"This is my invariable advice to people: Learn how to cook -- try new recipes, learn from your mistakes, be fearless, and above all have fun!"
- Julia Child
Monday, January 24, 2011
Article for this week
Sorry I didn't post a place for you to post your answers from the NYtimes article. If you haven't already, please post your response under this entry. If you already have posted, copy and paste onto this entry.
EAT MORE LIKE GRANDMA!! This rule helps me because it covers a broad spectrum, compared to trying to remember lots of different specific rules. My grandma is a pretty smart eater, but by no means perfect. She grows a garden and uses lots of her own vegetables. Her and my grandpa also live on a dairy farm and raise different animals. They are able to provide themselves with quite a bit of the food they eat. Another aspect of my grandma that incorporates itself into the rule is that she prepares every meal. She cooks everything! You don’t see them going to the McDonald’s drive thru. When she cooks there is always a variety of food groups on the table. Another thing my grandma does that is smart is she eats slowly. I always make fun of her for chewing so slow or taking forever, but in reality I should probably slow down and eat more like her. Eating slow helps control portion sizes. So overall, eating more like grandma is a rule to live by!
“Avoid eating a bedtime snack that you once lived for as a child.”
All of us have heard that eating late at night is bad but some people may not know why this is true. Since it is true, it is unclear to me why parents feed their children a bed night snack. Eating late at night forces the body to use its energy on digestion instead of sleeping which is what we really need at night. Also, the food will cause problems and will not properly digest. Eating late at night causes a person to have less energy during the next day and to feel more tired. I try to avoid eating after dinner because it helps me to feel more awake and energized in the morning. Also, when I don’t eat at night, I am more hungry when I wake up and I am able to eat a healthy and satisfying breakfast to help prepare me for the day ahead.
TREAT DESSERTS AS A WAY TO ADD MORE NUTRITIONAL VALUE TO YOUR MEAL. When I was younger my parents did not incorporate fruits into our meals. Rather, after my sisters and I completed our meals we were awarded dessert. This always came in the form of our favorite fruits; grapes, oranges, grapefruit and apples! It was a great way to reward us with a healthy option rather than cookies and ice cream after our meals. I plan to apply this rule to my children as well as it will hopefully plant healthier habits into their heads at a young age.
The Food Rule I came up with is always eat meat that is grilled not fried or breaded. My family has always tried very hard to avoid most fried food. When it comes to chicken instead of buying the cheep breaded kind. By real good Chicken and grill it. It is just as tender and good, and also much better for a person. This especially means avoid chicken drummies to food from KFC. This also goes for say fish. Instead of frying the fish just cook on the stove with some lemon instead. This still gives a person good protein but a little less fat that would come from all that oil while frying.
My rule has just been added to my family about 5 years ago. I call it the "Eat and Pray." It's a simple rule and all you have to do is make sure that each time you take a bite and swallow it you have enough time to put your fork down and say "Amen" before you take your next bite. This way, you chew and savor each bite and slow down your eating so you don't each too much. It all started in confirmation my 8th grade year when my Pastor made it a goal for us to say "Amen" after each bite. At the age it seemed silly, but I brought home the idea and I still use it every day!
The rule that comes to mind is from my mom's side of the family. It is attributed to my Great grandpa...He always said,
"Eat while you can, there's going to come a day when you can't!"
We always mention this comment when we are pretty full after a delicious family meal, yet there is still dessert waiting on the kitchen counter to be served.Knowing it is alright to splurge for there will truly come a time when you can't eat the things you enjoy. However, this rule doesn't lead to the most healthfuldiet all the time so that is when my grandma's rule comes into play...She says,
"Life is about moderation...everything must be in moderation."
This is so true! It is pretty self-explanatory..we can enjoy all of the food (and food like substances at times), just as long as we do it in moderation. When we do this, we will enjoy everything to its fullest capacity!
The final food insight I find humorous is: Desserts spell "Stressed" backwards! hahaha, I always knew there was a natural relationship between the two!
Liz posted a similar rule, but I thought I'd add something to it...
My Mom raised my sister and I to "Eat when we're hungry, and stop when we're full." I think this was a personal anecdote of hers after having grown up with 4 brothers. She often shares about the family dinners she experienced as a child and how instead of a peaceful time to enjoy the flavors of a meal, it was a scramble to pile food on a plate and scarf it down as fast as possible. Eating food quickly doesn't allow your body to acknowledge the fact that you're full. This little saying may seem easy to understand, but for the majority of Americans, it's impossible to live by. We've seen in the previous semester that the fast-paced American culture does not welcome the idea that food should be enjoyed. We accept food as fuel rather than nourishment or what will eventually become part of our body. I really believe that if more people lived by my rule, there would be a lower percentage of metabolic disorders like obesity.
My food rule in my family is that no one eats after 7, or in my moms words " the kitchen closes at 7".When my siblings and I were younger we would always like a snack before we would go to bed and then we would have trouble going to sleep afterwards. So my mom made up this rule that no one eats after 7 ( or in other words it would be before we went to bed).This way we would not have all of those extra calories that we couldn't burn off, and also it would kind of reenforce us to eat all of our dinner because we didn't want to be hungry later on, which was generally more healthier then the snacks that we would want before bed. Today I still use this rule and I don't like to eat after 7 because it just makes it difficult (for me anyways) to fall asleep Even though I don't go to bed at 7 anymore, this is typically around the time I try to stop eating/ snacking.
One food rule I try to go by is leave some food one your plate because your eyes are always biggger then your stomach. Sometimes when I haven't ate a lot during the day and I am super excited for a good dinner, I grab way too much food. I either leave some food on my plate and save it for later or actually think about the portion sizes that I am taking of food so I don't take more then I should really eat. Especially at resturaunts when they have huge portion sizes I automatically decide to put half of it in a to go box.
“Eat before seven, and you’re in heaven.” I don’t really have any research to back this up, but I’ve learned that eating earlier in the day and while you are active will focus most of the food you consume to helping you perform your daily activities rather than the food sitting with you and over night. When you eat later, the food you consume will turn into fat because most people usually wind down at night and limit activity. So, eating most of your food before seven will prevent those extra calories from storing themselves around your middle and give you more energy throughout the day.
I liked the article, "Rules to Eat By" by Michael Pollan. He has a very unique way of writing; he chooses interesting words to describe the message he's trying to get across. For example, he makes me think of margarine of being a "food like substance" instead of being butter because of the funny play with words. The article, of course, made me think a lot about the his book, Food Rules. I really enjoyed reading that book because it made me think of my food in whole new ways: where does my food actually come from? Am I eating real food, or food-like substances? What is the right thing for me to be eating? I've always found health to be an interesting subject and therefore the book, the article, and this class truly spark my interest. Now I wonder, is there even any healthy food out there anymore? Sure, an apple can be healthy, but where did that apple actually come from? Was it grown in a natural way or were the seeds messed with? What about pesticides? With all of that in play, is the apple actually healthy to eat? It seems like people are starting to mess with our food so much that we don't have any "real" food to eat anymore. Yes, there are the natural food stores and organic choices, but in reality, how practical are the prices for everyone? Personally, my family can't afford to eat 100% organic foods all the time and I would assume that there are tons more families just like mine that are in the same boat. I don't eat a lot of organic food and I feel guilty when I eat something processed, especially if I get a burger that I know isn't grass fed. I don't exactly have a rule to eat by, but more of a reassurance; guilt is inevitable when eating some kinds foods (for someone like me, anyway) and to avoid it, remember to eat in moderation and proper serving sizes. If you don't, then you'll be both really unhealthy and guilty, and that's just a sucky combination.
"Pretend you don't have your license at midnight."
This rule might like it has absolutely nothing to do with food but just hear me out on this one. I will be the first to admit I have taken countless midnight trips to Taco Bell, McDonalds, Wendys, Taco Johns you name it I'v probably been there. There is something about hanging out with your friends and going through the drive through at 12:00 am (backwards) and chowing down on some greasy fast food. Most of the time I am not really that hungry, I am just bored and knows that fast food always tastes better at midnight. Studies have clearly shown that eating anytime after three hours before you go to bed is not healthy, let alone eating fast food at late hours of the night. Fast food is also very high in fat. sodium. sugar and preservatives which are all very unhealthy for you. The two combinations are a double whammy. So next time you are craving a midnight fast food run, pretend you can't drive and your 13 again. Walk down stairs to your kitchen and maybe grab some fruit or a glass of water. Yes this option is more boring but at least your not putting extra fatty calories into your body! And remember you cant completely exempt the midnight runs to Taco Johns out of your life style ( I would cry) but maybe just save it for a couple special occasions through out the years!
"Don’t eat food that comes from a box and requires a microwave. If the food doesn’t take more than twenty to thirty minutes to make over an oven, it’s not worth it." I chose to write this rule because being at college it is sometimes very though to not eat food that comes from a box. Its difficult to have easy access to fresh fruits and vegetables and maintain a healthy diet. This spring semester, I am going to try very hard to eat more heatlhy from the GDR, and grocery shop and keep food in my room that is healthy instead of processed food. If we all got rid of the boxes of crackers, chips and granola bars we would be living a much healthier college life style.
I have a couple food rules that I like to try to live by. One being, always chew your food very well. This makes it easier for your enzymes to break food down into the energy needed to keep the body going. I think that this is important because we eat our meals much to quickly. Chewing your food is one way to savor the food and add time to your meal. Two other short rules I like is "always keep 1/3 or your stomach empty" and "eat meals with family or friends." I like these both because spending time with people is always nice and needed and it helps to create a longer meal when you throw conversation into the mix. If you keep 1/3 empty you will enjoy your food more and your body will not have to work as hard to digest the food you ate.
My food rule is a rule that my mom used for me and my sister when we were little. She always told us that if we wanted a snack we always had to ask her, but we could eat fruit anytime we wanted to. Clearly I don't have to ask anyone if I want to have a snack anymore, so I altered the rule a little bit so that I limit my snacking to once per day, but I can still eat fruit whenever I want to. I love that rule because it taught me to love fruit as a child which influences my eating choices in a positive way, plus it allows me to snack without eating anything unhealthy or unnatural.
I believe the most interesting rule is “eat before seven, and you are in heaven”, is the most interesting. Growing up my parents always discouraged eating foods not after 7pm but more like 9pm. Whenever I asked them why could I not eat after 9pm they always came back with you are not being active and you will become fat. After reading this article I realized it was not only my parents that wanted me to eat earlier. Think on this rule to eat before 7pm it does make sense because after 7pm there is little to no physical activity for an average person. Eating after 7pm would not be in ones best interest if they are looking to lose weight. What do you need energy for past 7pm just eat dinner and you will be fine. Josh Baillargeon
My food rule is to never, or at least limit, eating on the go. My family made it a priority to sit down together for every lunch and dinner possible. Being busy was not an excuse for not being there, even if you only sat down for twenty minutes with the rest of the family, you were there. Since I have been at school, this has been a bit harder. You are always grabbing something from Storms or eating at your desk. There is no family table per say, and even GDR makes it hard to sit down and really have a good meal.
Studies have shown that when meals are eaten with other people and sitting down, you are more likely to eat less, because you are eating more slowly and letting it digest.
One rule that my mom told me was "Eat food that requires more than just add water to cook it."
If you do this, then you are making a real meal. A meal from scratch that requires time and love to prepare it for the dinner table. Not only are you adding real ingredients, you are also getting rid of most of the processed stuff.
This too will allow greater time for preparation, which means more time in the kitchen. The more time in the kitchen, the more you spend time learning along side your grandma, mother, or even your dad. And everyone needs to know how to cook at least one great meal.
I like to live by the rule "Don't let lose your happiness when you are trying to lose weight."
I have tried to restrict myself from all the delicious food that I love but for some reason I always come crawling back to that Bacon Cheeseburger. I finally realized why I continued to fail in my dieting schemes; I was miserable. Eating delicious food makes me very happy. Eating dry salads and drinking just water does not. Although it is nice to be able to lose a couple pant sizes and look sculpted, I would rather stay the way I am and enjoy my meals.
A rule my house always followed was have a colorful meal. Not only did it make the meal more attractive but it also provided a wide range of nutrition, and flavors. Another rule was that if we wanted to have a snack we should have fruit. Because it was healthier, and if we were really hungry we would want fruit. This is something I also try to follow while being here at school when unhealthy snacks are so easy to get.
A food rule I try to follow is to eat at least one food in every color at least once a day. This helps to greatly diversify my food horizons and provides different nutrients to my body. It can be difficult to follow however because many days I don'tt have a food from every color in my kitchen, but I do my best.
If it doesn’t look good, it probably doesn’t taste good either. I came up with this rule because I like to eat foods that both look and taste good, and I won’t grab something that is burnt. I have this weird thing that if it doesn’t look good, I will not grab it. It at least has to have some appeal factor before I eat it. Another rule that I have to follow is, “eat and drink slow, otherwise you’ll get the hiccups.” I hate my stupid hiccups, and my parents came up with this for me so that I do not hiccup as much as I do, and so far it has actually been working.
I would have to go with the food rule that my dad created one day. He decided he was sick of my brother and i getting unhealthy food, he challenged us to try and buy food and eat food that was in season. I got to say not much is in season in the winter, i asked him if we could maybe try this experiment during the summer he agreed. He made us a deal he said he bet we couldn't live just off of the land, like make a garden and eat the vegetables from there... My brother and i thought maybe he forgot what year is was, but we decided to take him up on his challenge this summer where going to plant a garden and eat all of our vegetables right from there. Hopefully we can still win this bet (which i'm not sure what we will get if we win) and he will let us live off of more than vegetables. What a crazy guy my dad is! Another thing my mom says is she doesn't like it if i eat things that aren't organic, she says if it isn't organic it isn't as healthy so she only eats things from the linden hills co-op, and she suggests i do the same.
I would have to go with the food rule that my dad created one day. He decided he was sick of my brother and i getting unhealthy food, he challenged us to try and buy food and eat food that was in season. I got to say not much is in season in the winter, i asked him if we could maybe try this experiment during the summer he agreed. He made us a deal he said he bet we couldn't live just off of the land, like make a garden and eat the vegetables from there... My brother and i thought maybe he forgot what year is was, but we decided to take him up on his challenge this summer where going to plant a garden and eat all of our vegetables right from there. Hopefully we can still win this bet (which i'm not sure what we will get if we win) and he will let us live off of more than vegetables. What a crazy guy my dad is! Another thing my mom says is she doesn't like it if i eat things that aren't organic, she says if it isn't organic it isn't as healthy so she only eats things from the linden hills co-op, and she suggests i do the same.
EAT MORE LIKE GRANDMA!! This rule helps me because it covers a broad spectrum, compared to trying to remember lots of different specific rules. My grandma is a pretty smart eater, but by no means perfect. She grows a garden and uses lots of her own vegetables. Her and my grandpa also live on a dairy farm and raise different animals. They are able to provide themselves with quite a bit of the food they eat. Another aspect of my grandma that incorporates itself into the rule is that she prepares every meal. She cooks everything! You don’t see them going to the McDonald’s drive thru. When she cooks there is always a variety of food groups on the table. Another thing my grandma does that is smart is she eats slowly. I always make fun of her for chewing so slow or taking forever, but in reality I should probably slow down and eat more like her. Eating slow helps control portion sizes. So overall, eating more like grandma is a rule to live by!
ReplyDelete“Avoid eating a bedtime snack that you once lived for as a child.”
ReplyDeleteAll of us have heard that eating late at night is bad but some people may not know why this is true. Since it is true, it is unclear to me why parents feed their children a bed night snack. Eating late at night forces the body to use its energy on digestion instead of sleeping which is what we really need at night. Also, the food will cause problems and will not properly digest. Eating late at night causes a person to have less energy during the next day and to feel more tired. I try to avoid eating after dinner because it helps me to feel more awake and energized in the morning. Also, when I don’t eat at night, I am more hungry when I wake up and I am able to eat a healthy and satisfying breakfast to help prepare me for the day ahead.
TREAT DESSERTS AS A WAY TO ADD MORE NUTRITIONAL VALUE TO YOUR MEAL. When I was younger my parents did not incorporate fruits into our meals. Rather, after my sisters and I completed our meals we were awarded dessert. This always came in the form of our favorite fruits; grapes, oranges, grapefruit and apples! It was a great way to reward us with a healthy option rather than cookies and ice cream after our meals. I plan to apply this rule to my children as well as it will hopefully plant healthier habits into their heads at a young age.
ReplyDeleteThe Food Rule I came up with is always eat meat that is grilled not fried or breaded.
ReplyDeleteMy family has always tried very hard to avoid most fried food. When it comes to chicken instead of buying the cheep breaded kind. By real good Chicken and grill it. It is just as tender and good, and also much better for a person. This especially means avoid chicken drummies to food from KFC. This also goes for say fish. Instead of frying the fish just cook on the stove with some lemon instead. This still gives a person good protein but a little less fat that would come from all that oil while frying.
My rule has just been added to my family about 5 years ago. I call it the "Eat and Pray." It's a simple rule and all you have to do is make sure that each time you take a bite and swallow it you have enough time to put your fork down and say "Amen" before you take your next bite. This way, you chew and savor each bite and slow down your eating so you don't each too much. It all started in confirmation my 8th grade year when my Pastor made it a goal for us to say "Amen" after each bite. At the age it seemed silly, but I brought home the idea and I still use it every day!
ReplyDeleteThe rule that comes to mind is from my mom's side of the family. It is attributed to my Great grandpa...He always said,
ReplyDelete"Eat while you can, there's going to come a day when you can't!"
We always mention this comment when we are pretty full after a delicious family meal, yet there is still dessert waiting on the kitchen counter to be served.Knowing it is alright to splurge for there will truly come a time when you can't eat the things you enjoy. However, this rule doesn't lead to the most healthfuldiet all the time so that is when my grandma's rule comes into play...She says,
"Life is about moderation...everything must be in moderation."
This is so true! It is pretty self-explanatory..we can enjoy all of the food (and food like substances at times), just as long as we do it in moderation. When we do this, we will enjoy everything to its fullest capacity!
The final food insight I find humorous is: Desserts spell "Stressed" backwards! hahaha, I always knew there was a natural relationship between the two!
Wow! I am so impressed with your responses! Keep them coming!
ReplyDeleteLiz posted a similar rule, but I thought I'd add something to it...
ReplyDeleteMy Mom raised my sister and I to "Eat when we're hungry, and stop when we're full." I think this was a personal anecdote of hers after having grown up with 4 brothers. She often shares about the family dinners she experienced as a child and how instead of a peaceful time to enjoy the flavors of a meal, it was a scramble to pile food on a plate and scarf it down as fast as possible. Eating food quickly doesn't allow your body to acknowledge the fact that you're full. This little saying may seem easy to understand, but for the majority of Americans, it's impossible to live by. We've seen in the previous semester that the fast-paced American culture does not welcome the idea that food should be enjoyed. We accept food as fuel rather than nourishment or what will eventually become part of our body. I really believe that if more people lived by my rule, there would be a lower percentage of metabolic disorders like obesity.
My food rule in my family is that no one eats after 7, or in my moms words " the kitchen closes at 7".When my siblings and I were younger we would always like a snack before we would go to bed and then we would have trouble going to sleep afterwards. So my mom made up this rule that no one eats after 7 ( or in other words it would be before we went to bed).This way we would not have all of those extra calories that we couldn't burn off, and also it would kind of reenforce us to eat all of our dinner because we didn't want to be hungry later on, which was generally more healthier then the snacks that we would want before bed. Today I still use this rule and I don't like to eat after 7 because it just makes it difficult (for me anyways) to fall asleep Even though I don't go to bed at 7 anymore, this is typically around the time I try to stop eating/ snacking.
ReplyDeleteOne food rule I try to go by is leave some food one your plate because your eyes are always biggger then your stomach. Sometimes when I haven't ate a lot during the day and I am super excited for a good dinner, I grab way too much food. I either leave some food on my plate and save it for later or actually think about the portion sizes that I am taking of food so I don't take more then I should really eat. Especially at resturaunts when they have huge portion sizes I automatically decide to put half of it in a to go box.
ReplyDelete“Eat before seven, and you’re in heaven.” I don’t really have any research to back this up, but I’ve learned that eating earlier in the day and while you are active will focus most of the food you consume to helping you perform your daily activities rather than the food sitting with you and over night. When you eat later, the food you consume will turn into fat because most people usually wind down at night and limit activity. So, eating most of your food before seven will prevent those extra calories from storing themselves around your middle and give you more energy throughout the day.
ReplyDeleteI liked the article, "Rules to Eat By" by Michael Pollan. He has a very unique way of writing; he chooses interesting words to describe the message he's trying to get across. For example, he makes me think of margarine of being a "food like substance" instead of being butter because of the funny play with words. The article, of course, made me think a lot about the his book, Food Rules. I really enjoyed reading that book because it made me think of my food in whole new ways: where does my food actually come from? Am I eating real food, or food-like substances? What is the right thing for me to be eating? I've always found health to be an interesting subject and therefore the book, the article, and this class truly spark my interest. Now I wonder, is there even any healthy food out there anymore? Sure, an apple can be healthy, but where did that apple actually come from? Was it grown in a natural way or were the seeds messed with? What about pesticides? With all of that in play, is the apple actually healthy to eat?
ReplyDeleteIt seems like people are starting to mess with our food so much that we don't have any "real" food to eat anymore. Yes, there are the natural food stores and organic choices, but in reality, how practical are the prices for everyone? Personally, my family can't afford to eat 100% organic foods all the time and I would assume that there are tons more families just like mine that are in the same boat. I don't eat a lot of organic food and I feel guilty when I eat something processed, especially if I get a burger that I know isn't grass fed.
I don't exactly have a rule to eat by, but more of a reassurance; guilt is inevitable when eating some kinds foods (for someone like me, anyway) and to avoid it, remember to eat in moderation and proper serving sizes. If you don't, then you'll be both really unhealthy and guilty, and that's just a sucky combination.
"Pretend you don't have your license at midnight."
ReplyDeleteThis rule might like it has absolutely nothing to do with food but just hear me out on this one. I will be the first to admit I have taken countless midnight trips to Taco Bell, McDonalds, Wendys, Taco Johns you name it I'v probably been there. There is something about hanging out with your friends and going through the drive through at 12:00 am (backwards) and chowing down on some greasy fast food. Most of the time I am not really that hungry, I am just bored and knows that fast food always tastes better at midnight.
Studies have clearly shown that eating anytime after three hours before you go to bed is not healthy, let alone eating fast food at late hours of the night. Fast food is also very high in fat. sodium. sugar and preservatives which are all very unhealthy for you. The two combinations are a double whammy.
So next time you are craving a midnight fast food run, pretend you can't drive and your 13 again. Walk down stairs to your kitchen and maybe grab some fruit or a glass of water. Yes this option is more boring but at least your not putting extra fatty calories into your body! And remember you cant completely exempt the midnight runs to Taco Johns out of your life style ( I would cry) but maybe just save it for a couple special occasions through out the years!
"Don’t eat food that comes from a box and requires a microwave. If the food doesn’t take more than twenty to thirty minutes to make over an oven, it’s not worth it."
ReplyDeleteI chose to write this rule because being at college it is sometimes very though to not eat food that comes from a box. Its difficult to have easy access to fresh fruits and vegetables and maintain a healthy diet. This spring semester, I am going to try very hard to eat more heatlhy from the GDR, and grocery shop and keep food in my room that is healthy instead of processed food. If we all got rid of the boxes of crackers, chips and granola bars we would be living a much healthier college life style.
I have a couple food rules that I like to try to live by. One being, always chew your food very well. This makes it easier for your enzymes to break food down into the energy needed to keep the body going. I think that this is important because we eat our meals much to quickly. Chewing your food is one way to savor the food and add time to your meal. Two other short rules I like is "always keep 1/3 or your stomach empty" and "eat meals with family or friends." I like these both because spending time with people is always nice and needed and it helps to create a longer meal when you throw conversation into the mix. If you keep 1/3 empty you will enjoy your food more and your body will not have to work as hard to digest the food you ate.
ReplyDeleteMy food rule is a rule that my mom used for me and my sister when we were little. She always told us that if we wanted a snack we always had to ask her, but we could eat fruit anytime we wanted to. Clearly I don't have to ask anyone if I want to have a snack anymore, so I altered the rule a little bit so that I limit my snacking to once per day, but I can still eat fruit whenever I want to. I love that rule because it taught me to love fruit as a child which influences my eating choices in a positive way, plus it allows me to snack without eating anything unhealthy or unnatural.
ReplyDeleteI believe the most interesting rule is “eat before seven, and you are in heaven”, is the most interesting. Growing up my parents always discouraged eating foods not after 7pm but more like 9pm. Whenever I asked them why could I not eat after 9pm they always came back with you are not being active and you will become fat. After reading this article I realized it was not only my parents that wanted me to eat earlier. Think on this rule to eat before 7pm it does make sense because after 7pm there is little to no physical activity for an average person. Eating after 7pm would not be in ones best interest if they are looking to lose weight. What do you need energy for past 7pm just eat dinner and you will be fine.
ReplyDeleteJosh Baillargeon
My food rule is to never, or at least limit, eating on the go. My family made it a priority to sit down together for every lunch and dinner possible. Being busy was not an excuse for not being there, even if you only sat down for twenty minutes with the rest of the family, you were there. Since I have been at school, this has been a bit harder. You are always grabbing something from Storms or eating at your desk. There is no family table per say, and even GDR makes it hard to sit down and really have a good meal.
ReplyDeleteStudies have shown that when meals are eaten with other people and sitting down, you are more likely to eat less, because you are eating more slowly and letting it digest.
One rule that my mom told me was "Eat food that requires more than just add water to cook it."
ReplyDeleteIf you do this, then you are making a real meal. A meal from scratch that requires time and love to prepare it for the dinner table. Not only are you adding real ingredients, you are also getting rid of most of the processed stuff.
This too will allow greater time for preparation, which means more time in the kitchen. The more time in the kitchen, the more you spend time learning along side your grandma, mother, or even your dad. And everyone needs to know how to cook at least one great meal.
I like to live by the rule "Don't let lose your happiness when you are trying to lose weight."
ReplyDeleteI have tried to restrict myself from all the delicious food that I love but for some reason I always come crawling back to that Bacon Cheeseburger. I finally realized why I continued to fail in my dieting schemes; I was miserable. Eating delicious food makes me very happy. Eating dry salads and drinking just water does not. Although it is nice to be able to lose a couple pant sizes and look sculpted, I would rather stay the way I am and enjoy my meals.
A rule my house always followed was have a colorful meal. Not only did it make the meal more attractive but it also provided a wide range of nutrition, and flavors. Another rule was that if we wanted to have a snack we should have fruit. Because it was healthier, and if we were really hungry we would want fruit. This is something I also try to follow while being here at school when unhealthy snacks are so easy to get.
ReplyDeleteA food rule I try to follow is to eat at least one food in every color at least once a day. This helps to greatly diversify my food horizons and provides different nutrients to my body. It can be difficult to follow however because many days I don'tt have a food from every color in my kitchen, but I do my best.
ReplyDeleteIf it doesn’t look good, it probably doesn’t taste good either.
ReplyDeleteI came up with this rule because I like to eat foods that both look and taste good, and I won’t grab something that is burnt. I have this weird thing that if it doesn’t look good, I will not grab it. It at least has to have some appeal factor before I eat it. Another rule that I have to follow is, “eat and drink slow, otherwise you’ll get the hiccups.” I hate my stupid hiccups, and my parents came up with this for me so that I do not hiccup as much as I do, and so far it has actually been working.
I would have to go with the food rule that my dad created one day. He decided he was sick of my brother and i getting unhealthy food, he challenged us to try and buy food and eat food that was in season. I got to say not much is in season in the winter, i asked him if we could maybe try this experiment during the summer he agreed. He made us a deal he said he bet we couldn't live just off of the land, like make a garden and eat the vegetables from there... My brother and i thought maybe he forgot what year is was, but we decided to take him up on his challenge this summer where going to plant a garden and eat all of our vegetables right from there. Hopefully we can still win this bet (which i'm not sure what we will get if we win) and he will let us live off of more than vegetables. What a crazy guy my dad is! Another thing my mom says is she doesn't like it if i eat things that aren't organic, she says if it isn't organic it isn't as healthy so she only eats things from the linden hills co-op, and she suggests i do the same.
ReplyDeleteI would have to go with the food rule that my dad created one day. He decided he was sick of my brother and i getting unhealthy food, he challenged us to try and buy food and eat food that was in season. I got to say not much is in season in the winter, i asked him if we could maybe try this experiment during the summer he agreed. He made us a deal he said he bet we couldn't live just off of the land, like make a garden and eat the vegetables from there... My brother and i thought maybe he forgot what year is was, but we decided to take him up on his challenge this summer where going to plant a garden and eat all of our vegetables right from there. Hopefully we can still win this bet (which i'm not sure what we will get if we win) and he will let us live off of more than vegetables. What a crazy guy my dad is! Another thing my mom says is she doesn't like it if i eat things that aren't organic, she says if it isn't organic it isn't as healthy so she only eats things from the linden hills co-op, and she suggests i do the same.
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