Oh aren't you GOOD!!!!

Starting with a bit of background here. Most of the people who read this, know me. It probably hasn't passed your notice that I am no slip of a girl! Being a new year and with a wedding looming as well as turning 30 next year, I have started to back off on the calories. I've been drinking more water, walking regularly and going to the gym regularly. I am going to work towards making this a way of life. Not just for my appearence, but for the health of my internal organs, my bones and so I can be active and healthy in my old age!

Before now, I wouldn't say I spent my days stuffing my face with cakes and biscuits. Morning tea was usually a reasonably wholesome snack, lunch a sandwich, occasionally, I would spoil myself with some noodles or similar, but generally, I wasn't a complete slob in the chow department.

The other day, I was washing off my celery stick, which I planned to eat with a small amount of peanut butter (protein, some carbs, and some fibre). One of my colleagues walked past and went "Ooo, you're being GOOD!" When people see me having smaller portions, they say "Oh aren't you GOOD!" or if I turn down a piece of cake, "You're a GOOD girl!"

Question! When, pray tell, was I being "naughty?" Really, in the scheme of things, is eating a chocolate iced doughnut "naughty?" I think not. I think what people are doing to each other in the Gaza strip is pretty "naughty", I think infidelity is "naughty", but food is food and it's not "naughty" or "good". There are healthy foods and unhealthy foods and in between foods, but lets stop talking about it like it's a behaviour (yes, I know changing behaviour around food is a key to good health, but for the purpose of this blog, food is an object, behaviour is just that, behaviour).

So what am I doing with food at the moment? I suppose you could call it 'being good', but when I have a chocolate bar, am I then 'being naughty', no, I think not. It's called eating properly! If I have eaten properly 99% of the week, then I am going to eat and enjoy a bit of chocolate or cake or some chips or a glass of wine. It's called balance!

It seems in this day and age of increased scrutiny on body image, coupled with the obesity epidemic, food is everyones business! Gone are the days that you can turn down something that you don't feel like without everyone making remarks about "your diet" (Ooo, are you on a DIET? Is the DIET working? Are you eating enough on your DIET? Can you really afford to eat that on your DIET!?)

Shut up already! Ok, so maybe I am what you'd call a DIET, maybe I am really GOOD! Just let me eat my healthy food in peace without patronising comments on my virtuous ways!