Thread: second question

Originally Posted by Dizaster

Originally Posted by Spicoli surfs 'Nawlins

swear Im expecting to wake up one morning with gills....For the last 3 weeks straight its been Salmon..(Not farmed)-Tuna Steak-Rainbow Trout in rotation with diced Tomato/green beans & Macoronni... Or boiled Broccoli & Spanish Rice with minor lite butter....It is almost hell the time it takes and not falling to easy temptation.I am surrounded by a Taco Bell and a Po-Boy shop on either side every night coming home.Just have to stare straight ahead and keep driving lol.

That sounds a lot nicer than just plain tuna & macaroni...

I have always wished that I had enough money to actually have a personal chef prepare all my meals... You could really have some delicious healthy meals.. I don't have anything against health food at all. It so benificial to you in so many ways, and can really taste great..
It's just those couple of things that make it a bit of a battle
1. Preperation time - When you work and have other things to do, it's hard to take the time out to prepare & cook big meals.
2. Cost - Does work out quite cheap if you can buy a lot of good, fresh stuff all in one go, but again this takes lots of planning and preperation.
3. Motivation - Sometimes after a hard day or even just in general, you just don't have the mental energy to prepare a big healthy meal.
4. Taste - Sometimes health food just tastes a bit bland. Especially when time and cost aren't on your side, a quick healthy meal usually doesn't taste that great, and after having them a few times, they get very boring.


So having a chef that could prepare all the healthy meals for you, I would absolutely love it. But that isn't going to happen.

The best things to do are

PLAN - Always have a lunch prepared ahead of time if you work.. Being stuck without a meal and being hungry is what sends you towards junk food. Always having something healthy available to eat is good. Even write up a plan of all the healthy meals you can eat, and even down to what days you are having what.
EXPERIMENT - Health food can sometimes get very boring. Try adding new spices or ingredients, and try to make whatever you have to eat enjoyable.
BUY IN BULK - This is another part of planning. Make a big shopping list of all the stuff you will need. Go to a meat wholesaler and try to get all the meat you will need for the week on your pay day. Get a discount and freeze what you will be using later in the week.
Go to a farmers market type thing and get some good healthy vegies. Most may not keep for a week to well, so plan on going out 2 or maybe 3 times a week for good vegies..

Keep stocked up and plan out your meals, and you'll find that is the best way to stick to healthy eating.. The benifits can be see almost immediately. But after 2 or 3 weeks of really eating healthy, you'll feel amazing and your body will be telling you in many ways that you're on the right path.

I've found many times over, as soon as the plan goes out the window, so does the healthy food.

Diz has a point here,we buy all of our meat from a resteraunt supplier, we get better cuts,often pre-marinaded,it costs about the same,and it frees me up to put together more healthy side dishes

Originally Posted by Dizaster

Originally Posted by Clubber

Macaroni and cheese will also fill you up, but is not that unhealthy. Of course, I eat it because I'm trying to put on weight...

At supermarkets here you can buy a packet tuna steak... It's hard to eat on it's own (a little dry), but I slap it on the plate with Mac & cheese next to it, and they taste great together.... And you get almost 60 grams of protein from the one meal.... Doesn't take long to eat, doesn't make you feel bloated...

Of course, when you've had about 30 of them, you'll be sick if you even see another tuna steak with macaroni and cheese!!!

I have never felt sick at the thought of a double cheese burger..

Junk food was sent to us by the devil!!! It's mighty bad, but it tastes so freakin good!

I'll have to try that. Sounds like it'd taste pretty good.