The Art of Balance\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n
The other night my roommates and I were talking about the role of food in our lives.\u00c2\u00a0 To say the leas,\u00c2\u00a0 we titled it as the leading actor.\u00c2\u00a0 Now, to give you some context, none of my roommates or myself is fat, but we do enjoy eating.\u00c2\u00a0 We noticed trends of binge eating, which tend to occur around stressful periods such as midterms and finals.\u00c2\u00a0 What is it about the comfort of food that seems to fill that \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcvoid\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 in our tummies?\u00c2\u00a0 The urges that make us want more even when our jeans won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t allow it?\u00c2\u00a0 Ah, yes it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a little thing I like to call the inability of self-control.<\/p>\n
Food is a comfort.\u00c2\u00a0 It acts as a best friend, a stuffed animal, a lover\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6but like any of these, overuse leads to destruction.\u00c2\u00a0 Life is all about balance.\u00c2\u00a0 In college you do not want to find yourself labeled strictly as a partier, nerd, or slacker; but hopefully a mixture of all three..thus a balancing act.\u00c2\u00a0 Eating is no different.\u00c2\u00a0 You need to make sure you intake fruits, vegetables, carbs, meats, and sweets all in moderation in order to succeed in a well balanced diet.\u00c2\u00a0 My Dad always says, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Everything in moderation is a good thing.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0 I agree because it gives you the right to indulge!\u00c2\u00a0 (In moderation of course)<\/p>\n
Just remember back to the 90\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s when the food pyramid was the iconographic symbol of the decade.\u00c2\u00a0 The thing was popping up everywhere, in grocery stores, on purses and on cooking accoutrement such as aprons.\u00c2\u00a0 Ah yes, the food pyramid was the pioneer for labeling possessions, the precursor and grand poo-bah for modern Andy Warholits who think they are oh so original<\/em>.<\/p>\n The food pyramid has taken a back seat and has allowed dietary nuances to sprout in its place.\u00c2\u00a0 Through American discourse about food, they feel like they can alter its dominant presence.\u00c2\u00a0 In actuality it is the obsession with the discussion that leads to more overeating. Our society is obsessed with eating, and it shows through obesity.<\/p>\n As you go through this next week count the number of times the topic of food is brought up.\u00c2\u00a0 I assure you, you will loose count due to its frequent occurrence.\u00c2\u00a0 Try balancing the amount of time you talk about food with other comforts, like love lives, wicked professors, or lazy landlords, and just maybe, you will see those pounds fade away.<\/p>\n Good Luck!<\/p>\n Sara Olds majors in Art History and enjoys long walks.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Art of Balance\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 The other night my roommates and I were talking about the role of food in our lives.\u00c2\u00a0 To say the leas,\u00c2\u00a0 we titled it as the leading actor.\u00c2\u00a0 Now, to give you some context, none of my roommates or myself is fat, but we do enjoy eating.\u00c2\u00a0 We noticed trends of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions\/123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}