I’m No Longer Ashamed Of My Eating Habits

And here’s why you shouldn’t feel guilty either.

Matt Lillywhite
4 min readApr 28, 2020
Photo: Nerfee Mirandilla/Unsplash

Most people think that having a healthy diet is essential to living a happy life. After all, the internet has no shortage of fitness “experts” telling you to eat more vegetables, and avoid sugary foods like the plague.

And while they’re correct, there’s a deeper truth about our eating habits that many of us miss:

Shaming other people for their diet is not going to make them healthy.

As a self-confessed cookie lover, I’ve received my fair share of criticism about what I eat. But something that most people fail to consider is the underlying reason behind my love of sugary foods.

Like most people around the world, I’m under a mandatory lockdown due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Although it’s easy to feel anxious, I’ve found that eating a few cookies helps to calm my nerves, so I can focus on other things in life that matter to me.

Similarly, I’m trying to maintain my sanity by having video calls with friends every weekend. During these conversations, eating a slice of pizza or having a drink is a social experience that we can all share together, despite not being in the same room.

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Matt Lillywhite

Full-time storyteller, part-time procrastinator. Writing to inspire, entertain, and avoid doing laundry. Substack: https://mattlillywhite.substack.com/subscribe