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I'm so sick and tired of how difficult it is to just be able to eat nutritious food!
I work long hours and am single, so naturally I dont keep a lot of food in my place to cook nutritious meals. I like to grab my food on the go, if possible.
Immediately in my neighborhood are the following food options:
2 mcdonalds
Bahama Breeze
Chilis
On the Border
Barnes and Noble Cafe
Macaroni Grill
Chipotle
Panera Bread
Starbucks
Moe' Southwestern Grill
The corner Bakery
Dunkin Donuts
"Cadillac Grill"-- American fried Cuisine
La Carreta- Cuban chain restaurant
Denny's
iHop
That's it.
As you can see it's all garbage. Every. Single. Place. Around me is garbage IMO.
All I want to be able to do is get some fresh veggies, a good carb, and a protein to eat. That's it. I dont want over-salted/seasoned meats. I hate fried foods. I don't want sweets. I. Just. Want. healthy food on the go. I'd pay extra for it!!!! But there is none.
So, I drive to Whole foods and pick out a few good foods to eat. But the nearest whole foods is far away from me and in rush hour traffic.... I can't do it it'll take two hours.
Can someone tell me why there is so so much garbage available!! I am bombarded with garbage. It's nearly impossible to get like some broccoli, chicken, and quinoa or brown rice! Nowhere serves veggies. No where serves food that isn't covered in shi!t!!
I'm becoming so frustrated. It should not be this difficult to eat a balanced diet without having to fire up the stove and oven for an hour and cook something! I just dont wanna do that. I work looong days and I do not wanna come home and start cooking and cleaning.
No wonder nearly half this country is overweight or diabetic. It's too easy to get crap. Crap is everywhere. One has to actively seek out non-crap. it's unbelieveable to me! It's almost impossible to get a healthy, nutritious meal where I live. I'd have to drive 10 miles to the nearest food vendor that doesn't serve you shi!iiit.
The simple answer is that most of the "crap" above sells for a nice profit, is fast to make and tastes good. Most of it is terrible for your body. I am completely off of fast food, highly salted foods and processed foods, and my blood pressure and cholesterol levels have dropped noticeably. My weight has dropped by 8% also.
The simple answer is that most of the "crap" above sells for a nice profit, is fast to make and tastes good. Most of it is terrible for your body. I am completely off of fast food, highly salted foods and processed foods, and my blood pressure and cholesterol levels have dropped noticeably. My weight has dropped by 8% also.
Good for you!
You're one of the fortunate ones.
While I dont have any health issues and I do run almost everyday for exercise. I'm increasingly becoming annoyed and how I have almost zero options when it comes to eating decently. I just HATE the food around me. I try and select the healthier stuff at panera an some other places, but when I get it... it's still crap. Even salads are wilty and the tomatoes are like a pale red and the lettuce is like that cheap ice berg crap. ugh
Let's face it...it has been difficult-to-impossible for anyone, at any time, in any place, to be single, work long hours, and obtain cheap, healthy, and delicious food.
This is one reason people live in families. It's really hard for one person to do it all. There aren't enough hours in the day.
Maybe you could sign up for one of those services where you choose the food, they cook it and bring it to your house. It couldn't be that much more expensive than eating out all the time.
Let's face it...it has been difficult-to-impossible for anyone, at any time, in any place, to be single, work long hours, and obtain cheap, healthy, and delicious food.
This is one reason people live in families. It's really hard for one person to do it all. There aren't enough hours in the day.
Maybe you could sign up for one of those services where you choose the food, they cook it and bring it to your house. It couldn't be that much more expensive than eating out all the time.
It doesn't even have to be cheap! I'm not even asking for it to be cheap. Just want it to be available!!
While I dont have any health issues and I do run almost everyday for exercise. I'm increasingly becoming annoyed and how I have almost zero options when it comes to eating decently. I just HATE the food around me. I try and select the healthier stuff at panera an some other places, but when I get it... it's still crap. Even salads are wilty and the tomatoes are like a pale red and the lettuce is like that cheap ice berg crap. ugh
Sorry for my venting
I think you're going to have to resign yourself to keeping a "go-pack" with you/packed. Buy your produce and prepare your foods once or twice a week. You can do some prep cooking once a month and freeze.
Congrats on caring about what you eat. It is unfortunate about what's out there and what works as a business. It isn't right or easy but quality isn't cheap and on a mass scale it just isn't sustainable as a business model, unfortunately.
Don't underestimate slow cookers, vacuum sealers, and the like. You can do this.
Why not sign up for a service like Blue Apron, which gets excellent reviews. They ship the food with instructions and you prepare.
You can also pick up a few cookbooks that specialize in meals for one or two people, and Allrecipes.com lets you adjust their rated recipes for the number of servings needed.
Get a slow cooker and one or two good pots and pans and you should be good to go. Most of us have been in your shoes at one time or another and nothing beats coming home to a good meal.
I'm so sick and tired of how difficult it is to just be able to eat nutritious food!
I work long hours and am single, so naturally I dont keep a lot of food in my place to cook nutritious meals. I like to grab my food on the go, if possible.
You are making excuses. Being single and working long hours has nothing to do with keeping healthy food in your house or cooking healthy meals.
I'm so sick and tired of how difficult it is to just be able to eat nutritious food!
I work long hours and am single, so naturally I dont keep a lot of food in my place to cook nutritious meals. I like to grab my food on the go, if possible.
Immediately in my neighborhood are the following food options:
2 mcdonalds
Bahama Breeze
Chilis
On the Border
Barnes and Noble Cafe
Macaroni Grill
Chipotle
Panera Bread
Starbucks
Moe' Southwestern Grill
The corner Bakery
Dunkin Donuts
"Cadillac Grill"-- American fried Cuisine
La Carreta- Cuban chain restaurant
Denny's
iHop
That's it.
As you can see it's all garbage. Every. Single. Place. Around me is garbage IMO.
All I want to be able to do is get some fresh veggies, a good carb, and a protein to eat. That's it. I dont want over-salted/seasoned meats. I hate fried foods. I don't want sweets. I. Just. Want. healthy food on the go. I'd pay extra for it!!!! But there is none.
So, I drive to Whole foods and pick out a few good foods to eat. But the nearest whole foods is far away from me and in rush hour traffic.... I can't do it it'll take two hours.
Can someone tell me why there is so so much garbage available!! I am bombarded with garbage. It's nearly impossible to get like some broccoli, chicken, and quinoa or brown rice! Nowhere serves veggies. No where serves food that isn't covered in shi!t!!
I'm becoming so frustrated. It should not be this difficult to eat a balanced diet without having to fire up the stove and oven for an hour and cook something! I just dont wanna do that. I work looong days and I do not wanna come home and start cooking and cleaning.
No wonder nearly half this country is overweight or diabetic. It's too easy to get crap. Crap is everywhere. One has to actively seek out non-crap. it's unbelieveable to me! It's almost impossible to get a healthy, nutritious meal where I live. I'd have to drive 10 miles to the nearest food vendor that doesn't serve you shi!iiit.
What does being single and working long hours have to do with the amount of food you keep at home? You have all those fast food places near you but there's no supermarket or grocery store nearby? If Whole Foods is the closest place where you can buy good food, then if it's that important to you to eat healthy food, and it should be, then you are just going to have to make the trip on your day off from work. Buy enough to last two or three weeks so that you only have to make that trip that often. You do have a refrigerator at home don't you?
It only takes a few minutes to scramble some eggs, and heat up some oatmeal. The same with frozen vegetables such as green beans, sweet peas, broccoli. You can buy carrots, apples, bananas, orange juice, peanut butter, nuts such as pecans, etc. It really isn't all that difficult to eat healthy meals without spending a lot of time preparing it.
If you have to, and if you can, move to a better location. Do whatever you have to do. It might not be easy, but it's doable.
Aren't there any markets in that path?
Buy some fruits and veggie Man... that will help immensely. And if you keep eating that crap, you'll lose your taste for the real stuff. Also glad you're looking to change your diet. Those choices you listed just sound bad. Fruits and veggies, local farmers market, or at least a local grocer. Veggies are easy to steam and fruits come prepackaged for eat right now.
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