The Way People View Food

saved1986

\r\n \r\n In 00-02 I worked with a bunch of outdoor hunter types and they would always make fun of me calling me city boy, snob etc. I use to go get health foods or sushi and bring them in for lunch just to screw with them. They would always make comments. Once they asked "what is that" I replied a veggie burrito. Yes, they made comments.\r\n

HeavyTZM

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In 00-02 I worked with a bunch of outdoor hunter types and they would always make fun of me calling me city boy, snob etc. I use to go get health foods or sushi and bring them in for lunch just to screw with them. They would always make comments. Once they asked "what is that" I replied a veggie burrito. Yes, they made comments.

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What did they usually bring in?

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If they brought in something it was deer or turkey or something they killed. They would go to mcdonalds or BK a lot.\r\n

mommysunshine

\r\n \r\n I hear from a friend that organic food doesn\'t taste any different than non organic food. I also hear other people say organic food is too expensive....yet, these friends will go out to eat several times a week and buy coffee that costs $5.00 a drink.\r\n

saved1986

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I hear from a friend that organic food doesn\'t taste any different than non organic food. I also hear other people say organic food is too expensive....yet, these friends will go out to eat several times a week and buy coffee that costs $5.00 a drink.

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Grass fed beef is much better tasting than regular beef, Organic butter is much better, organic fruits and veggies taste better etc\r\n

HeavyTZM

\r\n \r\n stuff like that just gets on my nerves mommysunshine. Saying it is too expensive is a poor excuse, people should just state the truth and say they don\'t care. I understand it actually is too expensive for some. As for taste, I can tell a difference in some foods such as apples and chicken. Other things like bananas, not so much.\r\n

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stuff like that just gets on my nerves mommysunshine. Saying it is too expensive is a poor excuse, people should just state the truth and say they don\'t care. I understand it actually is too expensive for some. As for taste, I can tell a difference in some foods such as apples and chicken. Other things like bananas, not so much.

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HeavyTZM, I think you nailed it on the head......they just don\'t care. Most people don\'t believe that food can be their medicine. They view it as a means for pleasure instead of nourishment and they most certainly don\'t have the paradigm that toxins could be in their food causing them ill health. It\'s their belief system.\r\n

dogwoman

\r\n \r\n If they\'d get out in the garden and grow some of their own organic produce, they wouldn\'t have to be on Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, or any of those expensive, silly weight programs. Eating food one has grown is a great joy!\r\n

u&iraok

\r\n \r\n Most people who see what I eat just get a negative look on their face, like I spoiled their (ignorance is bliss) fun.
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\nThe biggest comment I hear is that fats are fattening. That belief is firmly entrenched.\r\n

dogwoman

\r\n \r\n My diet is rather high in natural fats. So far, so good... I am 59. Most people take me for being 10 years younger than I am.\r\n

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My diet is rather high in natural fats. So far, so good... I am 59. Most people take me for being 10 years younger than I am.

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It has been my understanding that when a woman turns 39, she stays there.\r\n

tuina

\r\n \r\n When I was at college, we were having a conversation in which I said that I never go to supermarkets. One of the other students said, "No, I don\'t either."
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\nI was pleasantly surprised because I didn\'t think she would be the type to be aware of things like that.
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\nThen she said, "No, I just get my shakes delivered in the post."
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\nI was shocked into silence. Fortunately some of the other students managed to persuade her to start eating food again.\r\n

u&iraok

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When I was at college, we were having a conversation in which I said that I never go to supermarkets. One of the other students said, "No, I don\'t either."
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\nThen she said, "No, I just get my shakes delivered in the post."
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\nI was shocked into silence. Fortunately some of the other students managed to persuade her to start eating food again.

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What kind of shakes, what\'s in them? I can\'t imagine someone just taking in shakes unless they had extreme food aversion or because of money issues, maybe, or anorexia. Real food is too wonderful.\r\n

healthymilena

\r\n \r\n A very good choice for organic fruits and veggies without expensive prices is the FARMERS MARKET , try to find one around your house !!! Most people should think about losing weight in a healthy way and not just eat some food we don\'t even know where comes from !!!! That\'s why a named my blog : being healthy is a lifestyle . You need to think that eating healthy means eating natural .... Not excuses about prices, You can find healthy food cheap ...\r\n

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A very good choice for organic fruits and veggies without expensive prices is the FARMERS MARKET , try to find one around your house !!! Most people should think about losing weight in a healthy way and not just eat some food we don\'t even know where comes from !!!! That\'s why a named my blog : being healthy is a lifestyle . You need to think that eating healthy means eating natural .... Not excuses about prices, You can find healthy food cheap ...

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I went to a regular grocery store a few months ago for produce and I was shocked at how expensive it was because I had gotten used to the prices at the farmers market. The conventional produce at the grocery store was the same price as the organic produce at the farmers market. And the organic stuff is much higher than the conventional stuff so you could really get cheap conventional produce at the farmers market. There\'s a way to eat well on a budget. Buy in season, get what\'s cheap that week, etc.\r\n

dogwoman

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dogwoman

\r\n \r\n Seriously, I am an organic gardener. I have a large group of on-line friends who grow food. More than half of them garden organically. Several of us are differently able, yet we manage to grow food and flowers. We deal with our physical problems by getting outdoors, working with nature, growing food, preserving food, cooking from scratch. We teach others about growing food. We trade seeds. We share our knowledge, our failures and our successes. Our life styles revolve around creating good food, and we are better (literally and figuratively) for it.\r\n

HeavyTZM

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dogwoman

\r\n \r\n <BIG GRIN> Thanks, HeavyTZM. Yesterday I cooked a homegrown French cheese pumpkin. It was the first time I ever tasted one. I give this variety a thumbs up! I love pumpkin soup.\r\n

tuina

\r\n \r\n I can\'t wait until me and Sophie have our own garden and can grow some food! At the moment we get a weekly veg box delivered which is mostly from small local producers.
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\nWe are also lucky to have the amazing Unicorn Grocery near us, a workers\' co-op with a stunning selection of fresh organic produce, often at comparable prices to supermarkets, or less.\r\n

HeavyTZM

\r\n \r\n I recently moved back in with my folks and we have no quality food stores around. There is a sub-par farmers market and a Harris Teeter. What\'s worse is that my mom buys a ton of junk food, which I have been eating like there is no tomorrow. When I was on my own, I kept no junk in my apartment and little processed foods.
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\nBut now I\'m surrounded with ice cream, bread, cookies, cheeses, cereal, chips, candy, etc. I was a fat kid and I love these foods, but I know how bad they are for me. It was easy not to eat them when I didn\'t buy them. I hate being around the stuff.\r\n

ozzie

\r\n \r\n Ive never really been one for junk foods and the only time our kids when they were little, used to get biscuits or lollies was when we went to see their grandparents.
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HeavyTZM · � #1 � 10-08-2011, 02:36 PM

My mom is on weight watchers, and she is losing weight, but I absolutely hate that diet. She still buys junk food, but here are some of her crazy explanations:

-The first thing she asks about food is "how many points is it?"
-It's okay to have splenda, at least it is not aspartame.
-It's okay if it's made with harsh vegetable oils as long as it doesn't have trans fat.
-She'll opt for expensive, low calorie, chemical filled food over whole foods, because it is less points.
-Organic food is too expensive, but these weight watchers brands aren't because they're convenient ($5 for a 4 pack of preservative laced oatmeal!)

I've been trying to get her to eat foods she's never had before such as quinoa, chia seeds, herbal teas, etc. She has never taken my recommendations seriously, but now that Dr Oz has said that he is going on a cleanse with these foods, she now wants to try them.

What are some of the crazy things you hear people say to justify eating junk?

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