My Interesting Perspective on Eating

Lately, I have become a big fan of the saying “you are what you eat”. I've taken this idea even further. We all know our bodies need a balanced healthy diet of natural foods, so just take this idea with a grain of salt, or not-so-literally. Think about the phrase “you are what you eat”. The next time you ask yourself “is this food healthy for me?” think about this instead – “do I want to look like this food?”

If you want to lose weight, think about foods that resemble “fat”: big spongy loaves of bread, spongy pasta, and fat juicy fruits. Eat skinny vegetables, like asparagus, celery, or carrots. Eat light weight meats, like turkey or fish; they are light weight because those animals need to be thin to cut through water or fly.

If you are bulking, like me, you want to grow big dense muscles and taller, so eat foods that resemble just that. Lots of beef because cows are big and strong and broccoli looks like trees, so why not have some broccoli.

Pick an animal that you wish your body was more like and think like that animal. This will also help shape your conscious vision of yourself and you will naturally grow towards your goals.

Again, this is just a different way of thinking, a new perspective. Obviously you don’t want to eat sticks if you want to look like a stick or rocks if you want to look like a rock. I think this simplifies how “healthy” a food is by comparing the way it looks to what we want to become.

Fig. 1 Eat Your Way To a Healthier Life. Image from www.kissmyveggies.com