Food and Diet By Brenda Williams At Isnare.com Ezine Articles

Food and Diet is such an incredibly important part of our lives. Every day we need food to sustain ourselves. However, not just any food will do. We should always exercise caution and be selective when we can regarding what type of food we put into our body. That being said, there are many people who choose not to eat healthy because they don't have the mental fortitude and wherewithal to turn away from tempting foods that are bad for them.

Here's an example. In an effort to eat better, I decided that I would forego all of the sugary, carb heavy foods that I normally eat such as bread, butter, cookies, pies and fast food. Instead, I am now trying to revert back to the way I used to eat before I got out of college. You see, when we have someone else making our food for us, we often don't think twice about what is healthy versus what is not healthy. When I was in college, I had the food at the dining hall. When I didn't eat at the dining hall, I was racking up debt on my credit cards eating out; and while I ate out quite a bit, I always somehow managed to eat relatively healthy. Eating became a problem after college was over and it was time to step into the real world. No longer leaning on the total support of an academic institution to provide me with free meals, and having racked up a ton of debt eating out was no longer an option; I had little money but was still hungry. So what are your options when you don't have the money to spend on healthy foods that cost more? You eat poorly.

Rather than go to the supermarket and purchase the necessary ingredients needed to make a healthy meal for myself which would've taken anywhere from twenty to thirty minutes to make, I opted instead to stop in at the local fast food restaurant. And even though I would order what I thought was the healthiest choice on the menu (typically some sort of chicken deal), it turned out that it still wasn't that great for me. The funny thing about eating poorly is that your health almost immediately suffers. In my case, I am a runner; and having been used to a relatively healthy diet to then go to one that is in the dumps, I began to feel sluggish. I was having trouble getting out of bed in the mornings (and I am typically a morning person). My feet felt like they were dragging up the hills, and I became increasingly irritable and couldn't think straight. If that wasn't enough, I began to put on a little weight- hardly noticeable, but noticeable enough to me.

The lesson to be learned here is that we must learn to treat our bodies as if they were temples. Before you pick up food to eat, think twice about whether or not the food is good for your body. Do you really need to eat that bag of chips? Discipline yourself to do better.

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