Eating habits????

[Canez81]

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are everyones eating habits messed up as hell??? who here gets at least one good home cooked meal a day?? im never home, always at school or in the library till midnight every night and all i eat is junk food from fast food joints. im sick of that nasty ****. im so glad its the holidays. thanksgiving was the highlight of my semester and i cant wait for xmas and new years food.

 

[LauraMac]

i have shi**y eating habits for sure, but it's not really due to studying. it's just cause i am too lazy to cook. continually being on the road for interviews certainly doesn't help either.

 

[acidhouse303]

dude i have the worst eating habits too. i wish i ate more fruit or something. but i do grad schl and work 2 jobs and interviewing doesnt help and crankin on teh thesis. i geuss theres no excuse for nutrition. i have not eaten junk food since high school tho (read fast food nation!) so when i mean i eat crap i mean like cereal and wraps and stuff. im usually pretty healthy and eat all that weird health crap so i hate it when i dont have everything in balance. and now that im busy and dont play lacrosse anymore, its screwin up my workout schedule!! aie !!

 

[lulubean]

nothing beats mom's home cookin'! I try to cook on my own but since i know how to cook about 2 meals, i find myself eating the same things every week...when i lived at home (high school) i couldn't WAIT to move out. Now that I am out, I WISH I could go back ... 😛

 

[tank you]

i still manage to eat pretty healthy because i cook the day before, its kind of a hassle, but its better than eating fast food on campus. healthy stuff like sandwiches, cottage cheese, milk, and pasta can be prepared beforehand.

 

[bewitched1081]

i think this is the problem with the u.s. educational system. they don't teach us anything but academics. sure there's home-ec and woodshop, but they need to teach more useful, practical things. in other countries they teach children how to cook. i mean really cook, not just baking cookies or anything. so that when they get older, they can cook healthy meals for themselves.

 

[!dr_nick!]

When i was an undergrad, i routinely ate a box of oreos for dinner.

 

[skiracer90]

Finals week KILLS my eating habits. My library dinner for tonight was some trail mix, gummi worms, and a starbucks double shot.

 

[kansas]

jtank: I love it that "cooking" is considered preparing sandwiches, cottage cheese, and milk. You certainly sound like a gourmet chef to me. lol.

Yah, it is so difficult to get a tasty nutritional meal. I am currently in my undergrad and on a wonderful (sarcasm) meal plan. The food is the cafeteria gets so bland after eating it for so long. Yes, Thanksgiving was so good to me with all of the home-cooked food. I am super stoked about going home for Christmas and doing some cooking. I can cook, not quite as well as my mom, but I just don't have a kitchen in the dorms. Here's a thought... I have gone over to some of my guy friends' homes and cooked for all of us. It is great, because they pay for the food and I get to cook and eat a good meal.

 

[!dr_nick!]

Finals week KILLS my eating habits. My library dinner for tonight was some trail mix, gummi worms, and a starbucks double shot.

Dude, thats like living in a health food store. Come back after you've eaten cheetos for a week.

 

[iamgoaloriented]

are everyones eating habits messed up as hell??? who here gets at least one good home cooked meal a day?? im never home, always at school or in the library till midnight every night and all i eat is junk food from fast food joints. im sick of that nasty ****. im so glad its the holidays. thanksgiving was the highlight of my semester and i cant wait for xmas and new years food.

I dont move my head, back off or anything. I just suck in the air along with whatever else may come with it. Hasnt been once a day for awhile.

Oh, you mean food? I cook for myself. Don't give me your little stories you spoiled little college brats. Try working full time and taking classes and then tell me how stressful and time consuming college is (you would want to slap yourself for making the suggestion). I still manage to cook for myself, so can you if you work at it.

 

[Eiko]

The funny thing is that my own eating habits have gone to munching on carrots or apple slices with peanut butter. I'm not real hungry when studying or working or going to school... So, I'm a water and vegie snack consumer.

As for my cooking, I made it a point to take at least one day a week to follow the cooking of the chefs on the Food Network: they make everything look like art and it's a good stress reliever... not the eating, but the artistic display of it...

 

[beep]

jtank: I love it that "cooking" is considered preparing sandwiches, cottage cheese, and milk. You certainly sound like a gourmet chef to me. lol.

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Have you ever had to prepare all your own food in an ongoing way? It's more work than you might think, on a day-in-day-out basis.

For most people, it's not about being a gourmet chef, it's about striking the best balances between time & nutrition & money & taste. "Cooking" sometimes means a sandwich! Also, I don't think jtank ever claimed to be a gourmet chef.

 

[lorelei]

i think this is the problem with the u.s. educational system. they don't teach us anything but academics. sure there's home-ec and woodshop, but they need to teach more useful, practical things. in other countries they teach children how to cook. i mean really cook, not just baking cookies or anything. so that when they get older, they can cook healthy meals for themselves.

If you can read, you can cook! There are a lot of great beginners' cookbooks out there.

I usually get something home-cooked (by me) at least once a day. When I'm teaching a lot, meaning regularly working 12-13 hour days, I do tend to live on a lot of Healthy Choice frozen dinners. But I try to cook up a bunch of food on the weekends, and then I have things sitting in the fridge to eat. And I attempt to buy healthier snacks like hummus/pita.

I don't eat enough fruits and vegetables, mostly because they rot in my fridge before I can finish them, so then I don't buy them because it wastes money. Lately I've been drinking Naked and Odwalla (or whatever it's called) juices. The green ones have vegetables in them. If I think of it as juice, it's expensive at $2, but if I think of it as a way to get important nutrients, it's a good deal.

 

[Quentin Quinn]

I usually get something home-cooked (by me) at least once a day. When I'm teaching a lot, meaning regularly working 12-13 hour days, I do tend to live on a lot of Healthy Choice frozen dinners. But I try to cook up a bunch of food on the weekends, and then I have things sitting in the fridge to eat. And I attempt to buy healthier snacks like hummus/pita.

I don't eat enough fruits and vegetables, mostly because they rot in my fridge before I can finish them, so then I don't buy them because it wastes money. Lately I've been drinking Naked and Odwalla (or whatever it's called) juices. The green ones have vegetables in them. If I think of it as juice, it's expensive at $2, but if I think of it as a way to get important nutrients, it's a good deal.

Bingo! The key to eating well as a single person is to cook lots of food at once (when you have the time) and refrigerate/freeze it for later use. Grills are awesome to cook lots of meat at once, with little mess. I rely quite a bit on frozen fruits (peaches, strawberries) and vegetables (spinach, broc, etc.) and load up on bagged salad when it is on sale. Good sources of quick, cheap, yet healthy carbohydrates includes oatmeal and sweet potatoes.

Virtually every meal I eat is home-cooked and it saves tons of money, not to metion the nutritional superiority. I agree that Healthy Choice entrees are always a good fallback for days when you are rushed.

 

[sepaul]

Read Andrew Weil's Eating for Optimal Health. It dispells many of the health myths circulating in our society. To keep brain function optimal and get the best grades, we need to eat a good deal of carbs, fruit, veggies (ALL FRESH) and minimize the amount of processed sugars, saturated fats and pesticides/preservatives in our diet.

Eating well takes effort and dedication to the re-learning process. It will pay off! I have not been sick for a few years! Replacement foods are key. Tofu for meat, tea for coffee, juice (100% NO SUGAR) for soda, whole grain breads for wonder, etc.

Eat well and feel well!

 

[swifteagle43]

its all about cherioes

 

[VickFan]

Why dont more schools have stuff like they do at EMORY?

like MEAL PLANS with home cooked foods... called the DUC (dining university center?). i visited emory a few times and ate at the DUC and it was awesome! its a buffet environment like RYANS/GOLDEN CORAL but better quality.

i know GA TECH has them as well, but theirs is much smaller. much much smaller, so selection isint as great.

but still beats buyin fast food!

any other schools do this?

ANY MED SCHOOLS do this?

 

[tae1703]

all i had was pizza and fries mon-fri and ramen noodles sat and sun

 

[acidhouse303]

I dont move my head, back off or anything. I just suck in the air along with whatever else may come with it. Hasnt been once a day for awhile.

Oh, you mean food? I cook for myself. Don't give me your little stories you spoiled little college brats. Try working full time and taking classes and then tell me how stressful and time consuming college is (you would want to slap yourself for making the suggestion). I still manage to cook for myself, so can you if you work at it.

goaloriented, im not a whiny spoiled college brat 🙁 im in graduate school and i work two jobs so i dont have any debt! it is really stressful i agree (Esp w interviews n crap). i would cook for myself if i was any good at it. i am the only "ethnic" chick who doesnt cook 🙁 i would but its manhattan. i can go down the block and get better stuff than i could imagine preparing. for cheap too 🙂

 

[flash]

Am an MS0 beginning next year, but I've got good habits that some of you might benefit from, in no particular order:

0.5) Invest in quality tupperware of all sizes.

1) If bunch of restaurants are around, buy a few lunches (cheaper) and freeze them for a while. I get great restaurant food for $6 around me.

2) Buy really good fresh soups (particularly asian, thai, vietnamese) and load them up with veggies. Again buy a couple of extra and freeze them. Even a simple wonton soup with 3 carrots, steamed brocolli, red bell peppers and some tofu added can be very filling and nutritious. The broth alone if a great base for fresh, healthy ingredients added.

3) Saucy dishes - everything from indian/thai/chinese to pasta. Freeze the excess sauce, top a dollop or two over a piece of grilled chicken, a tasty, restaurant quality meal in 10 minutes. Accompany with veggies.

4) Lightly steam veggies for the next 3 or 4 days, so they are ready to go.

4.5) Half a tomatoe with every meal at home. Quick, lo cal and healthy boost to whatever.

4.75) A few slices of avocado a few times a week. I actually put 5 slices of tomato and avocado on a fast food burger to avoid the guilt.

5) Instead of peanut butter, use natural almond butter - higher in unsaturated fats. Watch the transfat with pb - you can find "all natural" pb. Oil separation is a good sign.

6) Breakfast is my "really healthy meal", b/c i'm always on the go. Strictly regimented - OJ, apple, banana, a few nuts, oatmeal, skim milk, yogurt and shredded wheat. Some combination.

7) Smart Balance buttery spread...the best. Extra virgin olive oil only. V8 Low sodium rocks, alot of potassium that is missing from most of our diets (they use KCl to replicate the salty taste).