Comments on: Don’t Eat This, Don’t Eat That: How To Eat Healthy Without Fast Food

By: Chris Czarnecki

Chris Czarnecki — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 13:35:58 +0000

Just discovered this post from awhile back. Excellent advice all the way around. People have been programmed that fast food is the only option, is the cheap option, and of course most convenient. Convenience is the only argument that holds any water but can be easily overcome with a little advance thought and planning.
I am a recovering fast-food junkie and stopped eating it about 6 months ago. My blog will journal some of the challenges I face along the way, but mostly I would like to hear other people’s stories too!

By: Darya Pino

Darya Pino — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:01:31 +0000

Great point. Luckily the street food movement is becoming HUGE in SF, LA and NYC. Your wish may be granted soon!

By: m

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:24:41 +0000

I am sort of split on this one. I completely see your point; however, it’s generally really difficult to find healthy foods when you’re on the go, without planning and (gasp!) thinking.

For example, in north america we are truly limited in our choice of street foods. Our only options seem to be pretzels (if you’re lucky), and in Toronto, where I live, it’s ONLY hot dogs. EWWW.

I think we could motivate more people to eat well on the go by offering a better variety and better quality of “street foods”.

By: baahar

baahar — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:13:30 +0000

I came across these posts about intermittent fasting on Tim’s blog. But, make sure to read the second part too I found a few studies about the Ramadan fast, but can’t judge whether they were done properly or not. I have to read myself into the literature to get an idea how studies in the medical field ought to be done so that the reported results are representative. Maybe in a few months when I have more time …

Part 1 – http://tinyurl.com/3celz3

Part 2 – http://tinyurl.com/388mak

By: Madhu Ganesh

Madhu Ganesh — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:17:31 +0000

Agreed. Touché

By: Egohsa

Egohsa — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 04:36:41 +0000

I think I would plan better. Bring a dinner to work with me if I know that I’m going to be late. But if I didn’t know that that, I would have chosen a better place to eat (there was a Noodles ‘n Company a few blocks down the street from the BK that I could have gone to)

By: Darya Pino

Darya Pino — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:26:24 +0000

Certainly. I’ve found that it is easiest when I know when/what I will be eating later. For example, if I know dinner is in 1 hr, I’ll know if I can wait that long or not. If you’re eating out of habit and not out of hunger, you need to think about it more as habit breaking (takes about 4 weeks). Try making the food harder to get to, or have water or tea instead. You can chew gum, use mouthwash or brush your teeth, all things that make food less palatable. A glass of water really works surprisingly well.

By: Darya Pino

Darya Pino — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:22:35 +0000

That is interesting. What would you do differently next time?

By: Egohsa

Egohsa — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 03:47:10 +0000

I had read this article yesterday and stil decided to pick something up at Burger King’s because it was the closest place to get food and I was really hungry and not going home for a while. I got a Grilled Chicken Salad thinking it was probably the healthiest thing on the menu. Turned out it was DISGUSTING. The chicken was gross. The tomatoes were gross. The carrots were gross. Everything about it was gross. I’ve had the salad before with the crispy (fried) chicken and it was fine. Therefore, my theory is that the frying of the chicken is what made it palatable. Either way, I thought my experience was interesting in light of this article.

By: Darya Pino

Darya Pino — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:33:06 +0000

Wow, Egypt. Awesome! Thx for commenting