One Pound Carrots vs. One Pound Bacon

Think about how you feel physically and self consciously if you ate a pound of carrots as compared to if you ate a pound of bacon. Mmm... bacon.

I know that is an extreme amount, but exaggeration is necessary to make my point. In both cases, I would feel overly full but surely like I had enough to eat. In the case of the carrots I would feel like I made a healthier decision mentally, that I am being good to my body, that I can eat more later and not feel guilty. In the case of the bacon I would feel like I accomplished a very manly task, but I would be mentally scolding myself and wondering what my gastrointestinal tract will be making of my bad decision in a few hours.

If I had this foresight at all times in my conscious mind, being thin and healthy would be easy. Unfortunately I am human and lack that filter for impulsive decisions. That is why Eat Sun is so important to me. I am using it to make healthy habits and influence the impulsive decisions I make for the rest of my life.

In the extreme case of one pound of carrots vs. one pound of delicious smoked pork belly it is easy to make a healthful decision, but when I scale it back to the everyday what's-for-lunch-right-now-I'm-starving choices that I make sometimes,  it's easy to get lost. That is where the Eat Sun challenge comes in. It helps give me focus on making the right choices both in preparing my meals and when I have to grab something on the fly. If you want to try it, it doesn't have to be as extreme as my case. I admit that I am a little obsessed with these food challenges but I know that is not the case for everyone else, that not every person can commit to going all out as I have. However, I do know that if you add more vegetables and fruit into your diet in any minute manner, you are going to be healthier. You will feel fuller and more satisfied, and you will feel better about yourself both physically and mentally. You might even feel so great about it you'll buy yourself something pretty.

EAT SUN: A blog about buying yourself something pretty.