Before I explain that, think about what has been going on here. Any election is about making a choice - in this case McCain or Obama, which does nothing to reflect the subtlety and richness of human experience, or how we would want that reflected in the electoral process and the choices we can make.
But that's how the human mind works, we put things into either/or categories. It has to be one candidate or the other. Once when my daughter was very small I was tucking her up in bed and I asked her if she was a pickle or a poppet. She had a think and said, "I'm a both", which was an honest and intriguing answer! But usually people aren't allowed to be "a both"; they have to be one thing or another.
This categorisation also works with food and leads to poor food choices. Many people classify foods in this either/or way and have a list of foods that are yuck and a list of foods that are yum. The yum list is usually, chocolates, sweets, fast food, and cakes. The yuck list is carrots and broccoli.
Some more sophisticated folks have a healthy list and a naughty list. Again, the naughty list is the cakes, fries and donuts while the healthy list is the broccoli and carrots. Secretly they may actually label these foods yuck and yum but won't admit to it.
This classification system does not allow for the subtleties and richness of food experience. It also severely reduces our food choices, for once we label something as yuck how likely are we to choose it?
So allow yourself to have broader, more generous more varied classifications for food.
So here is my list of rich food experiences:
* Yuck and I'll never eat it (probably most insects and turnips/swedes)
* A bit yuck but I'll eat it if it's prepared right (cabbage)
* Yuck once upon a time but now I like them (most vegetables)
* Yum - a long list including fruits, some veg and wild salmon, organic chicken and my husband's home made pesto sauce
* Yum but only for the first one or two bites (cakes and puddings)
* Super yum (any meal prepared with love)
Once on The Simpsons they had a sliding scale of drunkenness - the top level was labelled "Boris Yeltsin". My list is not as dramatic as that but more useful for making food choices!
So when you are choosing the foods you eat, don't automatically categorise everything into yuck or yum - think about the types of foods you want to eat and how re-labelling might help you make better food choices.
Oh, and why is Barack Obama like a scone? Because a scone is also an either/or thing. A scone is a baked pastry confection (called a biscuit in the US, where confusingly what we call biscuits are called cookies. I hope you're following this).
If you are from the north of England a scone is called a scone to rhyme with Ron. If you are from the south, it's a scone to rhyme with moan. So, Ron or moan, take your pick but it's an either or choice. So Mr Obama, when the election took place, was an either/or choice, and so is like a scone.
And just to continue the culinary theme, over here in the UK McCain is a make of oven chips. But you could call them french fries. Figure that one out!
As a Nutrition Coach Liz Copeland shows people who find healthy eating difficult how to change their beliefs and behaviours around food so they can eat well, look good and feel great. Receive her 5-lesson mini ecourse "Conquer Emotional Eating Forever" and a complimentary subscription to her newsletter No More Rabbit Food - weight loss tips for people who love food at http://www.ConquerEmotionalEatingForever.com
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