To be clear:
Dieting is not like getting out of a bad relationship.
Dieting is not like quitting smoking.
Dieting is not like quitting drinking.
Dieting is not like quitting drugs.
This is because food is not a partner who abuses you. Food is not a carcinogen. Food is not an intoxicant. Food is not, in fact, like “drugs” – which is way too broad a statement anyway because there are many drugs one can do and some people DO have legitimate addictions.
This is, it is probably worth mentioning, inspired by a couple of recent troll comments. I don’t approve this kind of bullshittery because no one needs to see that but sometimes something is just so ridiculous….
The thing is, you can’t QUIT FOOD. You need it to survive. It contains this magical thing called nutrition, which is what our bodies require since we can’t do photosynthesis, mores the pity.
”Marianne Kirby, I Don’t Wish I Could Quit You
(via fuckyeahfatpositive)
Actually, some foods (or rather, some things PUT in foods nowadays) CAN be carcinogenic, CAN be addictive. It’s an unfortunate side effect of living in the modern world. Most people can’t afford to work around it, either, so they’re stuck filling their bodies full of crap and cancer. Eating healthily, at least with any kind of variation in your diet, is expensive.
Dieting can FEEL like a lot of those things to people, because people are creatures of habit. If you’ve been eating nothing but chicken nuggets and mac and cheese all your life, yeah, it feels pretty fucking strange to suddenly not be doing that. You might even miss it from time to time when you’re feeling down and want what is comforting and familiar. But you push on because you know it’s what’s best for you and your body. In THAT way, it IS like getting out of a bad relationship, quitting smoking, etc. It’s ok to acknowledge that SOME foods are bad for you, without condemning the act of eating altogether.
(via heyfatchick)
