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I was reading a post about dipping baby carrots in ranch, and it reminded me of what I've previously described as an Additive vs. Subtractive approach to nutrition.

The Subtractive view looks at all the things you're currently eating, or might eat in a given day, and sees a pile of Bad Stuff, with probably some Good Stuff mixed in, which would be better if only you could clean off and remove the Bad. The Unhealthy, the Fattening. So this outlook sees the carrots as Good, and that ranch is Bad, so in order to eat well, the thing to do is remove the ranch.

(I fear I've gotten in too deep with capitalizing Things for Emphasis, so I'm going to back off on that now. You get the point - foods are not *actually* fundamentally good or bad, they are just categorized that way.)

Dipping carrots in ranch is not a healthy food choice, because the ranch is unhealthy. The ranch has "cancelled out" the carrots, by adding all that fat and processed sugar & stuff, so it would be better not to have eaten that at all. Subtractive nutrition is very concerned with lessening the Bad things: calories, fats, trans fats, processed ingredients, carbs, sugar, salt, meat, non-organic foods - whatever their current trend of "healthy eating" says will kill you.

On the other hand, the Additive view (which I think is more sensible) looks at the carrots & ranch snack and says, you ate some carrots! Carrots are objectively good for you, and you got that nutrition into your body. Good job! Sure, you also ate ranch, which nobody thinks is a health food, but a) the carrots are still definitely in there, nourishing you, and b) the ranch made you more likely to eat them, and enjoy them, and so eat them again in the future. Ranch also provides essential nutrients, regardless of whether it's the ~optimal~ way to get them.

Additive nutrition looks at your day and sees what nutrients you consumed, any that are helpful. Any good choices you make, regardless of if there are also bad ones. What's good, and maybe let's not go overboard on "Bad" stuff if we're really worried about it, but what did you eat that helped you? Eat food that serves you, and if you can put in more good things that's great! But if you have ice cream afterwards, it doesn't rip the kale out of your stomach. It just means you had ice cream today, and also you had kale.

And while Additive thinking helps with motivation, because it gives you little mental gold stars for lots of things, and doesn't take any away or call for shame if you do eat all the nachos, it really comes into play in decisionmaking, and weighing options. Subtractive thinking says, don't eat broccoli with cheese sauce, the sauce is bad for you. Just eat the broccoli, plain, steamed, with maybe a little low-salt seasoning mix. But let's be real - you're not going to do that. Or at least, not very often, not if you're starting from "I don't like broccoli unless it's covered in cheese sauce". Subtractive thinking says take ALL the bad stuff out, and make only the Correct choices, and then you're being healthy. Otherwise you might as well not have bothered.

Additive nutritional thinking says the broccoli with cheese sauce is adding broccoli to your diet where it would not otherwise have been. It's not a choice between plain broccoli and cheesy broccoli, not really. Really the choice is, do I add some broccoli to my diet today, along with tasty sauce, or do I not eat broccoli at all, because that's what I would be doing otherwise?

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90 day journey

I'm back again with some original content *cue gasp*

As of yesterday, I've been married for one year! Which is awesome! Since the wedding + honeymoon though, I had completely fallen off my health journey. I had gotten down to 161 lbs around the wedding and I soon saw myself back up to 175. I've recently restarted my journey and am at 169 so back into the 60's, woot!

My body pain is still pretty bad. If you're new here, I'm a hairstylist and makeup artist who is 26 and in a lot of chronic pain. Funnnn stuff lol. We are starting to consider that I might have arthritis which is....not ideal news? Granted, I haven't been tested for that yet but tbh it would make a lot of sense given the pain I experience on the day to day.

So why share all of this?

Well as of yesterday, 10/30/22, I decided to start the Blogilates 90 day journey! This is basically a "challenge" she made for you to establish your own fitness, nutrition, and mental health goals/rules that you want to follow for 90 days. (Here's her video on her own 90 day journey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkAkx6vDff8 if you're interested in it yourself!)

I decided I want to:

-workout 3x a week, doesn't matter how big or small!

-have no alcohol or coca-cola for the full 90 days

-drink 1/2 gallon of water a day

-do my skincare every night (as a "mental wellness" goal)

-use my 90 day journal every day (and track my food + water in it!)

-get 7+ hours of sleep every night

I also have physical goals of:

weight: 150 or lower

body fat%: 30% or lower

BMI: 25 or lower

I plan on updating with my progress every month, so stay tuned! It's time to really buckle down and show up for myself. I hope you'll feel compelled to do the same, whatever that looks like for you :)

#me #wellness #healthy lifestyle change #sustainable weight loss #healthy #blogilates #90 day journey #lifestyle change #exercise #healthy eating motivation

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Period 😌

Idk who needs to hear this but your tummy isn’t ruining your outfits, you look hot

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Baked Cod

Recipe by Rasa Malaysia

#yum #food ref

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Credit to: https://instagram.com/thrive?igshid=xz7co9duh5lo

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Mental Health check!

How are you guys doing today? I’m genuinely curious, because I know a lot of us are dealing with a lot of stress lately and aren’t taking care of our self’s like we should. If you are have problems with stress I have a product that’s perfect for you so feel free to message me so I can set you up!

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progress can come in so many forms.

forming a routine. getting more sleep. showering more often. eating more than one meal a day. finishing an assignment on time. allowing yourself to take breaks when you need them. drinking more water. going outside more. spending more time socializing. not going to events that are draining. cleaning the dishes before they pile up.

some things seem like little steps that we barely acknowledge, but every one of them is a part of progress.