Nothing Tastes As Good

“Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels” - Kate Moss

              

Now, this is simply not true.

Have you ever tasted Chocolate Ice Cream?

Rib Eye Steak?  Caesar Salad with Chicken?  

            

Those things are delicious.

                          

And skinny can’t feel like anything.  Victory can feel like something, but if you can ever win by denying yourself what makes you happy, you are not playing the right games.

                                       

The truth is, food is not your enemy.  Food is your friend.  Food is one of your most faithful friends, actually.  Good food is never going to abandon you.  Good food doesn’t always expect you to pay a lot of money for it.  Good food doesn’t have to be hard or be bad for you.

And good food doesn’t have to make you sad afterwards, because if it makes you feel bad, it wasn’t good food to begin with.  Nothing tastes good with tears.  Except chocolate ice cream. Chocolate ice cream is the kind of friend that hangs out with you after a bad breakup.

               

The most important thing people seem to misunderstand is that somehow food is directly related to fat.

In truth, it isn’t.  Food means life.  Food is something we have all been striving for since the days we lived in caves and had to hunt food down with a rock-stick.

Think of all the people who don’t have food today.  Do they think that skinny feels better than a full stomach?  

             

Starving yourself to lose weight is about as stupid as setting yourself on fire because you feel cold.  There are better, more satisfying solutions than simply denying yourself -- solutions that address the real issues.  Eating slowly, using a smaller plate, and keeping your attention on your food instead of a television are all things you can do to ensure you don’t overeat.  But don’t set limits for yourself, because that voice is always going to encourage you to set the limit where it shouldn’t be.  

                   

Your body tells you to eat for a reason.  Listen to it.  

You only get one body.  You don’t have time to destroy it.  

So, if it has been over twelve hours since you last felt full, please, I beg of you, go to the kitchen, grab a plate, and eat something.

And tell me how you feel.

                
Be happy.  Be healthy.  And Kate Moss, please direct yourself to the buffet.