This is just the thread I need. I've just had my routine test at the hospital and I'm shaking in my boots awaiting the results as I try and focus on work. I guess I'm going to have to pay for my endless snacking, questionable drinking habits, and my on/off smoking habit. The trouble is, in my mind healthy = not tasty. I know this isn't true, but that's how my mind works. I'd love to be proved wrong by this thread.
I was like that for a long time, then I started cooking for myself. Also, just my personal experience, the reason a lot of people don't like vegetables, is because they were prepared wrong when you were a kid. Spinach is my prime example. Most people used to boil the green out of their greens, and gray, slimy slop is not tasty. However, spinach in salad, on a burger in place of lettuce, or blended into a fruit smoothie is delicious. For example, my breakfast for the past few weeks has been frozen mango chunks, yogurt, kale, spinach, a banana, and a bit of milk for consistency. And you know what? It's delicious.
Ah. See this is exactly what I am talking about. Maybe healthy can equal tasty. I just don't know. There's a way we eat now. And there's tons of healthy food advocacy. The concept of data noise is really overwhelming. I don't know if someone who doesn't have 'legitimate' body issues understands. I'm overweight. Very much so. Not a day goes by without me worrying about everything I eat. You have those who tell you a certain thing is good. And those who tell you it is bad. It is no longer a question of maybes. I have to lose weight now. Right now. It can't be postponed. I need an answer now. Every meal is a calculation. I don't know if I'm able to communicate the urgency people like me feel. In between the horror of seeing the person you have become and the fear of being ridiculed, written off there is a genuine desire to know. What am I doing wrong? How is that guy thinner. How can he eat as much as I do and not have to grapple with this? Why can't I just enjoy a beer like anyone else without being judged? I don't know. I will try out the combos you suggest. They sound like fun. Edit: This comment is showing up twice. I don't know why.