tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348441906001618167.post9020894755674396185..comments2024-03-25T15:44:38.517+00:00Comments on Dinner Stories: Why I'm done with clean eatingxchristybxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07200472796877157153noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348441906001618167.post-38657724471652682682016-05-09T22:27:49.311+01:002016-05-09T22:27:49.311+01:00Sarah - this is something I've been talking ab...Sarah - this is something I've been talking about with a work mate recently! I've heard kids as young as 8 or 9 calling themselves fat in the pool changing rooms before - heartbreaking! I reckon you're a great role model for Matilda - you can be healthy AND have your cake and eat it too! ;)<br /><br />Christy xxchristybxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07200472796877157153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348441906001618167.post-83253929620335775332016-05-09T22:26:00.997+01:002016-05-09T22:26:00.997+01:00Ah it's so difficult to get out of that mindse...Ah it's so difficult to get out of that mindset once it starts! Focus on the parts of your body that you DO like :)<br /><br />Christy xxchristybxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07200472796877157153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348441906001618167.post-51668904102263135112016-05-09T22:23:35.477+01:002016-05-09T22:23:35.477+01:00I agree, finding healtheir alternatives is a great...I agree, finding healtheir alternatives is a great way to satisfy a craving! Thanks for commenting!<br /><br />Christy xxchristybxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07200472796877157153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348441906001618167.post-26004886918810436132016-05-09T22:21:48.419+01:002016-05-09T22:21:48.419+01:00Thanks Ana! Yes sometimes it just isn't even p...Thanks Ana! Yes sometimes it just isn't even practical! See you soon :)<br /><br />Christy xxchristybxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07200472796877157153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348441906001618167.post-83753198992242177022016-05-09T22:20:51.444+01:002016-05-09T22:20:51.444+01:00Thanks for commenting Nicole! Do you find it easy ...Thanks for commenting Nicole! Do you find it easy to eat vegan or is it difficult at times? I can see that some people may find it quite restricting too, but then again if it's for moral/personal beliefs rather than aesthetic reasons it may be different!<br /><br />Christy xxchristybxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07200472796877157153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348441906001618167.post-43198731306047600032016-05-02T12:01:16.501+01:002016-05-02T12:01:16.501+01:00Oh god, same here. This is one of my biggest bugbe...Oh god, same here. This is one of my biggest bugbears, and one that I keep meaning to write about myself. IT'S A BAG OF CRISPS, YOU DIDN'T KICK A BABY.<br /><br />More generally, Christy, this was a great post and one that really resonates with me at the moment. I'm not a "clean eater", because I have very little leisure time as it is and don't intend to spend what I do have trying to put together workplace lunches from "raw" foods. But what I have noticed, as I try to exercise more and make more conscious food choices, is that I'm starting to beat up on my body again. I've put on a lot of weight in the past few years, but I was in a relatively body positive place before I started going to exercise classes, cutting out full-fat fizzy drinks and walking more. Now I've gone back to looking at myself in the mirror and calling myself a "fat bitch" again. I don't like it, but at least I recognise it in myself I suppose and I can do something about it.<br /><br />Food for thought, to use the obvious turn of phrase...<br /><br />Lis / <a href="http://lastyearsgirl.pixlet.net" rel="nofollow">last year's girl</a> xlast year's girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16613385789244095888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348441906001618167.post-72341601828170581542016-04-30T20:53:38.955+01:002016-04-30T20:53:38.955+01:00Yes! I love this so much! I've always had a pr...Yes! I love this so much! I've always had a pretty healthy relationship with food (somehow, luckily) so I mostly eat "good" food in sensible sized portions but I don't eat foods I don't like (celery?! WHY?!) and I eat cakes and biscuits and so on without guilt. This is what I want for my daughter. I know other parents who are incredibly strict about what their kids can and can't eat but I don't want Matilda learning that food or hunger is something to be controlled or used to reward or punish herself; I want her to naturally eat well but without feeling guilty about sweet treats. <br /><br />I have a real issue with slimming groups using words like "syn" and "cheat" to describe food - words which are laden with negative, guilt-inducing connotations and reinforce dieters' notions that they're bad people for being overweight.Sarah Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06123634132136877282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348441906001618167.post-9041869463250838642016-04-30T19:45:06.767+01:002016-04-30T19:45:06.767+01:00Yes, this this this this this. I do not believe th...Yes, this this this this this. I do not believe that anyone can say that they eat clean 100% of the time, as there is always that one slice of chocolate cake/biscuit/chocolate bar/bag of crisps which is always going to trip us up. And there is nothing wrong with that. If you ever try to completely cut anything out it makes it seem like the most desirable thing in the world, so you will break and you will binge. <br /><br />I've never completely cut things out, but what I try to do when trying to eat clean is to either come up with a slightly healthier version of the naughty food (such as a homemade burger, or a cauliflower pizza) or just have a small bit and only buy that small amount. If I'm craving chocolate, I buy a freddo, not a family sized bar of dairy milk, and I find this method has worked really well. Yes, sometimes I creep back up in weight a bit, but I just try to be good again and it soon goes back down again. <br /><br />I hope binning off the clean eating does you well, and you enjoy yourself much more without the binge cycle!<br /><br />Rachel x<br /><a href="http://www.theinelegantwench.com" rel="nofollow">The Inelegant Wench</a>Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00415817608835099328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348441906001618167.post-75577404665654207822016-04-30T13:06:00.904+01:002016-04-30T13:06:00.904+01:00What a wonderful post Christy! I second all of you...What a wonderful post Christy! I second all of your opinions and this is the reason I cannot do clean eating and laugh at people who are soooo obsessed with it. <br /><br />Clearly no one likes clean eating; since babies we have grown up trying a billion different flavours that you have to avoid when going clean eating, so ultimately life does not taste as good. If anyone says it's a "lifestyle" and "I enjoy it" their nose gets bigger than Pinocchio's...<br /><br />I have never been on a diet or clean eating "lifestyle" for two reasons a) I love food-and who doesn't, and b) I have a life, and by this I mean I travel, I work, I have my ups & downs and I cannot restrict myself to eating particular foods when I am in the office and chocolate bars is the closest thing to keep me going on a late night shift, nor will I cook and carry food containers around when I get back home close to midnight and I am exhausted. Similarly, when I am travelling I am not going to avoid eating local food because it is not clean eating.<br />If people loved clean eating THAT much then our taste buds would hate chocolate, but we all know this is not the case ;)<br /><br />Eat as much as you like just try to balance it during the week. There are days I eat only sugary stuff just because it happened. I am not punishing myself later on though, I know a better eating day will come ;) <br /><br />Great reading and good luck with the wedding ready body :)<br />x<br />Anastasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118183900254660660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348441906001618167.post-62892880433530103862016-04-30T08:26:21.238+01:002016-04-30T08:26:21.238+01:00This post is so perfect! I absolutely agree with e...This post is so perfect! I absolutely agree with everything you have written here. I used to be like you, eating clean and then eating one thing I considered 'bad' and before I knew it I was eating all the bad food and feeling awful. I learned over time that that's no way to live. Now I love food and I enjoy it so much because I let myself have what my body craves. I recently became vegan and that's made a huge difference to how I see food. I love fruit and veg, whole foods and grains, but I also love chocolate and cakes, so I have it all. It's all about balance and being happy in yourself and what you are eating. I never feel guilty for eating something now, food is food, there's no good foods and bad foods. Really loved this post! :)<br />Nicole xxx<br />www.gingerkitchen.co.ukNicole Osbornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17935731760997128451noreply@blogger.com