Junk food is HORRIBLE! HORRIBLE I tell you..
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The only kind of food I'd label junk is cauliflower.
And green beans.
May I add okra?
We are no longer friends.
Explain how to make palatable so that we may remain so?! Would dipping chocolate be plausible?
You make gumbo with it.
Duh.0 -
The only kind of food I'd label junk is cauliflower.
And green beans.
May I add okra?
We are no longer friends.
Explain how to make palatable so that we may remain so?! Would dipping chocolate be plausible?
You gotta soak it in buttermilk, dredge it in spiced flour and/or cornmeal, and fry that {redacted} a nice cool but spicy dipping sauce on the side (I like spicy mayo) and you are good to go.
You and Jof's ideas sound amazing. I've only had the squishy canned stuff, so that HAS to be why... next grocery run, I'm going to learn to love okra.0 -
The only kind of food I'd label junk is cauliflower.
And green beans.
May I add okra?
No, please. Fried okra is pretty darn yummy! :bigsmile:
And I agree with Jof on cauliflower. It's great raw in salads, or even steamed with broccoli. But not as "potatoes" or "pizza crust"
Green beans, on the other hand … can't find much redeeming there.
The solution to green beans is more bacon and onions...
...and don't just throw them into the water and boil them straight away. Instead, fry the bacon, then saute the onions in the bacon grease, and *then* add the cooked bacon and onions to the green beans and cook them. Even better if you can cook them low and slow. Delicious.
(Okay, so green beans aren't exactly nutritional powerhouses...but they're tasty this way.)0 -
The only kind of food I'd label junk is cauliflower.
And green beans.
May I add okra?
We are no longer friends.
Explain how to make palatable so that we may remain so?! Would dipping chocolate be plausible?
You make gumbo with it.
Duh.
I knew I had amazing friends... so many things! !0 -
The only kind of food I'd label junk is cauliflower.
And green beans.
May I add okra?
We are no longer friends.
Explain how to make palatable so that we may remain so?! Would dipping chocolate be plausible?
You gotta soak it in buttermilk, dredge it in spiced flour and/or cornmeal, and fry that {redacted} a nice cool but spicy dipping sauce on the side (I like spicy mayo) and you are good to go.
You and Jof's ideas sound amazing. I've only had the squishy canned stuff, so that HAS to be why... next grocery run, I'm going to learn to love okra.
Yay! Welcome to the Okra side!
...I wonder if I could get fresh okra out here. It's been a while.0 -
Honestly, I just swapped things or bought smaller versions. Instead of the big candy bars, I bought the bags of minis and allowed myself to have some every day. Or I found lower calorie versions of comfort foods I already like.
And want to add....
Eggplant rocks in lasagna!0 -
My love for "junk food" is one of the big reasons I switched to a whole foods diet. If I eat a little bit of anything that is super delicious but not so healthy, I instantly crave more. It's quite a vicious cycle. But when I went Paleo, then Primal, after the first few days I really didn't miss anything like that. I am so much happier eating whole, non-processed foods than I was when I was addicted to junk food
Now I consider anything super-processed to be "junk food," even if most people wouldn't call it such. My body is much happier without eating all those chemicals and preservatives anyway. That being said, I still indulge a bit every couple of weeks, because who doesn't love ice cream? 
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...I wonder if I could get fresh okra out here. It's been a while.
Used to grow wild in my backyard growing up.0 -
The only kind of food I'd label junk is cauliflower.
And green beans.
May I add okra?
We are no longer friends.
Explain how to make palatable so that we may remain so?! Would dipping chocolate be plausible?
You gotta soak it in buttermilk, dredge it in spiced flour and/or cornmeal, and fry that {redacted} a nice cool but spicy dipping sauce on the side (I like spicy mayo) and you are good to go.
You and Jof's ideas sound amazing. I've only had the squishy canned stuff, so that HAS to be why... next grocery run, I'm going to learn to love okra.
Yay! Welcome to the Okra side!
...I wonder if I could get fresh okra out here. It's been a while.
I grow it in my backyard...0 -
...I wonder if I could get fresh okra out here. It's been a while.
Used to grow wild in my backyard growing up.
Beat me to it!0 -
...I wonder if I could get fresh okra out here. It's been a while.
Used to grow wild in my backyard growing up.
Well some of us live on the 8th floor of a 34 story high rise on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and pay $9 for a carton of strawberries, during strawberry season, OKAY!?!
Wait. What was I talking about?0 -
...I wonder if I could get fresh okra out here. It's been a while.
Used to grow wild in my backyard growing up.
Well some of us live on the 8th floor of a 34 story high rise on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and pay $9 for a carton of strawberries, during strawberry season, OKAY!?!
Wait. What was I talking about?
Bitterness. You were talking about bitterness.0 -
...I wonder if I could get fresh okra out here. It's been a while.
Used to grow wild in my backyard growing up.
Well some of us live on the 8th floor of a 34 story high rise on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and pay $9 for a carton of strawberries, during strawberry season, OKAY!?!
Wait. What was I talking about?
Bitterness. You were talking about bitterness.
Yeah, that sounds about right.
Oh well. Pineapple is cheap at least.0 -
...I wonder if I could get fresh okra out here. It's been a while.
Used to grow wild in my backyard growing up.
Well some of us live on the 8th floor of a 34 story high rise on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and pay $9 for a carton of strawberries, during strawberry season, OKAY!?!
Wait. What was I talking about?
#HPP
(* Hawaii People Problems)0 -
...I wonder if I could get fresh okra out here. It's been a while.
Used to grow wild in my backyard growing up.
Well some of us live on the 8th floor of a 34 story high rise on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and pay $9 for a carton of strawberries, during strawberry season, OKAY!?!
Wait. What was I talking about?
Bitterness. You were talking about bitterness.
Yeah, that sounds about right.
Oh well. Pineapple is cheap at least.
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...I wonder if I could get fresh okra out here. It's been a while.
Used to grow wild in my backyard growing up.
Well some of us live on the 8th floor of a 34 story high rise on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and pay $9 for a carton of strawberries, during strawberry season, OKAY!?!
Wait. What was I talking about?
Are you in Hawaii? I think I used to live on the 32nd floor of your building. (No, seriously...)0 -
...I wonder if I could get fresh okra out here. It's been a while.
Used to grow wild in my backyard growing up.
Well some of us live on the 8th floor of a 34 story high rise on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and pay $9 for a carton of strawberries, during strawberry season, OKAY!?!
Wait. What was I talking about?
Are you in Hawaii? I think I used to live on the 32nd floor of your building. (No, seriously...)
Haha. Yes I do. Hawaii people problems indeed; the struggle is real. Only people who lived out here know the pain.0 -
I've never been one for Oreo's but my daughter brought some into the house and I developed an addiction to them. At first it was fine as I only allowed myself two if I had any. Then it got to be 4-6 depending on how many calories I had left in my daily allowance. As long as I had room for them I saw no issues. Until recently when I started finding myself grabbing one everytime I walked through the kitchen so I had to stop buying them.
I did however find Doles Dark Chocolate Dipped Bananas (Package of 4 slices = 100 calories) and have found that they satisfy my sweet tooth
But I still allow myself to eat whatever I desire so long as it fits in my goals!0 -
My favorite junk food (and yeah, I use that label all the time) is chips and dip. Potato chips or Fritos and french onion dip are my very favorite, but queso and tortilla chips is pretty close.
I haven't given them up, but eat them rarely. They are treats, not dietary staples.0 -
Let's just call this my.... cheat day! Fat day! Lazy day! Pig day! Lol
Were you able to LET IT GO? What's your healthy alternatives?
No, it's just a day you ate food.
Connecting food with morality or your sense of self worth can only lead to trouble. It sets up a constant tension within you which will erode your self esteem and which you will eventually cause you to crack. You know why? Because you are human.
Assigning foods as "bad" or "off limits" tends to give it an artificial value above that which it is actually worth. This happens with a lot of things - scarcity increases desire. Sellers exploit this in a business scenario for example by calling something a "limited edition" and hence charge a higher price.
The way around this is to give yourself absolute permission to eat the foods you like - incorporate them into your eating plan. What this does is to alleviate feelings of deprivation and actually allow you to make a true choice. It may transpire that you don't like them as much as you think you actually do as the feelings of restriction where making them seem more pleasurable than they actually are in reality.
I do not have healthy alternatives. If I want to eat cake or chocolate or whatever that's what I will do. I find if I say to myself "I'll eat an apple instead of that chocolate cake that I really, really want" I tend to eat the apple AND the cake AND a bigger slice of the cake then if I had just let myself ate the damn thing in the first place. Which is kind of pointless...0 -
...I wonder if I could get fresh okra out here. It's been a while.
Used to grow wild in my backyard growing up.
Well some of us live on the 8th floor of a 34 story high rise on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and pay $9 for a carton of strawberries, during strawberry season, OKAY!?!
Wait. What was I talking about?
Are you in Hawaii? I think I used to live on the 32nd floor of your building. (No, seriously...)
Haha. Yes I do. Hawaii people problems indeed; the struggle is real. Only people who lived out here know the pain.
Pardon me while I shed a few tears for people who live in Hawaii.0 -
Let's just call this my.... cheat day! Fat day! Lazy day! Pig day! Lol
Were you able to LET IT GO? What's your healthy alternatives?
No, it's just a day you ate food.
Connecting food with morality or your sense of self worth can only lead to trouble. It sets up a constant tension within you which will erode your self esteem and which you will eventually cause you to crack. You know why? Because you are human.
Assigning foods as "bad" or "off limits" tends to give it an artificial value above that which it is actually worth. This happens with a lot of things - scarcity increases desire. Sellers exploit this in a business scenario for example by calling something a "limited edition" and hence charge a higher price.
The way around this is to give yourself absolute permission to eat the foods you like - incorporate them into your eating plan. What this does is to alleviate feelings of deprivation and actually allow you to make a true choice. It may transpire that you don't like them as much as you think you actually do as the feelings of restriction where making them seem more pleasurable than they actually are in reality.
I do not have healthy alternatives. If I want to eat cake or chocolate or whatever that's what I will do. I find if I say to myself "I'll eat an apple instead of that chocolate cake that I really, really want" I tend to eat the apple AND the cake AND a bigger slice of the cake then if I had just let myself ate the damn thing in the first place. Which is kind of pointless...
+1
This is what I was trying to say, but you said it a lot better than I did 0 -
Pizza.0
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Water. I gave it up when I was 16 and found out it was making me fat with all the secret calories it contains (that and I had already given up pretty much any other foods by that point). Then I was sent to a psychiatric institution for my 'eating disorder'.0
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The only kind of food I'd label junk is cauliflower.
And green beans.
May I add okra?
We are no longer friends.
Explain how to make palatable so that we may remain so?! Would dipping chocolate be plausible?
You gotta soak it in buttermilk, dredge it in spiced flour and/or cornmeal, and fry that {redacted} a nice cool but spicy dipping sauce on the side (I like spicy mayo) and you are good to go.
Edit: I see a few other people beat me to it.
Can I just have the deep fried buttermilk?0 -
I ate WONDERFUL food today!
I had some:
and some:
oh, and some:
Maybe I shouldn't have... but I was under in my calories, I have met my goals all week, and I have the room to spare... so hey! I'm going for it! lol0 -
The only kind of food I'd label junk is cauliflower.
And green beans.
May I add okra?
Yes, yes you may. Though I am partial to green beans. Especially fried and dipped in ranch.0 -
I ate WONDERFUL food today!
I had some:
For the love of all that is decent and holy.....I must have this.0 -
I ate WONDERFUL food today!
I had some:
For the love of all that is decent and holy.....I must have this.
This is a pic of chocolate almond cranberry bark0 -
anything baked and sweet.0
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