Healthy eating can mean a lot of different things depending on who you ask. And in the warped world we live in…we often end up in a flurry of judgement and shouldas when we get to talking about healthy eating.
But instead of calling it healthy eating, let’s call it normal eating. Because ultimately, being a normal eater instead of a “healthy” eater sounds the healthiest to me.
Normal eaters can order a salad at lunch because that sounds and feels awesome, but the next day they can also order a burger and fries at lunch and eat until satisfied because that sounds and feels awesome too. And one is not good or bad, each meal just is.
Normal eaters don’t reward nor do they punish themselves with food. They eat something because they’re grown azzzz adults who can choose to freely eat whatever they want and not eat what they don’t want and they need no reason to justify doing either.
Just love everything about this.
This post is fantastic. You always put a smile on my face with your posts! I needed to read this.
Yes, life is more than just food. Food is just food, no matter what you eat. Love this!
Robyn, you are my go-to when I feel my mind going back to a restrictive mindset. I know that once I read a few posts on your blog, I will remember what is important and get back to living 😉 Thank you for this!
ahhh I’m so glad this is a place of re-direction and refreshment 🙂 thanks for reading abby!
I love this. Normal eating means so many different things. But like you’ve shown, most of all it doesn’t involve an obsession with food.
normal eating is whatever feels good and most freeing to you while you are fully enjoying your life 🙂 well said!
Yes! Yes! Yes! How many times can I say Yes! about this. I was thinking along these lines this morning as I prepare to speak to my followers about eating and how I treated my birthday yesterday.
happy belated! hope it was amazing :))
This made me smile and made me realize that I will get here…EVENTUALLY! Thank you as always for your inspiration, your heart warming words, and your honesty!!! So well said…XOXO
You WILL get there – keep your eyes fixed on what matters and focus on the heart. It’s a journey so be gentle with yourself 🙂
“healthy is not about how green their plate is on any given day.”
And correspondingly, a person’s value is not about how green their plate is either.
Thank you for your infinite wisdom and grace, Robyn.
YES INDEED. Our value or identity is not in food or looks – so well said Maeve 🙂
Yes!!! I have worked so hard to recover from anorexia and was never quite sure when I would feel truly recovered. This post speaks to how I feel about food now! I feel normal and flexible and happy! Thank you for sharing this.
which is true recovery and freedom! so glad you have that 🙂
I can really appreciate this. I believe this is the place where we can be happiest, no matter what our size is. God gave us this gift of being able to sustain ourselves in way that didn’t have to be complicated. Normal eating frees us up to do extraordinary things.
because when you have more mind space you can focus on what matters and what you’re called to do – agreed kate! 🙂
Thanks for this great post!
thank YOU for reading! 🙂
Yes and yes! I met a woman at run club just the other day that expressed how exhausted she was from reading all the labels, counting all the carbs and documenting all the things. She literally said “Sometimes I just want to eat!” We have deprived ourselves of the joy of food and it’s sad. Great post. Here’s to being normal eaters!
yes! like, we make this wayyyy too complicated and the counting and measuring and all that has only come in recent decades and more in america than other countries. food is just food 🙂
I think this is great! I know when I first starting learning about health and nutrition I totally went into the clean eating, healthy food mode. I am finally starting to find the balance of eating foods that make me feel good, but also finding a way to socialize around food as well. I think when you find that place you know you are living your life the healthiest you can even if you get ice cream or cake more than once a week!
Yes totally agree – it’s a process to get a place of “balance” (if that even totally exists) – so glad you’ve found your groove :))
This was fantastic !
I can´t thank you enough for this post. I lost 60lbs and got to a healthy weight several years ago, but about two years ago started experiencing some major disordered eating. I was not eating enough and felt terrible all the time. I was the skinniest I´ve ever been, but I was totally miserable. Over the past year I´ve learned about eating intuitively but still have days when I struggle. Overall though I am MUCH happier. I am living in Europe for a year and don´t have all of my kitchen gadgets like I did at home, so I have felt “bad” and stressed about not having my normal “healthy” foods–avocado, ezekiel bread, green smoothies in my blendtec, etc. Posts like this remind me to embrace the food freedom I have worked so hard to find and to live in the moment. I am eating mindfully and walking eeeevvverywhere, it is not going to kill me to eat a croissant and some gelato. I might even enjoy it. THANK YOU.
Thank you for sharing your journey Ann – living proof that it’s not just about the weight, it’s about SO much more. Gahhh Italy is so refreshing! Food isn’t so dang complicated over there and you don’t see gyms on every corner. Enjoy every bit!
Wonderful post as always, Robyn! Thanks for being such an inspiration. I love how you live your life without guilt/shame- that gives others “permission” to do the same! 🙂
I LOVE this post! It’s so true and I think the “healthy” eating thing is getting to be so blown up that it makes people who dont make 100% “healthy” choices feel guilty. It takes the joy out of cooking and eating and sharing a meal with loved ones.
Yes! Healthy is so much more than food