How I Approach Eating These Days

After working many years in the healthcare industry, studying nutrition as well as other healing modalities, you would think I would be super strict about how I eat and what I eat. You will be surprised to know that I don't restrict myself.

This has come from a long history of not thinking and caring about myself by nourishing my body and finding myself almost collapsing from hunger while working as a nursing, to an extreme side where I became super strict with what I was purchasing/eating, making sure I only consumed the cleanest and purest foods. I would say now that I had disordered eating for sure as well as a wierd relationship with food for most of my life.

Over the years of learning about myself, and really loving myself, I healed that relationship with food and funny enough my diet consisted with mainly whole fresh foods naturally and a diet that I love to eat. It is important to note that I eat the foods I love and I don't fill it with items that I think I "should" be eating.

I think it is just as important to enjoy what you are eating as there is an energy behind that intention. I love my favourite green smoothie and it makes me so happy to drink it every morning but if that no longer brought me joy I would switch it up to a food that did bring me joy instead. Releasing the idea that my meals need it include certain foods or adding trendy items because people are talking about it. This is about actually eating the foods you love and enjoy. I know most people say, well then I would just eat chocolate or ice cream all day. That could happen, but eventually if you are really grounded in your body and feeling how your body feels. You will feel that your body does not truly feel good if you were to eat a diet of only chocolate or ice cream.

It is a privilidge and part of our human experience to be able to eat and enjoy food. So I make the best of my meals and make them as enjoyable as possible. I am not cooking everything from scratch anymore like I was when I was on the extreme healthside of things. I do appreciate good quality food and foods others make from scratch, but I also don't get stressed if I am eating some processed food with canola oil. Remembering, stress also causes inflammation, making it is all relative. I am also currently living in an area where certain foods are not as accessible to me. With these life experiences you learn to work with what you have.

I love keeping my meals simple, easy and fresh. This helps keep the grocery bill lower, has you using the same ingredients over and over. This allows you have less items and clutter in your kitchen and nothing tastes better than fresh produce in the peak of its season.