Comments on: New workout and a Raaaant http://thegreatbalancingact.com/2009/08/05/new-workout-and-a-raaaant/ A blog in search of good food, good health, and a whole lot of happiness. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:10:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Buy local feedback and scheduling workouts « The Great Balancing Act http://thegreatbalancingact.com/2009/08/05/new-workout-and-a-raaaant/#comment-413 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:47:18 +0000 http://thegreatbalancingact.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/new-workout-and-a-raaaant/#comment-413 [...] of all, I loved reading every one of your comments in regards to my rant on being guilted into eating sustainable food. Some points that came [...]

]]> By: Tay http://thegreatbalancingact.com/2009/08/05/new-workout-and-a-raaaant/#comment-412 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:27:14 +0000 http://thegreatbalancingact.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/new-workout-and-a-raaaant/#comment-412 Those are one of my FAVE waffles! I love how you can really taste the maple flavor in them.

I completely agree about the whole organic/local thing. As much as I understand it’s a GOOD thing, I have to buy what I can afford. Sorry people!

]]> By: Hallie http://thegreatbalancingact.com/2009/08/05/new-workout-and-a-raaaant/#comment-411 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:08:39 +0000 http://thegreatbalancingact.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/new-workout-and-a-raaaant/#comment-411 Oh I totally agree! But I do feel guilty about not being able to buy organic all the time, and not being able to afford meat/dairy. I do what I can (the biggest being belonging to a CSA) but I eat so much yogurt these days that I need the cheapest Greek yogurt I can find!

You know, I fight with my bf about this becuase he really don’t “get” why I want to spend more money on organic stuff or why I care where the bell peppers are grown…so maybe I need to work on being less judgemental of him and his opinions, huh?

]]> By: holly (the healthy everythingtarian) http://thegreatbalancingact.com/2009/08/05/new-workout-and-a-raaaant/#comment-410 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:09:46 +0000 http://thegreatbalancingact.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/new-workout-and-a-raaaant/#comment-410 i am new to your blog (found it from the lovely janetha!) and am so glad i found it. i agree 100% with your rant – sometimes we become SO obsessed with food, you start feeling bad/paranoid/etc. there is so much more to life than food, and even though we write food blogs, we need to keep perspective!

]]> By: ksgoodeats http://thegreatbalancingact.com/2009/08/05/new-workout-and-a-raaaant/#comment-409 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:01:56 +0000 http://thegreatbalancingact.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/new-workout-and-a-raaaant/#comment-409 Those waffles look awesome!! I love everything about them!

I completely understand where you’re coming from with the guilt trip. I always say ‘eat what you want.’ Personally, I eat gala apples year round whether they come from the US, Canada, or New Zealand. I know that the NZ ones may not be the best choice in terms of affecting the planet, etc. but that’s what I want. I also eat white bread! Part of the guilty feeling comes from these videos and campaigns but another part, in my opinion, comes from what other people that we know eat. On the blogs for example white bread is taboo it seems but you know what, sometimes that’s what I want and I’m not going to deny myself :)

In a nutshell: no guilt, eat what you’d like! Whatever makes you happy is what you should do/eat!

]]> By: april http://thegreatbalancingact.com/2009/08/05/new-workout-and-a-raaaant/#comment-408 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:56:21 +0000 http://thegreatbalancingact.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/new-workout-and-a-raaaant/#comment-408 Those little eggplant sandwiches are adorable!!

I totally agree with you! I don’t really have the money to buy everything organic and sometimes I feel guilty about it.. but that’s really not fair! We all do what we can right?

]]> By: Angela http://thegreatbalancingact.com/2009/08/05/new-workout-and-a-raaaant/#comment-407 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:47:46 +0000 http://thegreatbalancingact.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/new-workout-and-a-raaaant/#comment-407 I live in a fairly small town in WV. There is no local meat in this area. A couple of weekends a year there may be a farmer’s market to go to. If I want to eat I have to shop at Krogers, Wal-mart, or Food Lion. The organic/natural food section is seriously like one small corner of Krogers. I really can’t change my situation so I really hate hearing people get all judgemental on me about my food choices. Also we are I believe the 3rd poorest state in the union. Salaries are crap here. Our only industry is coal and we’ve had Daryl Hannah here protesting that (though she thought she was in Kentucky **eyeroll** )! So yeah, I totally wish organic local food was here and that we could afford it. I’m just sick of being made to feel guilty.

]]> By: Leah http://thegreatbalancingact.com/2009/08/05/new-workout-and-a-raaaant/#comment-406 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:43:44 +0000 http://thegreatbalancingact.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/new-workout-and-a-raaaant/#comment-406 Bravo, love! I agree 100% with your rant! But I think that we are more informed than the average Joe Schmoe. And Joe Schmoe isn’t informed b/c he doesn’t give two shits and he isn’t moved by those kinds of campaigns and movies. I guess I feel less guilty than you do. I’ve struck a good balance b/w indulging and being good. And by indulging, I don’t mean eating crap. I indulge in certain organic and local produce, but not everything. My pocketbook and sanity wouldn’t be able to handle it. ;)

]]> By: Lara (Thinspired) http://thegreatbalancingact.com/2009/08/05/new-workout-and-a-raaaant/#comment-403 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:28:51 +0000 http://thegreatbalancingact.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/new-workout-and-a-raaaant/#comment-403 I completely understand the guilt feelings. Yes, I want information, but I feel like sometimes the people passing it along are being righteous and judgemental. That’s what I’m trying to move away from in my meals lately. I eat meat, I eat carbs, I often have dessert and/or wine. That’s OK!

]]> By: 2wheels2freedom http://thegreatbalancingact.com/2009/08/05/new-workout-and-a-raaaant/#comment-402 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:12:40 +0000 http://thegreatbalancingact.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/new-workout-and-a-raaaant/#comment-402 I stumbled upon this blog and I have to agree with Jessica’s comment….sometimes its good to feel guilty. I am less convinced about the value of buying organic (as you’ll often find “certified organic” is not always what you think it is), but I strongly believe in buying local when you can. Not only does it support local farmers (who make more money buy selling directly to the customer, who often will pay similar prices to what’s available at the grocery and receive a higher quality product), but you’re able to have more information on how your food is being produced. For example, a lot of people don’t realize how much salt water the chickens you get at a grocery store are fed (which is why the meat reduces down so much when you cook it). I think it’s a bit ignorant to just turn your back on something because it makes you feel bad about your current habits; how would there be any positive change in the world if everyone did that? Just because you don’t like how the message is being conveyed doesn’t mean the message is wrong.

]]> By: michelle http://thegreatbalancingact.com/2009/08/05/new-workout-and-a-raaaant/#comment-401 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:15:20 +0000 http://thegreatbalancingact.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/new-workout-and-a-raaaant/#comment-401 i didnt know that you could eat eggplant raw……im really going to try this! have you ever had japanes eggplant? its long and narrow? its like butter if you saute it!

]]> By: rediscoveringlauren http://thegreatbalancingact.com/2009/08/05/new-workout-and-a-raaaant/#comment-399 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:47:02 +0000 http://thegreatbalancingact.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/new-workout-and-a-raaaant/#comment-399 wow, well done for making that realization on why these sort of things were making you so annoyed. I think isometimes these “movements” or campaigns work on our emotions and guilt and purposly try to make us feel guilty in order to change our eating ways. But you know what, lifes too damn short to spend the entire time feeling bad about what we eat…the most important thing is health and what we believe in….I completely agree with everything you said about spenidng long enough feeling guilty so as long as our health is good, nothing else matters really.

Those waffles look delicious :) and i love how much you really pack so much yummy goodness into those pittas!

]]> By: Jessica http://thegreatbalancingact.com/2009/08/05/new-workout-and-a-raaaant/#comment-398 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:37:07 +0000 http://thegreatbalancingact.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/new-workout-and-a-raaaant/#comment-398 Honestly, I think most of us could stand to feel a little guilty now and then. I don’t think you should actually get down on yourself for not eating what people say you should, but at the same time a little guilt is exactly what is needed before change can happen.

I think it’s important that people be made to understand exactly what harm we are doing our bodies and, almost more importantly, our environment by not acknowledging the horrible practices our society promotes. If they don’t know, and a lot of people don’t, then it’s important that films like Food Inc get made to try to inform them. And if people are aware, then I’m sorry, but they should feel guilty. We all should. We might not be directly responsible but as consumers we are still decision makers and we are screwing up big-time. I think it’s a selfish trait of our culture to believe that we should get everything we want as quick and cheap as possible. We have to try to be better than that.

Sorry to rant at you. I understand your point and I agree that it shouldn’t be about feeling badly about everything we eat. I just think people should appreciate how important their actions are and take power in that.

]]> By: WholeBodyLove http://thegreatbalancingact.com/2009/08/05/new-workout-and-a-raaaant/#comment-397 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:48:36 +0000 http://thegreatbalancingact.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/new-workout-and-a-raaaant/#comment-397 I try to keep everything in perspective. I buy local when I can. I am conscious of where things come from and how they are brought to my table. I do think it’s important to hae balance in my food choices. If there is a food I really love that has a shady journey to my table, I take that into consideration. But, that doesn’t necessarily lead me to cut that food from my diet completely.

]]> By: Anne K. http://thegreatbalancingact.com/2009/08/05/new-workout-and-a-raaaant/#comment-396 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:14:13 +0000 http://thegreatbalancingact.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/new-workout-and-a-raaaant/#comment-396 Your waffles look fantastic! Your eggplant sandwiches are so cute, too. What a great idea :)

I hear you. Food Inc. made me feel a little guilty about not eating totally local, and sometimes I feel bad about not eating all organic and shopping solely at local stores. But it’s REALLY hard to do that. I buy local when I can, and attempt to make it to the Farmer’s Market. And I think that should be good enough for me. I can’t spend the time agonizing about not being able to eat bananas because they’re not grown within 100 miles of me, or not eating tomatoes in my salad when they’re not in season. My foods make me happy and pretty healthy, and I still try to be conscious about buying local + organic when I can. I think that’s good enough for me right now.

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