Eating Healthy – Easier Than You Think
As obesity climbs to epic proportions in this country, it’s not impossible to believe that our parents and grandparents, for the most part, ate much better than we do now. They had fresh food which more than likely was purchased every day or so, mainly because refrigerators were smaller and freezers were essentially nothing more than a place to make ice cubes and maybe store a steak and a package of bacon.
Meats were fresh, produce was fresh, eggs and milk were fresh. Today, even though we still buy fresh foods, our freezers are much larger but they are full of frozen prepackaged dinners, frozen juice, ice cream, frozen burgers and hot dogs, and all sorts of frozen snack foods for the kids after school.
Our lives have changed just as dramatically as nutritional standards. We have dual income families, kids who are forced into too many after school activities and commitments, men who don’t have the same company loyalty their dads did so they work longer hours for job security, and instead of finding time to cook and eat healthy dinners, families tend to fix what is easy – processed and frozen dinners, take out, or fast food burritos, burgers, etc. Add some shredded lettuce and chicken and we are totally convinced we are eating healthy.
Today, many kids are even allowed to leave the building for lunch and they head to the nearest fast food joint to load up on junk that would make a healthy rat sick! However, some of these kids believe they are eating healthy and there’s no problem, or they believe that because they are thin, they can eat whatever they want. They believe being fat is the true indicator eating a bad diet.
It’s not easy to explain to kids, or anyone, that looking like a model doesn’t mean you’re healthy. If they are “lucky” enough to be able to live on tacos and burgers and pizza and still wear a size two, there are very few kids who even think of admitting that their health might be at risk, and then continue eating the same foods well into their adult lives until… A major crisis erupts, and it won’t be good.
Some people think that daily salads or even a baked potato is a healthy, safe part of a meal. And they’re right – until they start adding toppings that have more calories and fat than lasagna and garlic bread! Having a salad is an excellent choice as long as you aren’t pouring on a cup of high fat dressing, and a baked potato is loaded with vitamins and minerals – just don’t load it with sour cream and butter!
Too often people, especially thin people, refuse to pay much attention to their poor diets and food intake until it’s too late. As long as they look good, they are sure they are healthy. They feel good, they look good, so they figure everything is good.
Learning to eat healthy can be a tough choice, but it’s even harder to keep the promise you made to yourself. Following a healthy diet for a week is different than adopting a significant life change. Unfortunately for many, the life change might be the “end of life”.
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