National Eat What You Want Day - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

MTI · #1 05-11-2015, 04:54 PM

Bustle

The concept behind Eat What You Want Day is pretty straightforward — for one whole day, indulge in all your favorite foods with fervor, no second thoughts or negativity allowed. Which, at first, sounds like a dream as you think about the mega burrito order you’re gonna unleash on Chipotle for lunch later on today. But then, you realize that the idea of having one day of the year allocated for eating your favorite foods no strings attached implies that eating your favorite foods any other day of the year does come with strings attached — and that makes me kind of sad.

Also, it's National Hamburger Month.

elchivito · #2 05-11-2015, 06:02 PM

Sounds like Benno got the memo...

Hatterasguy · #3 05-11-2015, 06:44 PM

I'll have a big steak, glass of scotch, and cigar.

Lucas · #4 05-11-2015, 09:36 PM

Once you eat healthy long enough, its what you want. Ive been eating other stuff lately. And i dont feel so hot.

Kuan · #5 05-12-2015, 09:49 AM

Sounds like everyday to me.

P.C. · #6 05-12-2015, 09:59 AM

I had ten strips of bacon on Sunday, which usually represents my normal bacon consumption over a six-month period. I need you all to join hands and pray for my cardiovascular system.

MTI · #7 05-12-2015, 01:09 PM

I guess today it's back to Soylent Green

Since66 · #8 05-12-2015, 01:37 PM

Panqueques........................... for lunch.

Skid Row Joe · #9 05-12-2015, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Kuan

Sounds like everyday to me.

Like, EVERYDAY is eat LARGE American day! LOL!

aklim · #10 05-12-2015, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Lucas

Once you eat healthy long enough, its what you want. Ive been eating other stuff lately. And i dont feel so hot.

Could be anything, could be just guilt.

CarpeDiem51392 · #11 05-12-2015, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Lucas

Once you eat healthy long enough, its what you want. Ive been eating other stuff lately. And i dont feel so hot.

Agreed, these days every fast food meal is followed by a stomach ache. Plus a tooth scrub of course.

Recently I couldn't even make it through a whole can of Coke, had to toss it with a 1/4 left when a sugar cramp set in. Can't believe people swill that syrup daily.

Lucas · #12 05-12-2015, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by CarpeDiem51392

Agreed, these days every fast food meal is followed by a stomach ache. Plus a tooth scrub of course.

Recently I couldn't even make it through a whole can of Coke, had to toss it with a 1/4 left when a sugar cramp set in. Can't believe people swill that syrup daily.

For me it happened from being a poor guy at farmers market. Everyone trades.

Getting around other people they say they cant afford to eat like that. I cant afford not too.

For meat, I let customers or good friends hunt on the ranch. Put meat in my freezer. Or help out the cowboys, and when one breaks its leg, it goes in the freezer.

Coffee. My only weakness.

Did you know the natives didn't get cavities due to their diet?

I ate subway yesterday. It was a rough night.

Same with alcohol. Dont do it a long time, and you notice the effects of just one. Even mental clarity the next day. I notice im more combative. I just gave it up.

Theres something called "the master cleanse." It will speed up the process of cleansing your body. Nothing but a drink mixture of water, lemon juice, maple syrup and cayenne pepper for 10 days.

Granted. Im 5'10" and 150 lbs. Normal by the rest of the worlds standards, anorexic by americans. However, before eating this way i would run 120-130.

CarpeDiem51392 · #13 05-12-2015, 07:05 PM

Oh I love the farmers market, my wife and I go every Saturday. We probably buy about 50% of our food there.

I've heard that said, it is more expensive to eat well unfortunately. I think another issue is most people (including me) are too lazy to prepare their own food most of the time. If you cook all your own meals from scratch eating healthily shouldn't cost significantly more, but there is the time commitment.

Lucky, meat is a bit of a crap shoot for us usually just get the best we can at Wegmans. I just started a fairly high paying job so maybe we can afford to buy organic or get meat from the public market in the near future.

I like coffee too, idt it's bad for you as long as it's black.

Didn't know that but it makes sense.

Yeah the meat there is real concerning. Plus none of the vegetables have any flavor, but that's standard really.

I've cut way back on drinking too. Recently my hangovers have been colossal enough to serve as effective aversion therapy. I do love beer though, Guinness is my favorite.

Wow 10 days, I could maybe do it with fruits and veggies. After reading the hunger games (the first book was good, the rest are garbage) I was humbled and fasted for 24hrs. It just occurred to me that I had never experienced real hunger before I didn't really then either to be fair.

Funny you should mention anorexic, I'm 6' and 140lbs.

aklim · #14 05-12-2015, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Lucas

Did you know the natives didn't get cavities due to their diet?

Same with alcohol. Dont do it a long time, and you notice the effects of just one. Even mental clarity the next day. I notice im more combative. I just gave it up.

Theres something called "the master cleanse." It will speed up the process of cleansing your body. Nothing but a drink mixture of water, lemon juice, maple syrup and cayenne pepper for 10 days.

No, I didn't. Source? What did they eliminate as variables?

Probably has a lot to do with your built up tolerance. First time skiing, I have aches and pain. By the end of the season, I'm tired but OK.

There's also something called Enzyte endorsed by none other than Ron Jeremy. Doesn't mean I believe it without some scientific proof. As a diet to lose weight, maybe. Cleansing? What are you trying to remove and how did you prove it worked?

aklim · #15 05-12-2015, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by CarpeDiem51392

Oh I love the farmers market, my wife and I go every Saturday. We probably buy about 50% of our food there.

I've heard that said, it is more expensive to eat well unfortunately. I think another issue is most people (including me) are too lazy to prepare their own food most of the time. If you cook all your own meals from scratch eating healthily shouldn't cost significantly more, but there is the time commitment.

Lucky, meat is a bit of a crap shoot for us usually just get the best we can at Wegmans. I just started a fairly high paying job so maybe we can afford to buy organic or get meat from the public market in the near future.

I like coffee too, idt it's bad for you as long as it's black.

It just occurred to me that I had never experienced real hunger before I didn't really then either to be fair.

I've been to quite a few of them and found their prices definitely higher. Whether they are really any good or not, I'm not certain enough to justify the higher price.

No two ways about it. Eating healthy is going to cost more in money and time. If you can't afford it, that's life. You get what you paid for. Consider this. They make a profit off a $1 McChicken. So using that price, what will it cost you to raise the chicken to see that it is done the way you want and to cook it the way it should be cooked? What is the cost time wise? Sorry but if you can't run with the big dogs, don't get off the porch.

I don't know about Wegman's but Wal*Mart meat is cheaper than the other supermarket chains and definitely the butcher BUT the quality isn't there. Sometimes cooking it, there is a rancid smell. Cheap, good and fast? As the Meatloaf song goes, "2 out of 3 ain't bad".

In moderation, you can do a lot of eating. In excess, even water will kill you.

To me that is like setting a goal of an alcoholic pledging not to drink alcohol for 24 hrs. Easy, relatively speaking compared to when you don't know when your next drink is.