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thistledear...or so my dad might say. :p The 60s and all decades on completely passed that man.
SO. There was this study. Yes, it's a wholly rat-based study, but it really made me think about my habits ever since I moved back to Dallas.
You may have noticed that my writing has...disappeared. It slowly dwindled until I was doing nothing at all. The past two years was nothing but the odd drabble and my 100 Prompts 100 Words self-challenge. It's not out of any laziness. I just...can't put words together anymore. I can't remember words. Sometimes I'll be talking and completely forget what I was talking about. At first I called them "brain farts" and laughed them off until they got really, really frequent. My attention span is just GONE.
So I read the article and I got to thinking about how my eating habits changed. Two Dr. Pepper a day habit, not including the fountain drinks I'd get with combo meals. COMBO MEALS. Almost EVERY DAY. I'll get fast food for lunch during the work week. The last few years I'd go get breakfast from the fast food places too. Supper would be stuff like frozen pizzas or spaghetti or those Pasta-Roni meals. No vegetables other than maybe sometimes I'd get some fried chicken and need some green beans to go with them. Maybe some corn on the cob. Or canned Popeyes spinach. And we're not even talking once a week on that.
FUCK the fast food. Fuck the soda. They're gone. Completely. No more Taco Bueno, no more Braums, no more Sonic, nothing. No more Dr. Pepper (well...maybe ONE. A MONTH--especially if I can find somewhere that sells individual cold bottles of the Dublin Dr. Pepper :D Good shit, man).
I. WILL. LEARN. TO. EAT. VEGETABLES. You know what? I got a turkey breast and dressing thing from the Kroger deli last night. It had celery in it. I ate the celery. I DIDN'T DIE.
I have the next four days off. Know what I'm doing? I'm going to start a whole body detox. It's a 2 week program and the reviews I've read on it are very positive. I figure it's a good way to kick this off.
Know what I did this morning? Despite having the day off, I got up at 6:15, showered, and went to Wal-Mart and Kroger. Because the only time to go to Wal-Mart is at 7 in the morning. S'nice. You have to dodge the stockers, but oh it's nice. Anyway, the cleanse booklet put a lot of restrictions on what I can and can't eat, so I had to get a lot of stuff I've never gotten before.
Grocery List:
Asparagus
Raisins
Lentils
Dry chickpeas
Pinto beans
Black beans
Petite carrots
Frozen tilapia fillets
Strawberries
Oats
Dried veggie chips
Raspberries
(and here's the weirdest one)
Almond milk
....Almond milk. How the hell do you milk an almond? But yeah, dairy needs to be kept to a minimum and I was torn between almond and rice milk. Soy wasn't even a consideration. I really DO have an intolerance for soy. Stuff makes me nasty!sick. Bleah.
So yeah, I'm using the next 2 weeks to force myself to eat new vegetables. My plan is to go--well, not COMPLETELY vegetarian, but I am also cutting out the red meat. And chicken is such a pain to cook that I tend to stay away from it too. So fish. Pescatarian? It's all for health reasons.
Now here's a question for those of you (probably most of you) that eat better than I do. When using oil for healthy cooking, what are good ones to use? I don't have any allergies, so don't hold back. I've heard olive oil is good. Any others?
Anyone ever had the gluten-free rice bread? Rice pasta? Any good?
Anyone have any good recipes to share? :D
Wish me luck. ^__^ I really, REALLY need this eating change in my life.
SO. There was this study. Yes, it's a wholly rat-based study, but it really made me think about my habits ever since I moved back to Dallas.
You may have noticed that my writing has...disappeared. It slowly dwindled until I was doing nothing at all. The past two years was nothing but the odd drabble and my 100 Prompts 100 Words self-challenge. It's not out of any laziness. I just...can't put words together anymore. I can't remember words. Sometimes I'll be talking and completely forget what I was talking about. At first I called them "brain farts" and laughed them off until they got really, really frequent. My attention span is just GONE.
So I read the article and I got to thinking about how my eating habits changed. Two Dr. Pepper a day habit, not including the fountain drinks I'd get with combo meals. COMBO MEALS. Almost EVERY DAY. I'll get fast food for lunch during the work week. The last few years I'd go get breakfast from the fast food places too. Supper would be stuff like frozen pizzas or spaghetti or those Pasta-Roni meals. No vegetables other than maybe sometimes I'd get some fried chicken and need some green beans to go with them. Maybe some corn on the cob. Or canned Popeyes spinach. And we're not even talking once a week on that.
FUCK the fast food. Fuck the soda. They're gone. Completely. No more Taco Bueno, no more Braums, no more Sonic, nothing. No more Dr. Pepper (well...maybe ONE. A MONTH--especially if I can find somewhere that sells individual cold bottles of the Dublin Dr. Pepper :D Good shit, man).
I. WILL. LEARN. TO. EAT. VEGETABLES. You know what? I got a turkey breast and dressing thing from the Kroger deli last night. It had celery in it. I ate the celery. I DIDN'T DIE.
I have the next four days off. Know what I'm doing? I'm going to start a whole body detox. It's a 2 week program and the reviews I've read on it are very positive. I figure it's a good way to kick this off.
Know what I did this morning? Despite having the day off, I got up at 6:15, showered, and went to Wal-Mart and Kroger. Because the only time to go to Wal-Mart is at 7 in the morning. S'nice. You have to dodge the stockers, but oh it's nice. Anyway, the cleanse booklet put a lot of restrictions on what I can and can't eat, so I had to get a lot of stuff I've never gotten before.
Grocery List:
Asparagus
Raisins
Lentils
Dry chickpeas
Pinto beans
Black beans
Petite carrots
Frozen tilapia fillets
Strawberries
Oats
Dried veggie chips
Raspberries
(and here's the weirdest one)
Almond milk
....Almond milk. How the hell do you milk an almond? But yeah, dairy needs to be kept to a minimum and I was torn between almond and rice milk. Soy wasn't even a consideration. I really DO have an intolerance for soy. Stuff makes me nasty!sick. Bleah.
So yeah, I'm using the next 2 weeks to force myself to eat new vegetables. My plan is to go--well, not COMPLETELY vegetarian, but I am also cutting out the red meat. And chicken is such a pain to cook that I tend to stay away from it too. So fish. Pescatarian? It's all for health reasons.
Now here's a question for those of you (probably most of you) that eat better than I do. When using oil for healthy cooking, what are good ones to use? I don't have any allergies, so don't hold back. I've heard olive oil is good. Any others?
Anyone ever had the gluten-free rice bread? Rice pasta? Any good?
Anyone have any good recipes to share? :D
Wish me luck. ^__^ I really, REALLY need this eating change in my life.
