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I recently had a rough night.
I was about to head to bed, but before doing so I was in the kitchen packing up lunch/food to bring to work the next day.
I wasn’t hungry in the slightest, but I ate 2 cookies that I had made earlier that evening. And then I immediately felt guilty about it.
I kept beating myself up about it–why would I eat 2 cookies if I wasn’t even hungry? I’d already eaten 1 plus some of the dough earlier that night!
I was laying in bed thinking about all of this, and some perspective came out of nowhere that slapped me right in the face.
4 years ago I was a freshman in college, and it wasn’t unusual in the slightest for me to eat an entire small-size pizza from Domino’s, topped with pepperoni slices and tons of cheese with a hand-tossed-style crust.
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That’s a total of 2,420 calories (1,100 from {unhealthy} fats), 3 grams of trans fat (holy. crap.), and 4,310 grams of sodium.
It makes me nauseous thinking back on that. So gross! But that wasn’t uncommon for me then!
2 years ago I was a junior in college, Jesse and I had just started living together in our first apartment, and it wasn’t uncommon for me to eat 1/3 of a pan of “homemade” boxed brownies for dessert on a summer night, topped with peanut butter or fruit too, of course…
I don’t even want to look at the ingredients in one of those box mixes.
Again–not uncommon. Yuck.
2 weeks ago, as a 22-year-old newlywed whose been on this healthy-living journey for nearly 2 years now, I had 2 homemade vegan pumpkin oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.
When I look at it that way…
I’m come so far it’s just almost overwhelming.
As soon as I made this realization, I snapped out of my guilty feeling and actually felt really proud of myself.
Am I exactly where I want to be yet with healthy food choices? No. I still don’t think eating 2 cookies right before bed, especially when I’m not even hungry is a good choice.
But have I made some serious progress over the past few years? YES, I have. And that’s absolutely nothing to feel guilty about.
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Great perspective!
thanks Amanda :)
Very cool and remember you do not need to be perfect, enjoy your treats!
This post is very fitting for the name of your blog!
I love your new blog layout!
LOVE LOVE THE NEW LOOK!! :) GREAT JOB!!
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