Paying closer attention to the ingredients we put inside of our food and bodies can really lead you down a rabbit hole and leave you constantly wondering “what the fuck”?! After doing quite a bit of research, I’ve come to the conclusion that I still don’t know what the hell most ingredients are. So, there’s that? I find myself to be a fairly intelligent individual, yet I can’t look at a nutrition label and pinpoint something right off the bat and think “Nope, can’t do that. That causes____”. Who can? I’ll take all the help I can get. 

Until I become said expert, I’ll be sticking to a whole/ clean/ no nonsense/no bullshit type of eating plan (for the most part). I don’t like the idea of being so strict that I have to be one way or another forever. As a for-the-most-part vegan of 7ish years, I can tell you I did want a piece of cheese pizza every now and then. And dammit, I didn’t allow myself to indulge. Those years of restrain come back to bite you in the ass. Literally. What is the sense of depriving yourself of everything??

When I turned 21 my dad told me (while in Vegas…after I’d verbally accosted the waitress/was hours away from getting myself kicked out of the VIP area at PURE) “Everything in moderation”. As I get older, that statement reigns more true. Exercise, but don’t kill yourself. Drink wine, but not too much. Eat healthy, but if you need to, have some mac and cheese. 

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