[TaiKai Fighta]

Just a funny story. I have been cutting weight for the up coming naga tournament. So for about 3 weeks I have been eating really healthy and watching my caloric intake. It amazes me that after one of my night workouts, I came back home and opened a tupperware container of steamed veggies. Just salt for seasoning, no butter or anything. THEY TASTED SO GOOD! I couldn't believe it, but you guys are right. If you eat healthy long enough, healthy foods start to taste better.

[EclipseAgent]

I get hunger pains, Chocolate looks alot better then it used too, my stomach hurts more often, and I shit way too much

[bacon]

I've been eating healthy since HS and I'm 27 now. At this point I almost dread going on vacations because I know as soon as I leave home, I'll be eating crap until I return. When I go see my parents in Missouri, I go on a strict diet of nothing but BBQ until the day I leave. My taste buds don't complain, but the mudd butt is killer. Why does BBQ have to taste so good?

[bacon]

Originally Posted by TaiKai Fighta

Just a funny story. I have been cutting weight for the up coming naga tournament. So for about 3 weeks I have been eating really healthy and watching my caloric intake. It amazes me that after one of my night workouts, I came back home and opened a tupperware container of steamed veggies. Just salt for seasoning, no butter or anything. THEY TASTED SO GOOD! I couldn't believe it, but you guys are right. If you eat healthy long enough, healthy foods start to taste better.

Nothin beats steamed veggies!
When you look at food and think about what it will do to your body, instead of how it will taste, then you're on the right track. Eat to live, don't live to eat.

[JohanH]

Originally Posted by bacon

Nothin beats steamed veggies!
When you look at food and think about what it will do to your body, instead of how it will taste, then you're on the right track. Eat to live, don't live to eat.

Dont steam them, just eat em raw!
Anyway this thread rocks, lovely to see people just like me who eat right. How come its not socialy acceptable to not eat just-food. Do people get frustraded when they see how unhealthy they eat compared to you? Or maybe i should change friends.

[XTrainer]

KK, we've lived parallel lives. I mean, EERILY similar. Everything from weight problems as a youngster to current state of great physical conditiong/lack of illness. I don't see a need to duplicate your whole post. Suffice to say my experience has been identical to yours.

[ScottAM]

I feel great now, and I can clean up my diet even more. Getting proper nutrition and REST have helped change me from lethargic to energetic. ZMA has improved the quality of my sleep a lot, and when I wake up now I really feel the difference. I would still like to remove some more of the refined sugar from my diet.

[kwmma]

Here's the best part of good eating to me...my kids are healthier and happier than any kids I know. Seriously. And they are loads better off than I was at their age.

We make them eat what we eat. They don't have a free day unless we do. They eat whole grains, protein, no sugar, and lots of veggies, and healthy fat. They know the benefits of it all too because I educate them.

That is one of the reasons my fourteen year old son has a six pack and viens showing in his arms. That is one of the reasons my 12 year old can hang rolling with a lot of the grownups. We stress the importance of healthy living, and they are mentally, physically and emotionally better off for it.

As for me, I feel better, I look better, I think better and I am physically capable of doing things at age 36 that I could never do at age 20. That's pretty awesome.

There's always room for improvement, but I feel that I'm getting to a point where a good diet just feels better all around than a bad one. I still enjoy a free day, but even a lot of those meals are things like whole grain crust pizza with turkey pepperoni, organic veggies and lean sausage.

K..

[WAREAGLE]

7 habits kicks all forms of ass!!!
WAR BERARDI!!!

[erco]

Originally Posted by kwmma

Here's the best part of good eating to me...my kids are healthier and happier than any kids I know. Seriously. And they are loads better off than I was at their age.

We make them eat what we eat. They don't have a free day unless we do. They eat whole grains, protein, no sugar, and lots of veggies, and healthy fat. They know the benefits of it all too because I educate them.

That is one of the reasons my fourteen year old son has a six pack and viens showing in his arms. That is one of the reasons my 12 year old can hang rolling with a lot of the grownups. We stress the importance of healthy living, and they are mentally, physically and emotionally better off for it.

As for me, I feel better, I look better, I think better and I am physically capable of doing things at age 36 that I could never do at age 20. That's pretty awesome.

There's always room for improvement, but I feel that I'm getting to a point where a good diet just feels better all around than a bad one. I still enjoy a free day, but even a lot of those meals are things like whole grain crust pizza with turkey pepperoni, organic veggies and lean sausage.

K..

It's really awesome to hear that your kids are doing so well. Gives me hope for the new generation of whipper-snappers! I only wished my parents knew as much as I know now about nutrition. Like many KK and Xtrainer, I was a physically active chubby kid. Granted, I was never 180 at 12 years old, I was closer to 150, but I was by no means slim. I can easily blame my relative "overweightedness" to poor eating habits. My mother had a major sweet-tooth and so I ended up eating like her, lots of refined sugar and snacks. I remember days where I'd eat full on frosted cake or poundcake for breakfast.

Thinking back, there are a lot of subtle changes one can make in their diet that'd make a huge impact on his quality of life. If everyone in the US ate whole wheat products, stopped drinking soda, and just ate 10% less, would we still have the same problem with obesity and diabetes?