Healthy Eating (Relocated Thread)

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by MissLadyLoki

I've been trying to eat better myself these days and I do eat salads (in fact, my family uses salad bowls the size of small mixing bowls ) and I practically never eat fast food (except when I'm on vacation), my only problem being I snack too much, but I've been working on that.

I find the best thing for me is not just eating right, but working out too. When it's warm out, I try to walk-run 2 miles each day at this place called the ecology center and, being cold now, I try to do Wii Fit every day (take my word for it, it does wonders and keep you entertained too)

As for "feeling unattractive", losing weight did give me a boost in confidence about myself, but what really gave me a boost of confidence was the summer I went out with Tim (how was I supposed to realize he'd be such an ass in the end) and, strange as it may sound, after I broke up with him, i was walking straighter and more willing to talk to other guys without fear of gettin rejected. And now, since I have finally found my niche with the sci fi nerds (yes, I consider myself to be a nerd, but we all wear it as a badge of honor), I now have a real incentive to lose weight and to look good, not to mention I now have a budding friendship with this guy Dave who likes the same video games, comics, and music as I do.

And speaking of some food being garbage, tell that to my cockatiel. He literally begs for snacks and he only wants stuff such as chips and non-chocolate cookies (chocolate basically kills birds)

Sorry about rambling so much, but you did get me thinking

I eat my salad in a medium mixing bowl!
Usually a big handful of spinach, ONE slice of bacon(just so I get a taste of meat), 1/2 of a boiled egg, red onion, maybe some sliced almonds. I eat regular bleu cheese dressing, and sea salt bagel chips, instead of crackers. Seriously, out of 365 days last year, I ate ^^^this meal, ONLY, probably 300 of those days. This meal, took me from 180, to 135. Actually, when we could still buy fresh corn, I would nuke 1/2 an ear of corn, also. Yes, 1/2 an ear....portion control!

Vacation is tough. I'm on vacation, and it's so hard. Mainly because american portions are so big, and I hate wasting food, that I almost always end up eating more than I wanted to. What I do now, though, is like every other day, is get a carry out salad at a restaurant, and bring it back to my hotel to eat(because they never seem to give enough dressing for my taste, so I bring a bottle, and keep it in my hotel mini-fridge).

I've not worked out, one iota, although if I keep having problems keeping the weight off, I'm going to start. Although, when I'm vacationing, I walk miles a day. I'll bet I walked 5 miles everyday I've been in Nashville. Yes, I like to party, and the popo in Nashville are Nazi's, so I don't F with em!

The feeling unattractive....you know, I didn't really. BUT, after I lost about 20 lbs, I started getting noticed, and laid(and I mean by hotties - talk about positive reinforcement!!!). I kept up the weight loss, and it kept happening, more and more. Socially, I wasn't even TRYING to be popular, but it just happened. Seriously. This weight loss changed my life. I mean, I'm the same guy, inside, and it's sad to admit about our society, but ppl didn't really wanna chill, with that heavy guy...... So this weight will stay off, at all costs. I like being popular!

I feel like I'm a nerd, but most don't. I like nerds, and can completely relate to them. Ppl think I'm cool, I think. I'm not. Just confident. Confidence is everything.


Looks like we both like to babble!