Need to eat better - Suggestions? (from menus)

On Sep 16, 9:03 pm, wrote:
I have posted here in the past and mentioned my horrible eating
habits, which is a combination of:
1. Being on the road for work from Mon - Friday (so I cannot cook
those days)

I just plain don't cook, can't cook!

2. And to be honest, steak, hamburgers, etc just taste better (in my
opinion) than salads or fish.

Salads and fish are great -- but I just don't cook! And tossing a
salad is cooking: anything that involves food preparation is
"cooking"...and veggies are such a pain, you have to wash them
carefully....

But I decided to TRY to eat a little better.
When I travel, breakfast is either at the hotel or at the company
cafeteria.
Lunch is usually at the company cafeteria (your typical corporate
cafe), dinner is usually a chain restaurant with coworkers.

Here is an example of my meals this week.

SNIP

First off, how are my meals? Horrible?

I think the main thing is what you do with the food you consume -- in
other words, exercise: intensity and duration and frequency.

Your meals don't sound outrageous, full of junk foods and such. But
you know, a lot of calories come from the oils used to cook food, not
to mention the grade of meat...etc.

Best thing is to still focus on exercise, and the best thing to do in
that regard is to focus on a fun sport or activity if simply doing a
gym routine is too boring.

For those of you familiar with the places I ate at, what are some good
alternatives from the menu?
You can probably tell my food tastes by my meals this week, so I am
not sure if there are healthy alternatives that are similiar to what I
eat.

It's really more about preparation than the foods themselves.
Restaurant foods are prepared to please your taste buds, nothing else,
really.

If you cooked yourself (LOL, you know what I mean), you can still make
delicious meals, only very healthy...check out http://whfoods.org/....

Thanks

On my free site, there is an essay about how to eat tasty, satisfying,
healthy meals without that don't require much preparation:

http://groups.msn.com/TheScientificDebateForum-

On Sep 17, 4:34 pm, wrote:
On my free site, there is an essay about how to eat tasty, satisfying,
healthy meals without that don't require much preparation:

I have not checked out your site yet, but I don't think I can make my
own food.

Would be tough to bring food with me on the plane.
And dinner is usually with coworkers...have to go with them and be a
"team player"

On Sep 17, 1:20 pm, Prisoner at War wrote:
On Sep 16, 9:03 pm, wrote:

I have posted here in the past and mentioned my horrible eating
habits, which is a combination of:
1. Being on the road for work from Mon - Friday (so I cannot cook
those days)

I just plain don't cook, can't cook!

2. And to be honest, steak, hamburgers, etc just taste better (in my
opinion) than salads or fish.

Salads and fish are great -- but I just don't cook! And tossing a
salad is cooking: anything that involves food preparation is
"cooking"...and veggies are such a pain, you have to wash them
carefully....

But I decided to TRY to eat a little better.
When I travel, breakfast is either at the hotel or at the company
cafeteria.
Lunch is usually at the company cafeteria (your typical corporate
cafe), dinner is usually a chain restaurant with coworkers.

Here is an example of my meals this week.

SNIP

First off, how are my meals? Horrible?

I think the main thing is what you do with the food you consume -- in
other words, exercise: intensity and duration and frequency.

Your meals don't sound outrageous, full of junk foods and such. But
you know, a lot of calories come from the oils used to cook food, not
to mention the grade of meat...etc.

Best thing is to still focus on exercise, and the best thing to do in
that regard is to focus on a fun sport or activity if simply doing a
gym routine is too boring.

For those of you familiar with the places I ate at, what are some good
alternatives from the menu?
You can probably tell my food tastes by my meals this week, so I am
not sure if there are healthy alternatives that are similiar to what I
eat.

It's really more about preparation than the foods themselves.
Restaurant foods are prepared to please your taste buds, nothing else,
really.

If you cooked yourself (LOL, you know what I mean), you can still make
delicious meals, only very healthy...check outhttp://whfoods.org/....



Thanks- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

When you become serious, you'll find a way. Your excuses are
rationalizations. Been there, done that, wrote the book. Bet if you
had a health scare because of your poor eating, you'd find there are
lots of ways to do it, but until you actually address your bad eating
habits, they will continue. Sorry. Wt. control and healthy eating is
hard work. Of course you like high-fat fast food better. So you know
it isn't good for you and you have to be tougher. I am tough. Don't
you understand that you can learn to like food...good food? Your food
preferences are based mainly on what you grew up on. Some people eat
rats, dogs, fish eyeballs, moose noses, sheeps testicles and raw seal
livers for God's sake....and they enjoy the stuff. Surely you can
suffer through vegetables, fruit and other nutritious, healthy food
and make the switch. dkw

On Sep 17, 7:14 pm, " wrote:
On Sep 17, 1:20 pm, Prisoner at War wrote:





On Sep 16, 9:03 pm, wrote:

I have posted here in the past and mentioned my horrible eating
habits, which is a combination of:
1. Being on the road for work from Mon - Friday (so I cannot cook
those days)

I just plain don't cook, can't cook!

2. And to be honest, steak, hamburgers, etc just taste better (in my
opinion) than salads or fish.

Salads and fish are great -- but I just don't cook! And tossing a
salad is cooking: anything that involves food preparation is
"cooking"...and veggies are such a pain, you have to wash them
carefully....

But I decided to TRY to eat a little better.
When I travel, breakfast is either at the hotel or at the company
cafeteria.
Lunch is usually at the company cafeteria (your typical corporate
cafe), dinner is usually a chain restaurant with coworkers.

Here is an example of my meals this week.

SNIP

First off, how are my meals? Horrible?

I think the main thing is what you do with the food you consume -- in
other words, exercise: intensity and duration and frequency.

Your meals don't sound outrageous, full of junk foods and such. But
you know, a lot of calories come from the oils used to cook food, not
to mention the grade of meat...etc.

Best thing is to still focus on exercise, and the best thing to do in
that regard is to focus on a fun sport or activity if simply doing a
gym routine is too boring.

For those of you familiar with the places I ate at, what are some good
alternatives from the menu?
You can probably tell my food tastes by my meals this week, so I am
not sure if there are healthy alternatives that are similiar to what I
eat.

It's really more about preparation than the foods themselves.
Restaurant foods are prepared to please your taste buds, nothing else,
really.

If you cooked yourself (LOL, you know what I mean), you can still make
delicious meals, only very healthy...check outhttp://whfoods.org/....

Thanks- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

When you become serious, you'll find a way. Your excuses are
rationalizations. Been there, done that, wrote the book. Bet if you
had a health scare because of your poor eating, you'd find there are
lots of ways to do it, but until you actually address your bad eating
habits, they will continue. Sorry. Wt. control and healthy eating is
hard work. Of course you like high-fat fast food better. So you know
it isn't good for you and you have to be tougher. I am tough. Don't
you understand that you can learn to like food...good food? Your food
preferences are based mainly on what you grew up on. Some people eat
rats, dogs, fish eyeballs, moose noses, sheeps testicles and raw seal
livers for God's sake....and they enjoy the stuff. Surely you can
suffer through vegetables, fruit and other nutritious, healthy food
and make the switch. dkw- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

That was directed at tfor, not Prisoner. I pressed the wrong button.
dkw

On Sep 17, 10:14 pm, " wrote:

hard work. Of course you like high-fat fast food better. So you know
it isn't good for you and you have to be tougher. I am tough. Don't
you understand that you can learn to like food...good food? Your food
.......
suffer through vegetables, fruit and other nutritious, healthy food
and make the switch. dkw- Hide quoted text -

Thats why I also would like some suggestions on what I can eat at
those places I mentioned.
When my coworkers want to go there, I go with them, so I get what I
usually get.
Maybe you guys have better suggestions from those places.

wrote in message
ps.com...
On Sep 17, 10:14 pm, " wrote:

hard work. Of course you like high-fat fast food better. So you know
it isn't good for you and you have to be tougher. I am tough. Don't
you understand that you can learn to like food...good food? Your food
......
suffer through vegetables, fruit and other nutritious, healthy food
and make the switch. dkw- Hide quoted text -

Thats why I also would like some suggestions on what I can eat at
those places I mentioned.
When my coworkers want to go there, I go with them, so I get what I
usually get.
Maybe you guys have better suggestions from those places.

As far as I know, all the FF places offer a salad these days? Get it with
grilled chicken breast and you're golden. Baked potato topped with the
chili at Wendy's. There is always something at least reasonably healthy.

Lynne A

"LynneA" wrote in message
...

wrote in message
ps.com...
On Sep 17, 10:14 pm, " wrote:

hard work. Of course you like high-fat fast food better. So you know
it isn't good for you and you have to be tougher. I am tough. Don't
you understand that you can learn to like food...good food? Your food
......
suffer through vegetables, fruit and other nutritious, healthy food
and make the switch. dkw- Hide quoted text -

Thats why I also would like some suggestions on what I can eat at
those places I mentioned.
When my coworkers want to go there, I go with them, so I get what I
usually get.
Maybe you guys have better suggestions from those places.

As far as I know, all the FF places offer a salad these days? Get it with
grilled chicken breast and you're golden. Baked potato topped with the
chili at Wendy's. There is always something at least reasonably healthy.

Lynne A



Yogurt with fruit for $1 at McDo's; cup of hot tea.
Dee Dee

On Sep 17, 7:42 pm, wrote:
On Sep 17, 10:14 pm, " wrote:



hard work. Of course you like high-fat fast food better. So you know
it isn't good for you and you have to be tougher. I am tough. Don't
you understand that you can learn to like food...good food? Your food
......
suffer through vegetables, fruit and other nutritious, healthy food
and make the switch. dkw- Hide quoted text -

Thats why I also would like some suggestions on what I can eat at
those places I mentioned.
When my coworkers want to go there, I go with them, so I get what I
usually get.
Maybe you guys have better suggestions from those places.

Yes. There is always salad, even at McDonalds. The side salad is 20
cal. Buy 3 or 4. They are only $1, but I would forget the croutons and
dressing. Every restaurant worth its salt can make salads and probably
just the way you order it....minus bacon and salad dressing, etc. If
you are in a hotel room, you can usually make oatmeal.

See, this is so important to me...to eat right...that I have it all
figured out before I even go. I find out what's in the room...refrig,
microwave? and where the nearest convenience store might be to buy my
oats, water, or other low cal good food like fresh fruit and nonfat
milk, and while it is a little inconvenient to travel and stay on a
good diet, it is very doable. Like I said, you are using that as an
excuse because like you said, you LIKE that fast food.

You cannot trust what you like or what tastes good. If you could...if
this feedback always gave you the right answer, then the world would
not be filled with overweight, unhealthy people from overeating and
making the wrong food choices. Don't trust you stomach or wants as far
as food is concerned. Your appetite developed to principally allow you
to survive and not starve long enough to reproduce. Then if you drop
dead from a heart attack after that, your appetite doesn't care one
bit. The idea thousands of years ago was to eat all the high fat food
you could possibly stuff into your mouth because you never knew when
your next meal might stumble accross your path. Unfortunately, our
bodies are stuck in that survival mode even though there is plenty of
food and research to tell us that it is not healthy to be overweight.

Listen. For breakfast, almost every place has eggbeaters or other
reasonable breakfast food. If your associates are taking you to a
greasy spoon, and you simply cannot get good food, I would say you
would not be out of line to skip that particular breakfast and find
some good food without them if necessary. Heck, if all else
failed...and it NEVER has yet, I just wouldn't eat.

wrote:
On Sep 17, 7:42 pm, wrote:

On Sep 17, 10:14 pm, " wrote:




hard work. Of course you like high-fat fast food better. So you know
it isn't good for you and you have to be tougher. I am tough. Don't
you understand that you can learn to like food...good food? Your food

......

suffer through vegetables, fruit and other nutritious, healthy food
and make the switch. dkw- Hide quoted text -

Thats why I also would like some suggestions on what I can eat at
those places I mentioned.
When my coworkers want to go there, I go with them, so I get what I
usually get.
Maybe you guys have better suggestions from those places.


Yes. There is always salad, even at McDonalds. The side salad is 20
cal. Buy 3 or 4. They are only $1, but I would forget the croutons and
dressing. Every restaurant worth its salt can make salads and probably
just the way you order it....minus bacon and salad dressing, etc. If
you are in a hotel room, you can usually make oatmeal.

See, this is so important to me...to eat right...that I have it all
figured out before I even go. I find out what's in the room...refrig,
microwave? and where the nearest convenience store might be to buy my
oats, water, or other low cal good food like fresh fruit and nonfat
milk, and while it is a little inconvenient to travel and stay on a
good diet, it is very doable. Like I said, you are using that as an
excuse because like you said, you LIKE that fast food.

You cannot trust what you like or what tastes good. If you could...if
this feedback always gave you the right answer, then the world would
not be filled with overweight, unhealthy people from overeating and
making the wrong food choices. Don't trust you stomach or wants as far
as food is concerned. Your appetite developed to principally allow you
to survive and not starve long enough to reproduce. Then if you drop
dead from a heart attack after that, your appetite doesn't care one
bit. The idea thousands of years ago was to eat all the high fat food
you could possibly stuff into your mouth because you never knew when
your next meal might stumble accross your path. Unfortunately, our
bodies are stuck in that survival mode even though there is plenty of
food and research to tell us that it is not healthy to be overweight.

Listen. For breakfast, almost every place has eggbeaters or other
reasonable breakfast food. If your associates are taking you to a
greasy spoon, and you simply cannot get good food, I would say you
would not be out of line to skip that particular breakfast and find
some good food without them if necessary. Heck, if all else
failed...and it NEVER has yet, I just wouldn't eat.

MickeyD's has several low fat or non fat dressings available. Unless
you have a problem with sodium/salt you don't have to eat salad dry.
(crosspost trimmed)

--
Del Cecchi
"This post is my own and doesn’t necessarily represent IBM’s positions,
strategies or opinions.”