Does anyone else find it hard to eat healthy?

[BigToque]

I've been eating well the last little while, but I find it to be quite the chore. Everywhere you go you are bombarded with junk. When you happen to be away from home, you pay twice as much to buy "healhy" alternatives.

It's quite annoying.

 

[giantpinkbunnyhead]

Tell me about it. For the past 18 weeks I've been putting in 70 hour weeks between work and a class. Luckily the class ends this week. But I've had no time to cook or even shop for food really, so I've been living off fast food and junk... I cant wait to have time to cook a good meal once again.

 

[randomlinh]

I wholeheartedly agree. Not to mention I'm lazy.

 

[Xyclone]

When eating out, yes. When eating at home or eating lunch bought from home, not at all. Egg whites for breakfast and whole wheat turkey sandwiches, and protein shakes before and after workouts are part of my regular routine.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Originally posted by: randomlinh
I wholeheartedly agree. Not to mention I'm lazy.

Its mostly the lazy part for me =)

 

[mrkun]

It's a lot easier to eat well if you prepare food ahead of time during the week, then just heat it up as needed.

 

[potato28]

$0.59 burritos are too good thoguh

 

[angminas]

It's very hard to eat healthy. Part of this is simply the difficulty of preserving healthy food as opposed to, say, candy. But I'd say most of it is just that most people don't want to eat healthy. They want to eat good-tasting crap (I plead guilty, though I'm trying to change). Therefore you can't produce healthy preprepared food in the quantities needed to keep the price reasonable. This means buying a lot of individual ingredients and spending a lot of time cooking them yourself, and knowing how to properly do both of those, which is where I stumble.

 

[Special K]

The motivation I have to improve my physique through diet/lifting is strong enough for me to overcome any temptation to eat crap food. Granted I cheat from time to time to keep my sanity, but my day-to-day eating habits are fairly strict.

 

[Mill]

Not really. You can eat your healthy breakfast at home, eat a less than perfect lunch, and then eat a healthy dinner at home. Add in a shake or two, and you can stay under 2000 calories quite well. More or less depending on your weight or exercise patterns.

It really really really helps if you keep a food diary like Myfooddiary.com. Track all your liquids (lots of water, crystal light, or an occasional diet drink), all your condiments, cheese, and EVERYTHING you put in your mouth.

Yesterday I ate a tremendous amount of food -- I was completely full -- and I had to force myself to get to 1800 calories. I used to eat 4,000 or more calories a day and was always hungry. Now I run into almost not getting ENOUGH calories.

I've lost 9 pounds in 11 days...

 

[jadinolf]

I am retired, so I have no problem eating healthy.

Laziness is my problem.

 

[mrkun]

Originally posted by: Mill
I've lost 9 pounds in 11 days...

You do realize some of that is muscle, correct?

 

[Special K]

Originally posted by: Mill
Not really. You can eat your healthy breakfast at home, eat a less than perfect lunch, and then eat a healthy dinner at home. Add in a shake or two, and you can stay under 2000 calories quite well. More or less depending on your weight or exercise patterns.

It really really really helps if you keep a food diary like Myfooddiary.com. Track all your liquids (lots of water, crystal light, or an occasional diet drink), all your condiments, cheese, and EVERYTHING you put in your mouth.

Yesterday I ate a tremendous amount of food -- I was completely full -- and I had to force myself to get to 1800 calories. I used to eat 4,000 or more calories a day and was always hungry. Now I run into almost not getting ENOUGH calories.

I've lost 9 pounds in 11 days...

Another good site I would recommend is Fitday

 

[Mrfrog840]

indeed it is hard

 

[irishScott]

Meh. I'm on campus, so most of the food I eat at the dining hall in pretty nutritious (diced potatoes, roast, bread, fish, fruit, salad, etc). Although they do have Ice Cream that I also partake in.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: mrkun

Originally posted by: Mill
I've lost 9 pounds in 11 days...

You do realize some of that is muscle, correct?

Point being? I care nothing about strength and muscle loss right now. I won't start weight lifting for another month. Then I will care. Right now I do not. Nowhere did I say "9lbs of fat."

If I were lifting my diet would be heavier on protein and calories. I'm not lifting, so I only get about 120-140 grams of protein a day.

 

[TecHNooB]

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: mrkun

Originally posted by: Mill
I've lost 9 pounds in 11 days...

You do realize some of that is muscle, correct?

Point being? I care nothing about strength and muscle loss right now. I won't start weight lifting for another month. Then I will care. Right now I do not. Nowhere did I say "9lbs of fat."

If I were lifting my diet would be heavier on protein and calories. I'm not lifting, so I only get about 120-140 grams of protein a day.

Good lord, 9 lbs in 11 days! How much do you weigh?

 

[LS20]

not at all? why should it be? when i go to the groceries, i buy healthy foodstuffs. when i eat lunch or dinner, theyre all healthy foodstuffs. wheres the difficulty

 

[TanisHalfElven]

Originally posted by: Mill
Not really. You can eat your healthy breakfast at home, eat a less than perfect lunch, and then eat a healthy dinner at home. Add in a shake or two, and you can stay under 2000 calories quite well. More or less depending on your weight or exercise patterns.

It really really really helps if you keep a food diary like Myfooddiary.com. Track all your liquids (lots of water, crystal light, or an occasional diet drink), all your condiments, cheese, and EVERYTHING you put in your mouth.

Yesterday I ate a tremendous amount of food -- I was completely full -- and I had to force myself to get to 1800 calories. I used to eat 4,000 or more calories a day and was always hungry. Now I run into almost not getting ENOUGH calories.

I've lost 9 pounds in 11 days...

if you eat a good breakfast. a hunk of grilled meat at lunch, some salad and something you like at dinner you don't need to work hard to eat good. thats what i do and its really easy.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: TecHNooB

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: mrkun

Originally posted by: Mill
I've lost 9 pounds in 11 days...

You do realize some of that is muscle, correct?

Point being? I care nothing about strength and muscle loss right now. I won't start weight lifting for another month. Then I will care. Right now I do not. Nowhere did I say "9lbs of fat."

If I were lifting my diet would be heavier on protein and calories. I'm not lifting, so I only get about 120-140 grams of protein a day.

Good lord, 9 lbs in 11 days! How much do you weigh?

Now? 224.

 

[Eli]

It is extremely hard to eat healthy in our society.

Not only is it expensive, it is inconvienent.

 

[SSP]

Yah, its hard specially eating out. I try to get to a subway and order a turkey breast with no cheese or any mayo crap.

 

[LarryS]

My typical day:

1 cup of cheerios & fat free yogurt (light and fit) (probably about $1.20)
1 Kashi Golean bar (200 calorie variety) ($.94 at Walmart)
45 minutes of cardio (treadmill and/or elliptical)
1 slice of plain pizza ($1.75)
1 fat free yogurt or low fat/high fiber granola bar ($1.00)
1 Lean Cuisine turkey or salisbury steak ($2.00 on sale)
1 bag microwave popcorn (94% fat free) ($.30)

Lost 54 lbs since last May 22nd. It really helps to keep all kinds of good food in the house and it also helps to have a fridge and microwave at my office and a supermarket across the street from my office. I'm 200lbs at the moment... trying to get down to 190lbs. (6 foot tall)

 

[TanisHalfElven]

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: TecHNooB

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: mrkun

Originally posted by: Mill
I've lost 9 pounds in 11 days...

You do realize some of that is muscle, correct?

Point being? I care nothing about strength and muscle loss right now. I won't start weight lifting for another month. Then I will care. Right now I do not. Nowhere did I say "9lbs of fat."

If I were lifting my diet would be heavier on protein and calories. I'm not lifting, so I only get about 120-140 grams of protein a day.

Good lord, 9 lbs in 11 days! How much do you weigh?

Now? 224.

sorry but how tall are you.

 

[TecHNooB]

Subway seems so healthy but there's a ton of sodium! Anyways, I normally get a footlong roast beef on italian, no cheese, all the vegies, and some sweet onion sauce. Very tasty and filling Oh, and no carrots.