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Expert Yogi Posts: 8442      | Hooray Erica! Good for you - the graduating and the decision to eat better. There is a thread or two about what you are talking about here. One in particular talks about simple steps. I would work on adding in fruits and veggies first and think about organic later when you are ready mentally and financially. Some will disagree with this but small steps are easier to accomodate. You might just want to start with adding an apple and carrot a day to your meals. They are cheap and keep and travel well. Even if you have a fast food day, keep eating your apple and carrot. Then one day you might grate them up and make a salad out of them, add a few sunflower seeds, slice up some roasted chicken from the deli and so it goes... Read all the posts here and see if you can get some more ideas. Just remember small steps. Rome was not built in a day  | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 8442 | Salted cucumber and sugar in coffee are two of the best things in life. Don't give 'em up without a fight! But you might be able to cut down the salt if you sprinkle a little vinegar on the cucumber first Sounds like you are headed in the right direction. Just keep making it up as you go along. That's what most of us do anyway | ||
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I worked hard on changing my eating habits also after graduating from college, and after being diagnosed with endometriosis, both 4 years ago. Be prepared...it took me a solid 2 years to totally do it. The best thing you can do is constantly read about nutrition, make small changes, and don't hate yourself if you absolutely must have one night a week where you eat whatever you want, especially in the beginning. Another thing, be prepared for when you get a "real job." I will guarantee that people will ask you if you're "dieting" because you're eating vegetables for lunch, or cutting up an apple for a breaktime snack. The college diet is no longer just a college lifestyle; the college diet has completely saturated our culture, and our workforce. One day after work, around six o'clock, drive by some fast food places, and while you do, remember all the news stories you've heard in the last few years about obesity in America, and heart disease prevention...then, look at the cars wrapped around all these fast food places! The math adds up. Good luck to you!  | |||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 2479 Location: A Blue State | But the good news is that if you make a habit of eating well, you'll be driving by those fast food places thinking "Oh Barf! How can anyone eat that!" I'd go hungry first.  | ||
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| Bay Guy, I totally agree with you. To me, there is nothing on this earth more disgusting than the smell of a Burger King restaurant. Unfortunately, I have to drive by one nearly every day. Every once in a while, I must have a bean burrito (no red sauce, add fiesta, plus 3 packets of fire sauce) from Taco Bell, but that's IT! What always makes me mad are fast food commercials that feature extremely thin women, and athletic men eating fast food. Ever look at the people who are wrapped around those fast food places for dinner? I've gotten way off topic... Anyway, for halfmoonbender, try to focus on food being for fuel, and the better quality fuel you feed your body, the better your body will perform. Fruit and veggies are nature's fast food. You don't actually have to leave the office for lunch to get them, so they're even faster! Also, once you begin preparing your food, you will notice you may eat less. Preparing your food allows you to focus on it, smell its aroma, and it will begin to satisfy you before you even begin eating. Fast food won't do that. What I do is pack a bag full of several food options for lunch, and I decide what I want to eat at lunch time. I'll cut up a few veggies, maybe eat them together as a salad, or eat them separately, maybe add a packet of tuna for lean protein, or some soup. Once you start doing it, it's easier than you think. Sorry for being so long-winded. | |||
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| although i agree with butterfly about making good choices and preparing several options, i am finding myself struggling with good and bad food choices - and i have only been back to school for a little over a week! juan valdez has snuck into my flat a few mornings!! i am not eating my five small meals as i should and have skipped a few meals or had bigger meals (because i am starving!) and then feel horrid after because i am bloated and too full. it is easy for me to avoid fast food (well western ideas of fast food anyway!). i will admit that the crap carbs (white rice and bread) are trying (so far unsuccessfully) to sneak their way back in too. good luck to the OP! i am trying to fuel up on good stuff! i think of it as brain power!! ps does anyone know where i can rent a few extra thousand brain cells? i seem to have "lost " some of mine since the last time i was in school full time | |||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 8442 | In Canada we say chips for both chips and, ummm - chips  We didn't call them "fries" until you-know-who arrived with the goofy clown and cheap, cheap burgers... I gotta say though, there are days when NOTHING is as good as some McDonald's fries and I say that even after watching all the bonus material in "Supersize Me." OTOH - English chips are the gourmet version. I think we had them for breakfast, lunch and supper (errr - tea) a couple of times when we were there. Oh - I should stop now and go eat some tofu or something..... | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 2479 Location: A Blue State | Leaves with grilled chicken sounds good to me! | ||
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| Tourist.... did you try chip butties as well *gggg* Actually, the really traditional English Fish and Chip shop's actually a weapon.... downs foreigners in one deliciously greasy stomach full  Fee | |||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 8442 | Oh no, we did manage a few cozy locals in there. We were only there a week but managed to hit quite a few pubs! My DH got quite picky about wanting only the very oldest places we could find - established in 1700's was just a young pup once we had been in one from the 1500's. We just are not used to that age out here in the wild west. Yes, I would LOVE to do a beer fest sometime, although I must say that our local brew pubs on the west coast do a pretty good job of keeping us in beer and festivals | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 5098 Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | |||
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| I'm so pleased you managed some 'real' hostelry hospitality This reminds me of an British archeology program I saw once that was doing a special in the States : US Digger : "I don't suppose you're used to excavating sites this young?" Brit Digger : "No, you're right. Most of our 100 year old buildings are still in use". I'm afraid the ironic tone went right over the head of the US chap Fee tourist - 2005-05-19 11:49 PM Oh no, we did manage a few cozy locals in there. We were only there a week but managed to hit quite a few pubs! My DH got quite picky about wanting only the very oldest places we could find - established in 1700's was just a young pup once we had been in one from the 1500's. We just are not used to that age out here in the wild west. Yes, I would LOVE to do a beer fest sometime, although I must say that our local brew pubs on the west coast do a pretty good job of keeping us in beer and festivals Edited by Orbilia 2005-05-19 5:33 AM | |||
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