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Luckedout wrote: bur01014 wrote:   all this about what is easy to digest and what isn't is nonsense.....we don't need to eat of ton of veggies or fruits to obtain neccessary nutrients/vitamins....it is quite simple, nobody wants to eat fruit and veggies... because steak, fat, candy, chocolate just tastes better....eat just a couple servings of the healthy stuff w/ a vitamin supplement a day would be plenty.....   Sorry, but you're wrong in so many ways. Since it's completely OT from the OP I will leave it at that, but PM me or start a topic in the Off-topic section if you want to learn about proper nutrition.

Since we are way off anyway . . . I agree with you. I used to think like Bur01014 did. Then I started to eat more veggies and fruits. I've never been a big junk food person and I've always been fit. This summer I started to road bike again after a two year hiatus and decided that I needed to eat more fruits and veggies. It was hard to start since I never really liked them and I hated salads. After two months though I started to CRAVE salads and fruits. Its to the point now where I eat a salad and fruit almost daily . . . and not because I'm forcing myself to but because it makes me feel better and I crave them. I had not idea what my body was missing till I started to give it what i needed. I used to just take a multivitamin and thought that was good enough . . it most definitely is not.

jwoo wrote: Luckedout wrote: bur01014 wrote:   all this about what is easy to digest and what isn't is nonsense.....we don't need to eat of ton of veggies or fruits to obtain neccessary nutrients/vitamins....it is quite simple, nobody wants to eat fruit and veggies... because steak, fat, candy, chocolate just tastes better....eat just a couple servings of the healthy stuff w/ a vitamin supplement a day would be plenty.....   Sorry, but you're wrong in so many ways. Since it's completely OT from the OP I will leave it at that, but PM me or start a topic in the Off-topic section if you want to learn about proper nutrition. Since we are way off anyway . . . I agree with you. I used to think like Bur01014 did. Then I started to eat more veggies and fruits. I've never been a big junk food person and I've always been fit. This summer I started to road bike again after a two year hiatus and decided that I needed to eat more fruits and veggies. It was hard to start since I never really liked them and I hated salads. After two months though I started to CRAVE salads and fruits. Its to the point now where I eat a salad and fruit almost daily . . . and not because I'm forcing myself to but because it makes me feel better and I crave them. I had not idea what my body was missing till I started to give it what i needed. I used to just take a multivitamin and thought that was good enough . . it most definitely is not.

 

I think there is validity in this......once you start eating fruits, your craving for "unhealthy" foods will be reduced.  This occurs in 2 ways.  First, your less hungry.  Second, fruits contain ( in many cases) a great deal of sugar, although "natural" sugars, resulting in more stable blood sugar levels=less desire for junk food, and less desire to over-indulge. 

 

Getting on the bike again (exercise) also releases endorphins and will reduce your cravings for unhealthy foods.  Glad you are now craving salads and fruits.  You have turned a heavy page, however, lifestyle behavioral changes are the hardest to keep....moderation, food choice, and control....very easy to understand, quite difficult to follow on a long-term basis.

smacky wrote: My experience is a bit different. During the summer I ride around 250 miles a week and during that time I neet to eat nearly 6000 calories a day. I could not do that eating salad and fruit. I do eat healthy food, but the only way to get that much food energy and not spend every second of the day eating, I need fair amounts of fat, amounts I can only get from animals.

Oh don't get me wrong. I ride about 150 miles a week and I do eat like a pig. I just eat more Salads and fruit then I used to. I still love me some animal. If I ate only veggies I think I'd die. I certainly wouldn't be able to go out on a ride longer than 15 miles.

Jake Pehrson wrote: Please have your non-fish related diet discussions in the off topic forum.   I made a topic specifically for these.   http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=45090

On the internet debate scale the current one only reached 1.5 out of a 10. Hardly any insults were thrown! We have made progress!

Back on topic -

Who ended up with this fish? And how is it doing?

Edited by jwoo - December 02 2010 at 1:08pm