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I've been on a diet
I feel like everybody has at one point
or another I've never birthday been on a
diet I'm a stress eater and so when I'm
stressed out I eat a lot and then I get
a little bigger so I try to watch what I
eat eat healthy things I've never
personally been on a diet I don't
particularly like the word I think it
just means restrictions and sometimes
people go too far with them but I've
always been an extremely healthy eater
and I think that's really where it
starts yes I hate diets and I hate the
word skinny and I hate the word fat I
feel like as I grew out of my
adolescence into my 20s I felt like I
personally tried to be more
health-conscious in like cutting out so
it owes and cutting out junk food just
for the sake of staying healthy being
active if you want to call that a diet
called a diet I don't focus on numbers
on a scale I just want to feel
comfortable in my own skin I've
definitely been on a diet I've done some
really intense diet trying different
things like keto or Weight Watchers but
to me I would really like to do
something that feels more like a
lifestyle that I could actually do
forever so I don't like the word diet
you know you could eat a salad every
single day and then that one time you
eat a cookie then you're gonna feel bad
have that one cookie instead of 20
cookies and just trying to kind of keep
a balance of eating certain things in
moderation many diets since I was 11
years old it sucks but I think what I've
grown into later in your life is
realizing that self-acceptance is pretty
key and just having a healthy lifestyle
is also key and that also means allowing
yourself the indulgences and being
active about it when you can also up
here and in here you just got to be okay
I have been on many a diet sometimes I
feel like it's a good way to find some
control I think that makes me feel
comforted because I like rules but I
also love to shove food in my face but
every now and then I think sure why not
get rid of gluten for a little bit and
figure out how it makes you feel in your
stomach or like maybe dairy is making me
break out a little bit how about you
take that to the curb
but dairy is hard cuz I love cheese
I've been on a diet I've been a multiple
diets can you remember how many at this
point yeah I know but if I'm like I'm
going on a diet that almost didn't see
any weights that there's going to be an
ending to it so if I'm really just
trying to eat better for myself and my
body and to just live healthy that's
just a lifestyle change I have been
dieting since I was like 12 years old on
and off I feel a little different now
because my mindset has changed about
them I think diets work for me when I'm
in a healthy state of mind when I am
realistic with them and flexible with
them diets actually work very well for
me because I like structure I've been on
the Paleo I've been on fad diets I'm
honestly at a point where the goal isn't
a diet anymore it's more so to make
better choices for a couple years now
they got cut out different things in my
diet and drinking more water dieting is
not always healthy and it can be very
dangerous I remember when I was younger
I would go through diets where I just
wouldn't eat all day just eat very
little and I was sick after a while I
had been on plenty of diets and my first
diet was when I was age three I don't
love the term diet I just feel like
there's such a negative connotation with
it and it's kind of just associated with
people hating themselves or hating
themselves to become this thing so I
think it's great to pursue like an
active lifestyle or to do things that
make you feel good or eat in ways that
make you feel better
I've definitely been on diets and
they've been really really bad
everything from bulimia to borderline
anoxia where I would just eat like a
handful of pretzels drink Crystal Light
chew sugar-free gum for meals and
exercise like a ton and then basically
hair start thinning almost passed out
like bad bad migraines
your body needs nourishment if you're
naturally thin that's great but that's
plus-size girls or is naturally thick
people who have a little meat on their
bones like we shouldn't feel bad about
our bodies and has to be forced into
this whole diet culture because it's
extremely toxic and I'm against it 100%
I actually have never been on a diet I
eat moderately or I'll change the way
I eat if I feel like you know I'm
getting a little heavier or I'm feeling
uncomfortable in my clothes but I never
used the word diet because it had such a
bad connotation I've been on a diet
plenty of time such as the life of a
plus-sized woman girl kid I think I went
on my first guy when I was 10 and yo-yo
dieted throughout my life until maybe I
want to say 10 years ago when I realized
that dieting is just not healthy for me
because I would lose the weight and then
gain it back and some and then I would
always be hungry which you never want to
be hungry all the time but I learned
that instead I have to choose a
healthier lifestyle and incorporate
healthier foods into my lifestyle
incorporate exercise and moving and I
found that I have lost some weight
I was larger than this I used to be a
size 32 the weight has come off
gradually but I'm not trying to lose
weight I'm just trying to feel healthy
and I feel better and I move and I'm
healthy you can never tell someone's
health by looking at them so people
assume that I'm like I'm at death's door
they can think what they want I know
where I'm at in my life
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