Eating Habits

Recently, I saw an interview on Dr. Oz with a woman who said that it works best to eat your highest-calorie meal at noon. That way, your body has the energy to digest it.

I thought that was interesting, since it seems like my highest-calorie meals and everyone else's seem to be at suppertime.

I tend to eat out a lot during the weekends. My boyfriend and I are definitely "foodies" and we love to try new restaurants. However, these already high-calorie portions often come in gigantic sizes, which is definitely not good for you. And apparently, at suppertime when we usually eat these giant meals, our rate of digestion is the slowest.

I also don't eat breakfast very often, which is a big problem. Breakfast is hugely important, because it kickstarts your metabolism. When I talked to Dr. Margaret Empie this week about how college students should eat, she said that it's also important to gravitate toward food like eggs and fruit instead of sugary cereals, which is what I gravitate toward more often when I actually do eat breakfast.

It's interesting to examine your eating habits and realize when you eat and how much you eat really affects your weight gain and fitness.

Here are some resolutions in my diet that I'm going to make:

-Eat breakfast more often and try healthy alternatives to cereal like hard-boiled eggs.
-Don't eat out as often! It's good for your health AND your wallet!
-For suppers, try light servings of pastas, sandwiches, or salads.

This summer I'll be living in Ankeny and working in Des Moines, so I think it will be healthy to try to eat a hard-boiled egg and a banana in the morning. At lunch, I'll probably pack something like a Hormel "Compleat" or a Marie Calendar meal since that's easy and cheap, even though it might not necessarily be healthy, but it will work with my budget, and since you digest best at noon, it should be okay. For supper, I plan to scrounge up some things around my apartment that might make a healthy meal, hopefully learning which foods are both economical and healthy. Also, I plan to eat out less frequently with my boyfriend and talk to him about how we can get our foodie fixes without the higher calories and big checks.

This gives an intro into the next blog I plan to write--how to stay healthy on a tight budget.

What are your eating habits? Which patterns do you see in the way you eat and your overall health?