Not on a DIET

Can I just start off by saying...

I AM NOT ON A DIET.

I have a diet. I try to eat healthy. One more time, I TRY to eat healthy.

I do not walk around claiming to have stopped eating sugar or to have given up sweets and chocolate forever because for me, that would be unrealistic.

I do not make drastic changes in my daily diet because I believe that "dieting" is a waste of time and does more harm than good. I am not a health expert. I am not perfect. I am learning every single day. I am eating chocolate almost every single day.

So, please kindly stop talking to me about my "diet"
Stop shaming me for eating something that isn't "clean" or posting rude comments on my Instagram trying to "call me out" for not eating healthy 100% of the time.

I have made many changes in the way I eat. I eat healthy meals, I eat more protein and veggies than I used to and less carbs than I once did, but you better believe that on Sunday after church, I sometimes go to Einstein Brothers and get a bagel with cream cheese AND butter and eat every last bite.

Yes, I advocate a healthy lifestyle. I believe that part of eating a healthy lifestyle is enjoying food and not being ashamed of what you eat. There was a time when I used to hide the bad things I ate. There was a time when I ate granola bars for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The types of comments that I hear today and the same comments that I heard when I was 15 and had incredibly disordered eating.

So STOP. I can laugh it off, but there is someone in your life that won't be able to.
There is someone in your life who needs you to stop shaming them for what they are eating.

I'm so sorry if my real sugar caramel macchiato on Instagram is bothering you, but please, keep it to yourself.