Bad, Bad Choice.

Bad, bad choice.  Don’t worry everyone does it, ya know? Makes a bad choice.  Yet, when it comes to making a bad choice regarding food it is a whole number bag of worms.  First, if you’re not alone when you’re eating, the people surrounding you are most likely looking at what you’re eating and rating it on some sort of scale.  There is the “delicious scale” rating the wow factor of how “delicious” the food would taste based upon the imagery in front of them.  Then there is the “good for you” scale.  This scale focuses on the overall healthiness of the food and how it could ultimately affect your weight or health.  The types of scales that exist are infinite and could be endless redefined depending on whom you ask.

The scale that sticks out in most “weight conscious” individuals is the “bad for you scale.”  It’s a brutal scale that every morsel of food that enters the mouth is weighed upon to determine its “badness.”  If the food has fat, well then it’s bad.  If it is mostly carbohydrates, put it on the diabetes scare bad scale. If the food fried, watch out the scale is tipping and just might never balance out again!  Pretty soon it is not worth eating at all because of the potential badness that makes weight watchers run in fear of an extra calorie leading to an extra pound. I mean really?

Let’s get real here – eating is worth every bite as long as it is enjoyable and contributes something to how you feel in positive light.  Negative feelings towards food can create a stressful environment, not just the one that is being physically lived in, but also, the body.  If someone is so worried about their bad choices, the body can be come a stressful zone and potentially this could lead to more bad choices and overeating.  A vicious cycle instead of a delicious cycle wins us over. 

May it be suggested that food be enjoyed for what it is?   And, when food choices are made, can they be acknowledged for what they are? If it is indeed a “bad choice” then make less of them or consume less of what is in front on the plate.  Don’t ignore it but be aware and arm yourself against a…

Bad, bad choice and don’t break the scale.