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Are there people who eat real food out there?

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  • Whipppets
    Whipppets Posts: 267
    If you call pasta, potatoes, Rice steak and all fruits real food then I qualify..
    Lots of chicken also.
  • Jemmuno
    Jemmuno Posts: 413 Member
    I do you can look at my diary if you'd like.
  • sally_jeffswife
    sally_jeffswife Posts: 766 Member
    feel free to add me, I love cooking and prefer real food also
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,033 Member
    joleenl
    I want some real food eaters that fill out and allow viewing of their diary to add me. I want to get more meal and food combination ideas with out protein powders, protein bars, and most other processed food. I want healthy whole food eaters.
    bump
  • BeachGingerOnTheRocks
    BeachGingerOnTheRocks Posts: 3,927 Member
    Most of the time I eat to be healthy.

    Sometimes I eat to get in my junk quantity, but not very often.

    But I supplement with protein powder because I have a certain level I'm trying to hit within a certain calorie calculation. But I think of protein powder as real food. Mixes well with greek yogurt.
  • Miiimii
    Miiimii Posts: 279 Member
    I only eat real food, feel free to check my diary. But you won't find any meat there, I'm vegetarian.
  • Melaney1
    Melaney1 Posts: 44 Member
    Hi feel free to add me. I'm trying to stick to the healthier foods most of the time but I do enjoy snacks and fast foods as well in moderation. I make most of my meals from scratch although they are boring. I am also watching my portions sizes which was my biggest problem. I'm slowly losing weight and enjoying life at the same time.
  • mandypizzle
    mandypizzle Posts: 633 Member
    I eat real food and my diary is open :) I do have protein smoothies with the powder and the occasional lara bar if I'm out and about but other than that. I eat CLEAN and HEALTHY.
  • imfivebyfive
    imfivebyfive Posts: 104
    You may add me.
  • Melissa26point2
    Melissa26point2 Posts: 177 Member
    my diary is open and I never use protein powders. I'd rather eat... a lot!!! feel free to add me
  • Jooliebean
    Jooliebean Posts: 57 Member
    Hear hear!! *hand raised high* :) feel free to add and browse my diary. Cheers! Julie
  • ginnyadams
    ginnyadams Posts: 22 Member
    I need to get better at this also so will be adding some of you!
  • MsCristie
    MsCristie Posts: 27 Member
    I'm a single working mom of two- almost all real foods. I had read and it works for me to eat the same things pretty much every day. It is easy to know how many calories I am taking in. I do have a soda on the weekends (I like it) and on Sundays my friends and I do a dinner party (so I try to get in as much exercise as possible).

    What has also worked for me is I cook our meat for the week on Sundays (usually chicken). The weekdays are just two crazy! After work I race to day care and school, then a quick snack for the kids and then dropping the older one at Karate. So by having the meat cooked, I reheat (if needed) throw together a salad or whatever and dinner only takes 10-20 minutes.

    Good luck!
  • joleenl
    joleenl Posts: 739 Member
    Thanks for the overwelming response. There are lots of questions as to my defination of "real" food. I mean no processed food or at least bare minimum. I mean eating food that comes from a plant or animal not a factory. Once I get active again I will be using a protein power on occasion but currently I do not. I don't drink soda, juice (store bought), packaged dinners of any type, very little breads, pastas, and/or crackers, I don't eat junk food period. I haven't been eating wheat or dairy. I make my own condiments, from real lemon's juice, oils (mostly olive), vinegars, and spices. I hardly eat out and when I do its at a real resturant and I order meat and veggies with no dressings or sauces. I don't eat fast food. The meat I eat is higher quality so no processed meats, I buy a half a pig from a farmer, I buy chickens, turkeys, and eggs from our hudirites, and I eat a lot of wild game meat. I don't eat any artificial sweetners period.

    I'm trying to live and eat healthier, for me it's not about weight loss (although its a good side effect) it's about healthy living. Of course bare in mind I'm human so from time to time I'm going to eat what I want and not feel guilty when I do. Up until last weekend I had went 6.5 weeks with no processed food or real food as I call it. I had no dairy, sugar, chocolate, wheat, candy, chips, package meals/meats. The only package food I had was like organic gluten free pastas, brown puffed rice crackers, and some canned veggies and frozen fruit and veggies. I did have rotisserie chicken a few times from the local store too. Even my steel cut oats I make from scratch.

    If I don't get around to adding you, please add me if you think we can offered assistance to one another.
  • joleenl
    joleenl Posts: 739 Member
    Thanks for the overwelming response. There are lots of questions as to my defination of "real" food. I mean no processed food or at least bare minimum. I mean eating food that comes from a plant or animal not a factory. Once I get active again I will be using a protein power on occasion but currently I do not. I don't drink soda, juice (store bought), packaged dinners of any type, very little breads, pastas, and/or crackers, I don't eat junk food period. I haven't been eating wheat or dairy. I make my own condiments, from real lemon's juice, oils (mostly olive), vinegars, and spices. I hardly eat out and when I do its at a real resturant and I order meat and veggies with no dressings or sauces. I don't eat fast food. The meat I eat is higher quality so no processed meats, I buy a half a pig from a farmer, I buy chickens, turkeys, and eggs from our hudirites, and I eat a lot of wild game meat. I don't eat any artificial sweetners period.

    I'm trying to live and eat healthier, for me it's not about weight loss (although its a good side effect) it's about healthy living. Of course bare in mind I'm human so from time to time I'm going to eat what I want and not feel guilty when I do. Up until last weekend I had went 6.5 weeks with no processed food or real food as I call it. I had no dairy, sugar, chocolate, wheat, candy, chips, package meals/meats. The only package food I had was like organic gluten free pastas, brown puffed rice crackers, and some canned veggies and frozen fruit and veggies. I did have rotisserie chicken a few times from the local store too. Even my steel cut oats I make from scratch.

    If I don't get around to adding you, please add me if you think we can offered assistance to one another.

    Oh ya, I love organic when it's possible and not ridicousily priced.
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