Just surprising

I know when I first started a change from eating all junk, all the time, to super clean/healthy eating would have been way hard on me, and I never would have stuck with it.

The longer I have been on here, the better my eating has gotten, so maybe that's what others are doing? Idk, can't speak for anyone but myself!

I think some of the reason people eat unhealthy food sometimes is economics food that is bad for you is cheaper. The Good Food Box is a program that runs in many community across N.America that provides nutritions fruits & veggies at affordable prices. google 'good food box' it's the first link.

Its a missunderstanding about healthy foods and unhealthy ones. the deal is if you eat unhealthy foods you tend to be hungery since the physical space that take up is less then that of healthy foods.. they call these energy dence foods or foods with empty cal's. i have a friend who eats nothing but fast food and is in the best shape you could emagine, short of high colesteral that is. but she burns over 8k cal a day in sports. me on the other hand, i try to eat more nutrent dence foods since i like to eat, this keeps the cals low wile keep nutrents high. 1 cup of Brocollie will fill me up the same as 1 cup of M&M's however the broccolie has only 60 cal i think it is wile the M&M's are at well probobly around 300 cal. You can eat "Unhealthy" foods all you want as long as your net cal intake is with in the range you should be at. their are other factores such as diabities, high blood presure, high colesteral that are still a factor. bad collesteral dosent go away, so they do need to pay atention to that. eating things like faty fish such as salmon helps with collesteral as well.

I sure hope no one is judging me based on my diary from this past holiday weekend! :laugh:

I think some of the reason people eat unhealthy food sometimes is economics food that is bad for you is cheaper.

I know I haven't been able to eat that great for about 2 wks or so now just due to some finance issues. It will get better. hahaha However anything in the whole world out of moderation can be bad for you, no matter what it is. Small portions and self control mixed with proper exercise can go a long way when you can't afford to eat the right things.

I eat fast food,,but not nearly as much as I used to. Now it's Subway. But I don't deprive myself from my sweets! If I want something I'm gonna have it..BUT,,I have also noticed that now...I think twice. Do I really want to work out twice as hard and long for that doughnut or chocolate milk? Sometimes Yes..sometimes NO! Good Luck..and keep doing whatever works for you. I'm not losing a lot fast..just about a pound a week. I'm ok with that most of the time. Add me if you would like..let me know what you think of my food diary.

Well I just checked your diary, and you have some diet pop, and cinnemon rolls in there lol, So I guess its up to everyone's definition of 'healthy' choices. I think its better to have people eat less bad stuff that not try any change at all.

I don't eat completely healthy. But I will say I'm way better than I used to be. In the past I could eat half a big bag of Doritos for a meal. Or a can of Spaghettios. Or three granola bars with peanut butter on them............and fast food for just about every meal every weekend Friday night - Sunday night when I used to visit my boyfriend down in Chicago (when he still lived there) every weekend.

Now, I eat fast food rarely. And it's never a place like McDonalds or Burger King; I'd rather eat at Qdoba or Chipotle or Buffalo Wild Wings. I try to make a point to fit the calories into my daily intake goal. I'm eating WAY more fruit and veggies, on average, than I used to. Maybe not EVERY DAY, but definitely much better than in the past - when I'd often go months without purchasing fresh produce.

I'm also more aware of how much water I drink.

I really haven't lost any weight except water weight, but I'm hoping that changes as I continue to make changes to how I eat!

Good luck to everyone else.

I'm guilty of eating (and drinking) unhealthy foods. I watch portion sizes and try to remain within calories anyway. The way I see it is if no food is forbidden, then I'm not going to beat myself up for eating it and more likely to stick with the program. And I'm still losing weight the healthy way. (I'm also eating much healthier than I was 5 months ago - which at that time I was drinking about 1100 calories a day in soda pop, and then eating about 1200 - 1800 calories on top of that).

Well I just checked your diary, and you have some diet pop, and cinnemon rolls in there lol, So I guess its up to everyone's definition of 'healthy' choices. I think its better to have people eat less bad stuff that not try any change at all.

I don't think I've had cinnamon rolls. And I really didn't post this so people would be critical of me...guess I should have kept my mouth shut.

There are quite a few people on the message boards who like to post mean comments just to try and get a fight started. When you post something you just have to ignore them.

Now my response:

I definitely still eat fast food but nothing like I used to. Chick-fil-a, panera, subway and chipotle are pretty much the only ones I go to now. I don't remember the last time I got a hamburger from a fast food restaurant. For me it's about what is quick and easy. The healthier foods are never as easy and I don't like cooking. My husband does all of the cooking and he doesn't like healthy foods. I've learned to use moderation and exercise and have been very successful doing it. I definitely don't eat as unhealthy as I used to but I know I could be eating healthier.

It's a gradual process really. I was living out of convenience stores for a while because I could easily portion control snacks that way. Now I try not to eat too much of that in general.

I love looking at other people's diaries. It's interesting to me what they eat and I even get some good ideas from it. But I have to save I'm surprised at the number of people I see who are still eating unhealthy food, just less of it. I guess everyone is different, and as long as weight comes off, that's the important thing, isn't it?

You're referring to mine, aren't you? Well I'm sorry! I'm lazy!

Seriously though, 'unhealthy' is relative to the individuals body type and ideology.