In order to lead a healthy, well balanced lifestyle it is important to not only feed your body the nutritious healthy foods it needs but to also feed your soul. By that I mean giving into those sweet tooth cravings once in a while and eating that piece of cake after dinner, one piece of cake or a bowl of chips will not make you unhealthy. It is finding the balance between health foods and "cheat foods" that makes a clean eating lifestyle doable.
For me personally, I know that if I totally cut out all junk food, I would end up binging on it in the end. So for my lifestyle to be as healthy and clean as possible I created a balance. Everyones balance between healthy food and junk food will be different but thats how it should be, we are all different so obviously our bodies wants and needs will be different too. Using me as an example I, eat healthy 85- 90 % of the time, the other 10-15% of the time I allow myself a treat. This could be an ice cream, a piece of cheese cake or my favourite candies, liquorice allsorts. I am careful to monitor how much of this stuff I eat and tend to only eat this type of stuff once every week or so, of course that is not always the case, so it is important to realize if you do eat more "unhealthy" foods then you intended to that week, don't stress there are many weeks in a year so plenty of time to continue eating healthy.
Internal guide lines I tend to live by are pretty simple, and self made, they work for me and my body. I am a firm believer that everyone needs to create a type of "plan" that works for them. I limit my dessert to once or twice a week, also I will swap out the more unhealthy version, like a vanilla soft ice cream, for the more healthy version a greek yogurt smoothie bar, which contains less calories and more protein. By doing this I feel basically guilt free but still get my sugar fix. Another guide line for myself is if I eat junk food one day, I will eat completely clean the next. My biggest guide line I follow is to listen to my bodies needs, if it is screaming for a piece of candy, I will give it what it needs, one little treat will not ruin all your progress and healthy ways. All my daily meals ( breakfast,lunch,supper) are healthy and clean so indulging once in a while is good for me, and good for you too :) Feed your body & don't forget about feeding your soul.
You are so right. Balance is the key! Thanks for sharing.
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