There is a motive behind every action you take.
Now-a-days people simply associate eating healthy with looking a certain way.
The internal dialogue might sound something like:
- I’m going to eat this salad so I can be skinny.
- I’m not going to eat this pizza because it will make me fat.
- I’m going to eat this chicken breast so I can look strong.
None of the above motives are wrong.
None of the above motives are bad or immoral.
And I’m not saying you shouldn’t think about what you eat in terms of how it will make you look.
But what I am saying is that it’s not a long-lasting approach that will help you maintain a healthy relationship with food.
Do I sometimes make decisions about what I’m eating based on how it will make me look?
Yes.
I’d be lying to you if I said I didn’t. I want to be lean and strong. I eat my fruits and veggies and protein.
Of course there is some level of vanity.
But in the forefront of my mind, I remember that this is not my core motive.
My core motive is not that I want to look a certain way but that I want to be a type of person.
I want to be a healthy person who has boundless energy and confidence.
If you solely relate what you eat with how you look, that’s what leads to obsessiveness.
If you relate what you eat with the type of person you want to be, that’s what leads to being in control and feeling peace around food.
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