Do you eat healthy?

[wmw999 2,589]

To tag along with the "are you fat" poll. Do you generally eat healthy foods, in healthy quantities?

Snacking on a candy bar counts as a not-so-good choice
A healthy portion of meat is as stated in standard USDA materials -- 3-4 oz of meat.

If you do, how do you do it? If you don't and want to, what makes it hard? If you really don't care, why not?

Just curious.

Wendy P.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[rushmc 23]

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To tag along with the "are you fat" poll. Do you generally eat healthy foods, in healthy quantities?

Snacking on a candy bar counts as a not-so-good choice
A healthy portion of meat is as stated in standard USDA materials -- 3-4 oz of meat.

If you do, how do you do it? If you don't and want to, what makes it hard? If you really don't care, why not?

Just curious.

Wendy P.

You dont have the "only when the government forces me too" option, so I cant vote

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[billvon 3,120]

Most of the time. We usually eat vegetarian at home, and it's very rare that we eat red meat or processed foods.

Until this past few months, that is. Kid seems to be allergic to _something_ so we've cut out everything but lamb, squash, asparagus, pears, rice and barley (hypoallergenic foods.) So we're eating a lot of lamb, which counts as red meat the way we've been cooking it. Or to be more accurate Amy is eating a lot of lamb and I'm eating whatever's left in the refrigerator.

[christelsabine 1]

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To tag along with the "are you fat" poll. Do you generally eat healthy foods, in healthy quantities?

Snacking on a candy bar counts as a not-so-good choice
A healthy portion of meat is as stated in standard USDA materials -- 3-4 oz of meat.

If you do, how do you do it? If you don't and want to, what makes it hard? If you really don't care, why not?

Just curious.

Wendy P.

For my kids: No coke. No lemonade. They never tried (at least when I was around). No fast food. They love chicken, fish, no red meat - never! - pasta, ketchup hand made by mom (usually, there is too much sugar in the bottles), nobody is asking for sweets. I love to mix curd cheese with joghurt and fresh fruits - yummy, this is our *sweets*. Fruits of the season, veggies of the season.

For me: Salads w/tuna, vegetables, salmon, no bread, cheese all day long, no *hard* alcohol, white wine from time to time, salad, spinach! I love it! Did I mention cheese? I'm living for it. Cheese does not need bread.

Eggs from time to time for all. The boss in the house needs a *Schnitzel* once per month - he may enjoy it

All this industrial sh*t is just sh*t

No meat is needed.

dudeist skydiver # 3105

[rushmc 23]

Actually Wendy

I eat too much fast food however

My wife and I can all the tomatoes we eat. Usually we can go to two to three seasons from one seasons work (cant stand store canned tomatoes) We also can green beans, sweet corn and freeze many other veggies. Since we just moved I have now planted my 5th asparagus patch and roam the country side in competition with others who hunt the yummy stuff

I love fresh radishes and kohlrabi mmmmmmm

I like hamburgers, steak, salads.

And I eat too much of all of it

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[lawrocket 3]

I am mainly vegetarian with some breaks. The effects on my general health have been fantastic. Amazing how the need fro blood pressure meds disappeared when I quit putting the stuff in my body that raises blood pressure.

Eating healthy can be tough. Eating HEALTHIER is not. The neat thing that was noticeable - having a steak a couple of weeks ago. it was good, but the variety of flavors and textures in vegetables and fruits is certainly much higher.

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[Rookie120 0]

I never did until about 2 years ago. My wife started having upset stomachs all the time so we cut out the garbage. If you cannot pronounce the name on the label, it's not food is her reply now. We added a lot of veggies to our diet. I cut out fast food, pop, and my oh so love Cheetos. (MAN I MISS THOSE) Fish, chicken, steaks, pork, any meat really but in the right portions and veggies. Lots of water and I got my fat ass to a gym and started running again. I am down 20lbs now but I think the last 15 I want to lose is gonna be a bitch.

If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck!

[kelpdiver 2]

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Eggs from time to time for all. The boss in the house needs a *Schnitzel* once per month - he may enjoy it

once a month? If I was living there, that would be a weekly at a minimum for dinner.

[Namowal 0]

It depends on the definition of "healthy".

For example, I had a chicken sandwich on wheat bread for lunch. That's lean protein and fiber. Healthy.
However, both the chicken and the bread are highly processed, and the chicken is probably loaded with sodium and nitrates. Not healthy. (Okay, I realize some salt is essential, but too much is trouble).

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