CHRISTA:
Hello all! I am just a girl who, due to a love/hate relationship with food, has developed a greater love for nutrition and living a healthy lifestyle.
I should never have had issues with food. I was a healthy child and weight was never an issue for me as a little girl. I ate because I was hungry, and stopped when I was full. However, when I was a senior in high school it all changed. I remember going to the doctor that year and noticing that my height hadn't changed since my last visit, but my weight had. I cried in the office. I have always been a perfectionist and this was simply unacceptable. And so it began; the years of dieting that would destroy my former healthy relationship with food.
Knowing nothing about nutrition or how to diet, I simply jumped in. I crash dieted, exercised excessively, and listened to every stupid piece of advice highlighted in beauty magazines or in random internet articles. However, it would always get to a point where I would break and just eat everything in sight. I forgot what it was like to eat like a normal person. I was either dieting or saying "screw it, I'll eat what I want." The whole "eat to find and maintain a healthy body weight" no longer had relevance in my life.
About two years ago, my friend gave me the book Skinny Bitch. I had asked her to borrow it because I was curious as to why she'd become a vegan. After reading that book, my relationship with food changed again, this time for the better. Listening to it explain in detail what goes on behind the scenes in the meat and dairy industries and what kind of toxins make their way into most processed foods deterred me from ever eating it again. I was vegan within the day.
The first year of veganism was great. I felt no guilt when I ate, I lost weight, and my allergies and asthma basically disappeared. I thought I'd figured out the secret to a healthy lifestyle. However, after a bit of time I discovered that you still can be unhealthy as a vegan. Oreos, for example, are vegan. Though I am still very much a believer in veganism, my old food issues and guilt started creeping back.
For me, this blog is a way to find the joy in food and highlight its many health benefits. There are so many delicious and amazing products and recipes that are guilt-free and can be used as ways to improve health, skin, energy, etc. I believe diets should be illegal and learning how to live a healthy and happy life is what should be preached in those retarded magazines. But, since that will take some time, I am going to try and do it here.
Hello all! I am just a girl who, due to a love/hate relationship with food, has developed a greater love for nutrition and living a healthy lifestyle.
I should never have had issues with food. I was a healthy child and weight was never an issue for me as a little girl. I ate because I was hungry, and stopped when I was full. However, when I was a senior in high school it all changed. I remember going to the doctor that year and noticing that my height hadn't changed since my last visit, but my weight had. I cried in the office. I have always been a perfectionist and this was simply unacceptable. And so it began; the years of dieting that would destroy my former healthy relationship with food.
Knowing nothing about nutrition or how to diet, I simply jumped in. I crash dieted, exercised excessively, and listened to every stupid piece of advice highlighted in beauty magazines or in random internet articles. However, it would always get to a point where I would break and just eat everything in sight. I forgot what it was like to eat like a normal person. I was either dieting or saying "screw it, I'll eat what I want." The whole "eat to find and maintain a healthy body weight" no longer had relevance in my life.
About two years ago, my friend gave me the book Skinny Bitch. I had asked her to borrow it because I was curious as to why she'd become a vegan. After reading that book, my relationship with food changed again, this time for the better. Listening to it explain in detail what goes on behind the scenes in the meat and dairy industries and what kind of toxins make their way into most processed foods deterred me from ever eating it again. I was vegan within the day.
The first year of veganism was great. I felt no guilt when I ate, I lost weight, and my allergies and asthma basically disappeared. I thought I'd figured out the secret to a healthy lifestyle. However, after a bit of time I discovered that you still can be unhealthy as a vegan. Oreos, for example, are vegan. Though I am still very much a believer in veganism, my old food issues and guilt started creeping back.
For me, this blog is a way to find the joy in food and highlight its many health benefits. There are so many delicious and amazing products and recipes that are guilt-free and can be used as ways to improve health, skin, energy, etc. I believe diets should be illegal and learning how to live a healthy and happy life is what should be preached in those retarded magazines. But, since that will take some time, I am going to try and do it here.
WHITNEY:
Hey there! I'm Whitney, and for the past year I guess I've been what you would call a "flexitarian". I thought about jumping on the vegan band wagon when my roomy Christa did two years ago; but I made up multiple excuses for not doing it (including my unwillingness to give up my frozen yogurt addiction).
Living with a vegan caused me to research how to modify recipes so Christa could eat meals or goodies that I cooked. To my surprise, I discovered I preferred the taste of the vegan recipes over the standards that had ingredients like eggs, milk, and butter. The vegan recipes were tastier and had more nutritional value...maybe my roomy was onto something. Up until last year, I was of the mindset that a meal was not complete without meat, and all baked goods were to be made with eggs, milk, and butter. I continued to try new foods and recipes, and soon I found myself indulging in meat and eggs only 2-3 times a week. I began to crave veggies, fruit, nuts, and grains. Some people thought it odd that as a carnivore I would order veggie burgers at restaurants when I could eat a juicy beef burger; but I was simply listening to what my body wanted.
I currently eat primarily a plant-based diet that consists of grains, vegetables, and fruits...but do indulge in some meat or dairy on occasion. However, recently my eyes were opened after reading Alicia Silverstone's book The Kind Diet. I find that as I become more informed of the harm animal products and processed foods can do to our body, the more I sway towards veganism. Food should enhance my well-being, not harm it. So, at the moment, I am on a quest to find which foods make me feel great and live life to the fullest.
Hey there! I'm Whitney, and for the past year I guess I've been what you would call a "flexitarian". I thought about jumping on the vegan band wagon when my roomy Christa did two years ago; but I made up multiple excuses for not doing it (including my unwillingness to give up my frozen yogurt addiction).
Living with a vegan caused me to research how to modify recipes so Christa could eat meals or goodies that I cooked. To my surprise, I discovered I preferred the taste of the vegan recipes over the standards that had ingredients like eggs, milk, and butter. The vegan recipes were tastier and had more nutritional value...maybe my roomy was onto something. Up until last year, I was of the mindset that a meal was not complete without meat, and all baked goods were to be made with eggs, milk, and butter. I continued to try new foods and recipes, and soon I found myself indulging in meat and eggs only 2-3 times a week. I began to crave veggies, fruit, nuts, and grains. Some people thought it odd that as a carnivore I would order veggie burgers at restaurants when I could eat a juicy beef burger; but I was simply listening to what my body wanted.
I currently eat primarily a plant-based diet that consists of grains, vegetables, and fruits...but do indulge in some meat or dairy on occasion. However, recently my eyes were opened after reading Alicia Silverstone's book The Kind Diet. I find that as I become more informed of the harm animal products and processed foods can do to our body, the more I sway towards veganism. Food should enhance my well-being, not harm it. So, at the moment, I am on a quest to find which foods make me feel great and live life to the fullest.
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