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Eat What Feels Good? What does that mean?

My college roommates and I had a saying we liked to think we lived by: Do what feels good. It was a message meant to help drown out unnecessary self-criticism and self doubt. It encouraged us to ignore pressure from peer groups to act or be a certain way. Basically, do what makes you happy. My friend Colleen lived this way and I always admired her for it. She did what she wanted within the confines of her personal values, and she was and is a wonderful person for it. I interpret the message as a "big picture" phenomenon, not just an "in the moment" excuse to act like an idiot (though we may have used it that way in college). The goal is to have all of your actions move your life in the direction you want it to go, right? Okay then, do what feels good. If what you do makes you feel bad later, it was the wrong thing to do. Since a lot of what makes me happy in my day to day life involves food- eating, cooking, food network, grocery shopping- I like the motto "E