Public displays of health vs. Gluttony
Soooo…. If you had to post on facebook or show people pictures of what you ate each day would it change the way you eat? For me it surely would. And, for somebody struggling with an eating disorder for whom it’s hard to eat in front of people for fear of being judged, some may lead more towards bulimia than anorexia within the spectrum.
I started thinking about all of this because of my post on facebook yesterday of my tasty lunch.
I shared the photo of my tasty and also very healthy lunch. However I didn’ feel like sharing about the 3 mini reeces peanut butte eggs, whoper eggs, or mini kit kat of leftover Easter candy that I ate in the afternoon. Why is that?! It’s probably because I’m embarrassed by such a show of gluttony! It’s not that I believe in deprivation or that I think I shouldn’t be allowed to have any chocolate. It’s because what I was eating didn’t fit along with my schema of health or of balance. It’s not that I “shouldn’t be allowed” to have any candy; rather, it’s that the candy I was eating was too much and too unhealthy for me, especially considering my current goals of getting back into shape post-baby.
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