By: Wren

Wren — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 05:22:45 +0000

Yes, thank you. I don’t dig food dictators in any form. When I was a vegetarian for a decade, I didn’t push it on others. When I stopped being veg for my own personal health reasons, I didn’t push that on others. I’m a personal trainer, but I don’t push those dictates on others. Do I want my friends and family to be healthy? Yes. Is it going to help them for me to be a pain in the a**? No. And I wholeheartedly learned firsthand that all the nutrition guidelines in the world don’t make the same diet the best answer for all people (see: decade of fighting tooth and nail to remain vegetarian, even as I made myself sick and argued with my doctor about it). Because even though I didn’t push my philosophies on other people, I was very strict with myself for a long time. I feel much better – physically and mentally – now that I am more moderate with my diet. All these crazy food rules we give ourselves can become borderline eating disorders, if not full-blown ones! Moderation is good. 🙂

By: Rowena

Rowena — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 01:34:05 +0000

Wonderful. I try to eat with consciousness and compassion. But its important to reflect beyond personal guidelines that in some instances suddenly seem harsh and rigid. Like deciding to eat the egg put before you that isn’t from pasture-raised chickens – sometimes you have to ask yourself, Where am I in a cage?

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