Comments on: this is just my tendency

By: questionsfordessert

questionsfordessert — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:18:32 +0000

It can be more expensive to eat healthier, but I’ve noticed that I eat less when it’s quality. My husband is a bottomless pit, so I often have to portion our stuff out – including leftovers – before we have a chance for seconds.

It is interesting how people can mock our weird foods, but also love it, right?

I’ll have to try kale sometime! Thanks for the suggestion!

By: questionsfordessert

questionsfordessert — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:16:07 +0000

Congrats on the baby! That’s definitely good reason to get as healthy as possible!

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Weigh-in #6 (or 2) | Fat Chick's Journey — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:14:55 +0000

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By: Fat Chick

Fat Chick — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:28:19 +0000

I read your post the other day (about the “fake” food) and was SO impressed. I wanted to comment then but didn’t have time then I couldn’t find it again (too many blogs in my reader :( ). So glad you brought this topic up again. :) I eat as naturally as I can but due to time and other constraints there are still some processed things that end up on my table. That’s getting less and less, though and I love it. I just really hate how expensive eating fresh is. :( My siblings think I’m weird for eating fresh and not boxed and make a lot of comments on my “weird foods”. Not sure what’s weird about it but, oh well. Sometimes I just don’t tell them — like when I substitute fresh ground almonds for breading on my chicken — what they don’t know doesn’t hurt them. :) Plus, it gets lots of compliments instead of rants. LOL

On the green monster — try using Kale sometimes instead of or in addition to the spinach. I’m not big on Kale just to eat but in a smoothy it’s pretty darn good. Of course, I need a top on my cup to help me eat it because it looks a murky gray/purple color with the berries added. I also need a better blender to liquify my kale. Should probably try just the spinach again to see if that blends easier.

Loving your blog. :) Thanks!

By: Kimberly Lee

Kimberly Lee — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:51:35 +0000

Your post was spot on and in no way offensive. In college and grad school, I was the queen of processed food. I could rattle off the nutritional information of any fast food restaurant or frozen food item. Post grad-school, I started eating more wholesome foods. But I was still eating way too much proccessed food and drinking too much diet soda. I had slowly been making my way away from the diet soda, then I got the news that I am expecting a baby. I definitely have a reason to eat the healthiest that I can be. And those diet sodas will not slip past my lips again.

By: Vicky

Vicky — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:30:12 +0000

I was on WW once and remember laughing about how I could eat a whole frozen pizza if I just didn’t eat anything else!
Since then I have started thinking the way you do and I think I feel better for it. I am not “perfect” but I am trying….

By: questionsfordessert

questionsfordessert — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:14:44 +0000

Oh, those fudge popsicles. I don’t even know how many of the WW Mocha Pops I’ve eaten in my lifetime. Sigh.

Thanks for the link too! I’ll check him out!

By: questionsfordessert

questionsfordessert — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:12:54 +0000

I dice up carrots really small and get them softening with the onions in any sort of spaghetti sauce or bean dish. You don’t notice them if they’re cooked until soft. And if there’s something red or orange to cover up the color!

By: Candi

Candi — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:07:42 +0000

I had the same experience at WW. The first time I joined, I too concentrated on finding ways to ‘cheat the system’…looking for ways to eat a larger quanitiy of food but staying within my points range. It was only after hitting a plateau and falling off the exercise wagon that I realized that I was totally missing the point! It is not about finding the brand of fudge popsicles with the lowest points so you can eat 4 instead of 1! Its about self control and making healthy choices.

I was totally oblivious to the idea of eating clean until recently. Jillian on biggest loser opened my eyes regarding artificial sweetners. It doesnt take much research on the web to find out how bad that stuff really is.

I recently stumbled across a blog you might enjoy.
http://happyfood-funnyfarm.blogspot.com/
He is an organic gardener and most of his blog is about organic gardening, but he does have some great info about clean eating/living. Be sure to look for the very disturbing video about how big business (monsanto) genetically engineers food. Yikes!

By: gemfit

gemfit — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:41:14 +0000

carrots? seriously? I’m curious now!

I got my dad eating artichokes the other day and my mother was super impressed.