Comments on: Lunch Strategies (sparkpeople.com) http://fwaaca.com/blog1/2007/02/18/nutrition/ Topics to engage thought, to promote wellness, to invoke change... Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:02:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Administrator http://fwaaca.com/blog1/2007/02/18/nutrition/#comment-12 Sun, 25 Feb 2007 17:26:09 +0000 http://fwaaca.com/blog1/2007/02/18/nutrition/#comment-12 There are several suggestions in the article that I agree with and have adopted as well. However, when I absolutely HAVE to eat on the run and am on a tight budget (which tends to be often), I find a Wendy's where I can eat relatively healthy by ordering a small chili, a salad, or a baked potato from the $0.99 menu. No, its not something you can eat while driving, but what harm is there in sitting in the parking lot (or get this, going inside!!!) for a few moments to enjoy your meal? Can't we take a few minutes out of our lives to SLOW DOWN!!?? Also, one restaurant that I have found (tsk, tsk) that won't give you 1/2 of your meal portion in the beginning when requested is Biaggi's. I have been there on several different occasions and asked for my meal to be halved, and they won't do it! They say that they will package up the remaining when I am ready! Mind you, everything on their menu is saucy, buttery, or rich in something that isn't probably the healthiest - but aren't we being taught to control PORTION SIZES along with this nutrition adjustment thing? So, on that note I most definitely agree with you Shane, that carrying healthy snacks with you at all times will allow for a better outcome in your daily nutrition. -ejf There are several suggestions in the article that I agree with and have adopted as well. However, when I absolutely HAVE to eat on the run and am on a tight budget (which tends to be often), I find a Wendy’s where I can eat relatively healthy by ordering a small chili, a salad, or a baked potato from the $0.99 menu. No, its not something you can eat while driving, but what harm is there in sitting in the parking lot (or get this, going inside!!!) for a few moments to enjoy your meal? Can’t we take a few minutes out of our lives to SLOW DOWN!!??

Also, one restaurant that I have found (tsk, tsk) that won’t give you 1/2 of your meal portion in the beginning when requested is Biaggi’s. I have been there on several different occasions and asked for my meal to be halved, and they won’t do it! They say that they will package up the remaining when I am ready! Mind you, everything on their menu is saucy, buttery, or rich in something that isn’t probably the healthiest - but aren’t we being taught to control PORTION SIZES along with this nutrition adjustment thing?

So, on that note I most definitely agree with you Shane, that carrying healthy snacks with you at all times will allow for a better outcome in your daily nutrition. -ejf

]]> by: Shane http://fwaaca.com/blog1/2007/02/18/nutrition/#comment-9 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 05:26:22 +0000 http://fwaaca.com/blog1/2007/02/18/nutrition/#comment-9 Hello Evelyn, we spoke on Monday morning about JuicePlus. I think you made some valid points on your post. It is a struggle, even from the male point of view to eat the right thing regularly. In order to curve my cravings I started keeping health food literally on me, such as Nature Valley Nutri-grain bars, even the generic kind is good. Healthy eating has to become a lifestyle just as poor eating has become a lifestyle for so many. In order to develop that healthy lifestyle we must taste different foods. You can't start craving healthier foods if you don't taste it. You love your favorite food because you tasted it first. One more thing to add, stay away from TRANS FATS. It is a fat that no one should ever eat. Even the fast food places are looking for alternative cooking fats. Hello Evelyn, we spoke on Monday morning about JuicePlus. I think you made some valid points on your post. It is a struggle, even from the male point of view to eat the right thing regularly. In order to curve my cravings I started keeping health food literally on me, such as Nature Valley Nutri-grain bars, even the generic kind is good. Healthy eating has to become a lifestyle just as poor eating has become a lifestyle for so many. In order to develop that healthy lifestyle we must taste different foods. You can’t start craving healthier foods if you don’t taste it. You love your favorite food because you tasted it first. One more thing to add, stay away from TRANS FATS. It is a fat that no one should ever eat. Even the fast food places are looking for alternative cooking fats.

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