste your money on. Be realistic with yourself. Get a little better day by day & you’ll never stop or just throw in the towel because the process is realistic & enjoyable rather that extreme and draining.”

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