booboo wrote:hey everyone, this is probably a lame question, but have been thinking so much I have got good & thoroughly confused.
Is a "healthy diet" the same healthy diet for everyone? (does that make sense?), or do people have differernet needs depending on their own body? thanks
IMO... listen to your body...because it knows. But sometimes, listening to your body means ignoring what others - sometimes powerful others, who are allegedly experts in the field - have to say. And other times, listening to your body means you have to be very, very quiet and still, which can be challenging, too. Perhaps that is cryptic or controversial; I don't mean it to be either.
There was a book that was popular awhile ago, which got mixed reviews, called "French Women Don't Get Fat," or something like that, and it was roasted for not giving practical advice, a criticism I believe was both warranted and completely unwarranted.
Or, as my father would say, "Moderation in all things, including moderation." But similar sentiments have been attributed to Mark Twain and to Petronius, so don't take my dad's word for it...even though he's always right.
I think the biggest key, and this might be inflammatory too, is that we need to love ourselves as we are before we can love ourselves enough to love our bodies for what they are, and that is, they are temples in which we must worship, and therefore they should be treated with respect, and each person's definition of respect must differ, for each person's soul differs in the way it is incarnated. Again, for me, this is a spiritual understanding, and for others, that may be problematic, IDK, I'm just throwing in my pennies at this point, 'cause where else am I gonna spend them?....
ETA: I now eat the Paleo diet strictly and run with those slick barefoot running shoes, and I attempt to convert everyone who crosses my path into doing the same. I'm a total evangelist about the Paleo lifestyle. Suffice it to say, I'm completely on board with the low-carb thing, and in an extreme way. If I eat a potato, I consider it cheating. I'm not saying you should... I'm just saying I do, so it's clear where my personal bias lies on your original question.
You're certaily one in a million! Well probably closer to a billion hehe!!!
FYI I'm on facebook now Sarah. Not too sure on how to find you?????