Yesterday I posted a picture of this spread of fried foods that me and my sister were eating for dinner. We couldn't decide what we wanted and everything sounded good- so we ordered everything we wanted.
I posted the picture on my Facebook with the caption "anyone who says that nothing tastes as good as thin feels is lying. Not dieting and eating intuitively feels amazing".
Today someone said to me "you don't honestly think you are gonna lose weight eating all that fried food do you?" I was taken aback and said "no, not I if eat it all day everyday. But if I want to eat it, I am going to."
Me and my sister ate maybe half of what we ordered, and even if we had eaten the whole thing, it wouldn't have mattered. One day of eating isn't going to make you gain 10 pounds.
Plus we were listening to our bodies, and what we wanted to eat. We were legitimately hungry, and ate completely mindfully, and didn't over eat. Sounds like a healthy way to eat to me.
If I ate a giant plate of fried food for every meal of everyday- then the comment would have made sense,. I am not doing that. I am listening to my body. Responding to my hunger and fullness cues, and honoring what my body is craving.
Plus, I am in recovery for an eating disorder. And I haven't been shy about putting that out there for everyone to see... So just that point made the comment hurt, and seem inappropriate.
I know I can't expect everyone to change their life and their thoughts just because I am. But a little more compassion would be nice.
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