Breaking junk food habits

Hannah_banana_94

I have three jobs and I go to college full time. I never have time to cook something and it seems like the only thing I have time to eat is junk food and large soda's. I really need to break this cycle of eating junk food and I need healthy food ideas to eat on the fly. Any suggestions?

SideSteel

Hannah_banana_94 wrote: »

I have three jobs and I go to college full time. I never have time to cook something and it seems like the only thing I have time to eat is junk food and large soda's. I really need to break this cycle of eating junk food and I need healthy food ideas to eat on the fly. Any suggestions?

The first thing I would do is take a look at your lifestyle to see what you can change in your schedule (even if this is a very small change, like getting up 10 minutes earlier or shutting the computer off earlier/etc) to try and dedicate a time that you CAN cook some things in bulk.

Boiling a dozen eggs would be one very fast and easy example. It's quick, it's minimal work, and boiled eggs are portable and ready to go/etc.

Now I'm not saying just eat boiled eggs but this is an example of how to think about it.

I totally get that time can be VERY limited for some people however often times it really is a matter of prioritization.

Now having said that, it's not binary. The choices aren't "cook for myself" and "junk food and soda" and what I mean by that is, you could also focus on making improvements to the foods you choose to purchase when you're not able to prepare food for yourself.

I would have to believe that there are available options to you, like a variety of fast restaurants (chipotle comes to mind hnnnnggg) or your school cafeteria where you can purchase fruits and vegetables and lower calorie forms of protein like greek yogurt or chicken/etc.