STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

small fry · Chanel

RE: what kind of eater are you?

ILoveChoo · Hermes

healthy with some junk food. I don't eat a lot of processed stuff though....mainly because I love to cook, so there's really no need. I buy all natural and organic when I can, but it's hard around here because the selection is small and very expensive (and often not in the best condition). Once the farmers market starts in June, I'll be able to get most of my produce there though (hopefully....I know they have a market here but I've never been so I'm not sure how good it is). The exception to my "no processed" thing is vegetarian meats...like "chicken" nuggets- I like them better than the real thing a lot of times. Plus, they're healthier.

bloomie · Marc Jacobs

Here is my diet:

Monday - Thursday:
Breakfast: 1 lowfat poptart
Midmorning break: 10 reduced fat Ritz crackers
Lunch: Turkey sandwich on wheat bread with spicy mustard
Afternoon snack: 5 reduced fat Ritz crackers
Dinner: (Monday) seasoned rice, green beans, mashed potatoes mixed
                          with honey mustard
            (Tuesday) small portion of spaghetti and green beans
            (Wednesday) small portion of spaghetti and English peas
            (Thursday) chicken (either baked of fried -I remove the skin)
                             mashed potatoes, green beans
Nighttime snack: 1/2 bottle of chocolate Yoohoo

Friday: Breakfast: 1.5 lowfat poptarts then I cheat the rest of the day.
Saturday & Sunday: I cheat eating ice cream, cake, pie in between my breakfast (which could be a biscuit and jelly), lunch, and dinner.

I checked that "I eat healthy but eat junk food on occasion". Hmmm, I probably should have checked I eat junk food everyday, but that sounded to me like overeating everyday which I don't do.

-- Edited by bloomie at 08:43, 2007-05-02

Bastet · Kate Spade

I try to eat healthy but I looooove food, so sometimes it's hard to resist making something involving cream sauce. wink

I think I'm good at balancing my diet though. If I make something that's not very healthy, I try to make something better the next night. I don't drink soda and I try to avoid junk food as much as possible. I also limit how much red meat I eat. I love to cook, so I don't eat a lot of processed foods for dinner. But, I do eat Cambell's nukeable soup or a Lean Cuisine for most of my lunches because I'm way too lazy to get up earlier to make a sandwich. ashamed

(At least Lean Cuisine's box says no preservatives.)

littlebean · Kate Spade

I do try to eat healthy all the time, but unfortunately I eat more meat than I would like because of my omnivorous boyfriend! Nevertheless, I try really hard to make high nutrient/fiber dishes with lots of vegetables and minimize the meat. I love cheese and good desserts and nutella -- so I certainly eat unhealthy things with some frequency, but I think that's okay and I (try to) stay away from what I feel like are the less natural unhealthy junk food things like chips, soda, etc.

Suasoria · Chanel

NCshopper wrote:

I try and eat very little in the way of processed foods, but I like hummus, tzatziki and salsas, so I can't say I stay away from processed foods 100%, although those are really the only processed foods I eat on a regular basis.

I'm curious for you organics out there--what do you do about beer and wine? Do you drink beer and wine? Is it organic? I'm curious because I don't think I've ever seen organic beer.

"Processed" I take to mean artificially manufactured, with chemical ingredients added such as flavorings, colorings, preservatives, ingredients of more than five syllables, and so on. Salsa, hummus et al (if homemade or from a reliable source) are still whole, natural foods.

Regarding booze, I recently learned there are many domestic wineries that grow their grapes organically but don't promote themselves as "organic" because they fear that consumers will assign less prestige to their products or think of them as fringe producers. One in particular I remember is Frog's Leap. They're a fair/decent brand, but they don't want to be in a category of "organic."

Also most wines from Europe and South America are organic. They don't make a big deal about it because it's the normal way to do things in those places, as opposed to here. Italy and France have vinicultural industries that far predate the use of pesticides and fertilizers. Only the largest producers have moved to non-organic methods.

And I'd like to say I'm vegan, but I'm only about 80% there. I very rarely eat egg or dairy on purpose, but I'm not psycho about avoiding common ingredients like whey, and I'm fine with the use of egg or dairy in stuff like bread or crackers.

I'll eat honey too, so that right there would make me non-vegan.