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As usual, the checker at the grocery store asked me if I was a vegetarian, having noticed the fact that over half of my purchases were fresh fruits and vegetables and that there was no meat among my purchases. "Not exactly," was my reply, adding that we do eat chicken and occasionally pork. Her next comment was that I must be really healthy because of eating so many different kinds of vegetables and fruit. She said that most people just buy bananas. I wonder what she eats? Not that it's any of my business, but I would guess it's not a variety of fruits and vegetables since she was so amazed by my dietary preferences. She looked more like a fast food junkie.
Mike and I certainly don't claim to be approaching sainthood regarding our food choices. We have accumulated more than a few years of eating greasy ground beef and heavy pasta casseroles, plus we still can't make ourselves eat fish. We've tried and tried, but for some reason it always tastes and looks like fish, like out of date fish, like frozen fish, like leftover fish. Even if it's heavily breaded or covered in a flavor smothering sauce, it's still old fish. My sister Vicki has the advantage of living on the west coast (like she's practically in the ocean!) and can get really fresh salmon that she grills. My, that's delicious! By the time that "fresh" salmon makes it to Indiana, it's either old or it has been frozen. What a crime. One exception: I must confess to eating albacore right out of the can. Now, that's not too bad.
Sadly, we've found that the story about older people not needing as much food is quite true. It's horribly easy to pack on pounds and tremendously difficult to take them off. We don't have as much flexibility or as much energy, so walking is our best exercise, and it takes a whole lot of walking to burn 3500 calories (the number it takes to discourage one lousy pound). One solution that covers everything is to have lots of fresh fruits and vegetables around because one can eat an almost limitless amount of that stuff and stay not only slimmer, but healthier.
Boy, I would kill for a piece of chocolate cake right now!
You are bad, bad, bad. And you haven't dipped into the candy bar stash from the golf course even though it's around here someplace. I know that for a fact even though I have no idea where that stash is. Want to know why I know that for a fact? Because you have not come at me like Eve in the garden, tempting me with the idea of splitting a Snickers. Would taste good though. Now how about that piece of chocolate cake?
ReplyDeleteNo, no, and no. Interesting that you can't recall where the "stash" is since you are the one who suggested it. (Just a hint, Adam!)
ReplyDeleteMy excuse for not purchasing fresh fruits and vegetables is that a single guy can't possibly eat it before it goes bad and has to be thrown out. Help me realize why that's not valid. Please. :-)
ReplyDeleteYes you can! Yes you can! One apple, one orange, one small bag of those tiny carrots, one tomato, one banana. There, that makes ONE day's worth of fruits and veggies. You would still need something dark green, so a small head of broccoli would do. Yes you can! Buy this stuff in cans; it's good that way, too. Make a big pot of vegetable soup and freeze individual servings. Yes you can!
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