Food continuum

 I like a lot of the food on the green list, which is awesome because that means I have a bunch of choice. 

I really loved the wording of the blurbs for each type of list, and how it was goal orientated, gave you a quick summary of what to do with it and how it would effect you. 

I honestly love how non restrictive this whole thing is - it's amazing. Like, everything everywhere is all "DON'T EAT PROCESSED MEAT IT WILL MESS UP YOUR DIET COMPLETELY" but here in the orange list - chicken viennas - "fairly inconsequential for you and your goals". Obviously this type of food doesn't have much nutritional value so it's all about balance etc (as with most things in life). It was also great to see things like white rice here too. 

Really great to see how small the red list was - the size of the green list really makes it easy to swap things out if necessary. but again - balance and I love that even the red list doesn't say NEVER EAT THIS OR YOU WILL FAIL. Less guilt over having a Sprite once in a while. 

Take outs:

If you aren’t sure where a food might fall on the list, a good rule of thumb is to move away from more processed calorie-dense foods towards healthier minimally processed and lower-calorie foods.

There may be some exceptions from time-to-time, but generally the continuum looks a bit like this:

• 🔴 McDonalds French Fries > 🟠 Homemade Potato Wedges > 🟢 Potatoes.

• 🔴 Tomato Sauce > 🟠 Tomato Puree > 🟢 Tomatoes.

• 🔴 Fruit Juice > 🟠 Apple Sauce > 🟢 Apples.

• 🔴 Deep-Fried Chicken > 🟠 Crumbed Chicken > 🟢 Chicken.

• 🔴 Yoghurt-Coated Rice Cakes > 🟠 White Rice > 🟢 Brown Rice.

• 🔴 White Bread > 🟠 Whole Grain Bread > 🟢 Whole Grains.

• 🔴 Peanut Butter with Salt and Sugar > 🟠 Natural Peanut Butter > 🟢 Peanuts.

REMEMBER: Food is not good or bad and you’re not a good or bad person for eating whatever you want. But it is good to think about food as moving you closer to or further away from your goals. Use the food continuum to help you eat more of the food that’s better for you and less of the food that’s worse for you.

"Be a picky snob about the junk food that you do eat. Make it count."

"You aren’t a 😇 good person for eating a 🥕 carrot and a 👿 bad person for eating a 🍩 doughnut."