Poll: Health

[moretimethansense]

For the lomngest toime I didn't eat "healthy" due to a number of factors such as laze, a miscoception of what food is "healthy" and the fact I'm a comfort eater didn't help.

About six moths ago I went on a diet and I've lost a fair bit of weight (not sure how much, no scales) and I've got to say nobody seems to get what makes a good diet I've been given all sorts of crap advice that scared me off dieting for many years, All I started doing was eating a bit less and watching my fat intake and doing things to distract me from my urge to comfort eat there easy as pie (mmmn... pie) I've unfortunatly fell out of this diet recently due to a number of stressful factors but I intend to get back on it when chrismas is over (in the mean time Cheesecake Ho!).

 

[Hippobatman]

Not at all really.

Thanks to fantastic genetics, I'm tall, thin and have an absurdly high metabolism to boot.

I give you permission to be jealous.

You and me both. *High five*

Or, well, metabolism is still there though I've "filled out" so to speak, so it's stabilized at around 70kg, which is pretty average for a guy my height, I guess.

I still live at home, so I get the traditional Norwegian diet, I suppose. Potatoes, vegetables, meat etc. However, if I'm feeling hungry one evening, or after lectures at Uni I might go to a fast food joint and get a pizza or a burger. Whatever suits me at the time.

I guess I could be healthier in the future, I haven't given it much thought, really.

All in all, I think I eat relatively healthy. On a scale from 1-10, I'd probably be on a seven.

 

[Verp]

I'm a student and I have no business buying extravagant or non-filling, unhealthy food items. I mostly buy vegetables, fruit, dairy, and meat, very little excess.

On the other hand, I do eat unhealthy things too, although I don't usually buy them. I'm a regular dumpster diver and, well, wouldn't it be a shame to let the occasional metric shit ton of free pastries or junk food go to waste? Usually I only manage to score bread, vegetables, and fruit though.

 

[Denmarkian]

I chose "other" because I feel it is becoming a very nebulous statement to say that one is "eating healthy".

For the most part, my wife and I have joined the Farmer's Market crowd and we get almost 100% of our vegetables and fresh herbs from there, or the CSA share we're splitting with another couple over the winter.

There are at least 3 reasons we're doing this:
1) Small farmers tend to treat their crops better, so we get better product (more nutrients, tastes better, etc)
2) Small farmers are actually pretty inexpensive, especially when you think of the sustainability of the land they are tending compared to mega farms
3) We really like the idea of buying local

The fact that we're getting better food, and thereby eating healthier is a secondary outcome of our choices.

We also try to cook as many of our meals as we can. It's cheaper in the long run because the cost of any additional processing done on the food is offset onto the consumer. e.g. frozen boneless, skinless chicken breasts cost more than a whole frozen chicken, etc.

The less processing done on our food by someone else, the less chance there is to get unwanted products in our food, like the many varieties of processed corn: HFCS, corn starch, dextrose, maltose, maltodextrin, sucrose, mono- and di-glycerides, sorbitol, etc.

This does mean that we have to do a lot of the processing ourselves which is time consuming, but I cannot tell you how satisfying it is to have a can of the spaghetti sauce we made during the summer from fresh tomatoes, zucchini, garlic, onions, green peppers, spinach, celery, rosemary, oregano, thyme, and parsley. I pulled it out of the pantry and looked at it to confirm the ingredients. If the one quart jar is not enough, we can add another can of diced tomatoes, and thicken it with a can of tomato paste when we heat it back up.

I've benefited a lot from my wife's ambition to get into preserving food by dehydrating, canning, and freezing; it's been a lot of fun finding and using recipes, too. We've learned how to make pickles, jams and jellies, and dessert sauces in addition to preserving vegetables and fruits just by themselves.

And so, I feel this is a much different path than deciding to shop at a "natural" grocery rather than a large chain, or buying "healthy" food instead of "junk" food.

 

[KindOfnElf]

I eat macrobiotic, which is actually vegan. It doesn't get healthier than this so my future self will stick with it. My well being depends greatly on what I eat due to progressive bad health, so this is a must. I broke this diet few times out of stupid rebellion and sometimes still do just to have chocolate >_<

 

[fullbleed]

I thought you meant these guys at first.

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I try to be healthy but as a student with low income its hard as junk food is just far cheaper, Sainsburys if you want us to be healthier how about not charging me £3 for a fucking wrap but only 1 quid for 4 muffins.