Probably not what you'd picture as the typical college student's food shelf. Before you file me under the "picky-health-nut-celery-eater" category, let me explain myself. My philosophy about food is pretty simple: If you're going to bother eating at all, why not eat something that tastes good and is "good for you" at the same time?
The olive oil and balsamic vinegar are for the salads I usually get for lunch; the almonds and dried blueberries are for a snack anytime. The oatmeal and cinnamon are for breakfast, the green tea is for whenever. Will you be able to deduce something truly meaningful about me from these few things? Doubt it, but let's try...
Alarm goes off, fall out of the top bunk, stumble out into the common room. I'm hungry. I haven't slept long enough. I don't want some nasty artificial sugar coated cereal that tastes like sickeningly-sweet cotton candy, just something simple, down-to-earth, subtle, to gently wake me up. Cook up some oatmeal in the microwave. Too boring? Throw some cinnamon in to spice it up a bit.
Back from morning classes. Usually brought a salad for lunch, sometimes a sandwich; skipped the gross soybean oil and corn syrup mixture most places call salad dressing. Go back to the basics - some simple olive oil and vinegar. Tastes great, adds some good fats, nothing artificial. Once in a while my mom bakes me some homemade cookies, which I happily accept. Sure, they're not nutritionally ideal, but they're made with real ingredients and not a bunch of overly-processed stuff. Plus, they taste awesome. Back from afternoon classes. It's not quite time for dinner, but I'm hungry. Grab some almonds and dried blueberries. They make a surprisingly good combination, the basic, earthy, nuttiness of the almonds mixed with the sharp, sweet blueberries.
Dinner time. Go somewhere with a group of people from the floor. Try not to get something overly-sugary or loaded with saturated fats; enjoy. Back from dinner. It's evening. Close the day with a relaxing cup of green tea. Go to bed, rinse, lather, repeat.
From these descriptions, I notice a few things. Overriding principles - natural and simple. Nothing flashy or obnoxious, just good, simple, subtle stuff with enough flavor to keep me interested. Ideas that I hope are reflected in my personality. Also, it seems that I eat very similar stuff day-to-day. Is this because I'm not adventurous enough to switch things up and try something new? I hope not. I've found a bunch of foods that I like, so I stick with them.
5 comments:
Good for you that you have enough self-control to try and eat only healthy natural food. I personally try to do the same when possible, but I suppose I don't have quite the self-control to not eat a lot of unhealthy artificial food as well, knowing that I probably shouldn't as I eat it. Temptations are just too high I guess.
I love how you walked us through a day in your life, it was an easy read and an easy way to get to know you. I agree with Chris, I envy your eating habits and natural outlook. I definitely could learn a lot of from you! It's also great hearing that healthy eater like yourself indulges in homemade cookies sometimes, it makes you human. As for drawing conclusions about your personality I think it shows that you have a simple goal in life and that it's to enjoy it for as long as you can. Your habits seem to show that you enjoy greater things in life than just food, which is something to be proud of.
I liked the way you talked about your day too, and what foods you eat at specific times of the day. I try to eat balanced meals, but I also enjoy pizza with my friends every now and then. Do you ever eat anything that you would consider "unhealthy"?
It's great that you try and am pretty successful at eating healthy! I'm always tempted to eat the saturated fats, chinese, McDonalds and fast food... Keep up the good work! It's looks like you need a little more carbs in your diet!
I envy your discipline a great deal, and also feel as if I could also learn a lot from you. I try to buy healthy, organic food for us, and I cook almost all of our meals from scratch, but I really battle to keep away from snacks that I shouldn't have. Chocolate is my nemesis.
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