Do you guys eat vegetables?

Chi City 81 · Jul 3, 2006

Idaho said:

Today's lunch (and I'm not covering a game or heading into the office until 7 p.m.):

One jumbo hotdog, a churro, a small bag of doritos, two white chocolate chip macadameia nut cookies and a diet coke. That's what I grabbed at the deli on the way out from Costco.

Not exactly healthy, but I figured it was OK since I had just pounded out 17-20 miles on the bike.
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Sure, it's healthy. The Diet Coke balances everything out. :

The Big Ragu · Jul 3, 2006

Idaho said:

Today's lunch (and I'm not covering a game or heading into the office until 7 p.m.):

One jumbo hotdog, a churro, a small bag of doritos, two white chocolate chip macadameia nut cookies and a diet coke. That's what I grabbed at the deli on the way out from Costco.

Not exactly healthy, but I figured it was OK since I had just pounded out 17-20 miles on the bike.
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So when do you plan on taking the bike out for real rides?

Idaho · Jul 3, 2006

The Big Ragu said:

Idaho said:

Today's lunch (and I'm not covering a game or heading into the office until 7 p.m.):

One jumbo hotdog, a churro, a small bag of doritos, two white chocolate chip macadameia nut cookies and a diet coke. That's what I grabbed at the deli on the way out from Costco.

Not exactly healthy, but I figured it was OK since I had just pounded out 17-20 miles on the bike.
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So when do you plan on taking the bike out for real rides?
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I've signed up for a Century tour in mid-August. I'd hit the roads this weekend, but instead I'm covering a little thing called the Porcupine Hill Climb. It's 10-mile ride from about 4,200 feet elevation at the mouth of the canyon to a finish line of 8,000 feet elevation at one of the local ski resorts.

So, until that Century tour, I'll mostly be taking it out just for some short sprints.

Ace · Jul 3, 2006

Idaho said:

Today's lunch (and I'm not covering a game or heading into the office until 7 p.m.):

One jumbo hotdog, a churro, a small bag of doritos, two white chocolate chip macadameia nut cookies and a diet coke. That's what I grabbed at the deli on the way out from Costco.

Not exactly healthy, but I figured it was OK since I had just pounded out 17-20 miles on the bike.
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To the question at hand, I guess that would be a resounding no from Idaho.

Jones · Jul 3, 2006

The Big Ragu said:

I don't cover a beat. I'm in sports media, but not a newspaper guy (I could never do what most of you do). My hours are pretty normal--well, I work late at times--but it is probably easier for me to live a healthy lifestyle than most of the people here. I have seen the kinds of things a lot of writers hurdiedly eat in press rooms while they go over notes or use their free hand to punch the keys. Sometimes it just ain't pretty. I kind of understand it, but at the same time, it is a choice. If it means enough to you, you can eat healthy, no matter how hectic your schedule is or screwed up your hours are.

I think I am one of the only people on earth who genuinely loves veggies. There isn't a vegetable I don't love. Lima beans? Yum. Brussel Sprouts? I could eat them all day long. I think I have eaten broccoli every day the last two weeks. My favorite thing is to stir fry every vegetable I can find in hot sauce and mix in some rice noodles. And my staple meal from a restaurant near here, when I am working a lot of hours, is brown rice with black beans, with a salad on the side.

I am not sure if I am this way because I have conditioned myself to enjoy eating that way--I haven't eaten any meat in about 14 years--or whether it is just what I naturally like. I rarely even eat any fruit, just veggies. I wasn't always this way. When I was in college, and even well afterward, I ate pretty crappy. It is just that something happened to me at some point, and the change in my eating habits really didn't require a gut-wrenching effort. I just liked it.

About two years ago, I was under a lot of work stress and traveling a ton and working ridiculous hours. I cut back my exercise, which has always been the thing that really levels me. It was bad. And even though I remained a vegetarian, I still managed to eat pretty unhealthy for me. Cheese was my major weakness. I mean, man it is it my weakness-like kyrpontite. I'd eat pizza all the time--and I couldn't moderate it. It wasn't like I could go and have two slices. I'd polish off a whole pie on occasion. I put on weight (not super fat, but overweight for me), and was just feeling crappy physically.

I am really convinced that cheese is like an opiate for me and that I can't regulate it. I crave it when it is getting regularly into my system. But when I feed the craving, it makes me feel worse. Plus, I know logically that it is clogging my arteries. So I cut it, and all dairy, out of my diet. I did it sort of gradually, and now I don't eat any dairy. I really feel so much better for it. At the moment, I actually feel as physically good as I ever have.

I know I am sort of a freak when it comes to this stuff in that I genuinely love foods that most people eat like they are taking medicine, and my choices are extreme--I don't do things in moderation, I just do without. And I'd never expect anyone else to eat the way I do. The way I am kind of leaves veggies and grains as the only things I can eat. But it really isn't all that bad, and if someone was thinking about trying a diet like this, I'd highly recommend it.
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Stay away from me, and stay away from my family, you sick, long-fingered, veggie-eating pervert.

Ace · Jul 3, 2006

Jones said:

The Big Ragu said:

I don't cover a beat. I'm in sports media, but not a newspaper guy (I could never do what most of you do). My hours are pretty normal--well, I work late at times--but it is probably easier for me to live a healthy lifestyle than most of the people here. I have seen the kinds of things a lot of writers hurdiedly eat in press rooms while they go over notes or use their free hand to punch the keys. Sometimes it just ain't pretty. I kind of understand it, but at the same time, it is a choice. If it means enough to you, you can eat healthy, no matter how hectic your schedule is or screwed up your hours are.

I think I am one of the only people on earth who genuinely loves veggies. There isn't a vegetable I don't love. Lima beans? Yum. Brussel Sprouts? I could eat them all day long. I think I have eaten broccoli every day the last two weeks. My favorite thing is to stir fry every vegetable I can find in hot sauce and mix in some rice noodles. And my staple meal from a restaurant near here, when I am working a lot of hours, is brown rice with black beans, with a salad on the side.

I am not sure if I am this way because I have conditioned myself to enjoy eating that way--I haven't eaten any meat in about 14 years--or whether it is just what I naturally like. I rarely even eat any fruit, just veggies. I wasn't always this way. When I was in college, and even well afterward, I ate pretty crappy. It is just that something happened to me at some point, and the change in my eating habits really didn't require a gut-wrenching effort. I just liked it.

About two years ago, I was under a lot of work stress and traveling a ton and working ridiculous hours. I cut back my exercise, which has always been the thing that really levels me. It was bad. And even though I remained a vegetarian, I still managed to eat pretty unhealthy for me. Cheese was my major weakness. I mean, man it is it my weakness-like kyrpontite. I'd eat pizza all the time--and I couldn't moderate it. It wasn't like I could go and have two slices. I'd polish off a whole pie on occasion. I put on weight (not super fat, but overweight for me), and was just feeling crappy physically.

I am really convinced that cheese is like an opiate for me and that I can't regulate it. I crave it when it is getting regularly into my system. But when I feed the craving, it makes me feel worse. Plus, I know logically that it is clogging my arteries. So I cut it, and all dairy, out of my diet. I did it sort of gradually, and now I don't eat any dairy. I really feel so much better for it. At the moment, I actually feel as physically good as I ever have.

I know I am sort of a freak when it comes to this stuff in that I genuinely love foods that most people eat like they are taking medicine, and my choices are extreme--I don't do things in moderation, I just do without. And I'd never expect anyone else to eat the way I do. The way I am kind of leaves veggies and grains as the only things I can eat. But it really isn't all that bad, and if someone was thinking about trying a diet like this, I'd highly recommend it.
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Stay away from me, and stay away from my family, you sick, long-fingered, veggie-eating pervert.
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I guess if you were a vegetarian who didn't eat vegetables, you'd be in trouble ... or a jockey.

The Big Ragu · Jul 3, 2006

Jones said:

Stay away from me, and stay away from my family, you sick, long-fingered, veggie-eating pervert.
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See, I had no intention of going anywhere near your family, but for your sake now, I hope you don't have a bootylicious sister.

The Big Ragu · Jul 3, 2006

Ace said:

I guess if you were a vegetarian who didn't eat vegetables, you'd be in trouble ... or a jockey.
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They eat. They just puke it right up.

Idaho · Jul 3, 2006

Ace said:

Idaho said:

Today's lunch (and I'm not covering a game or heading into the office until 7 p.m.):

One jumbo hotdog, a churro, a small bag of doritos, two white chocolate chip macadameia nut cookies and a diet coke. That's what I grabbed at the deli on the way out from Costco.

Not exactly healthy, but I figured it was OK since I had just pounded out 17-20 miles on the bike.
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To the question at hand, I guess that would be a resounding no from Idaho.
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I had steamed broccoli, cauliflower and carrots with dinner yesterday.

But your point is very vaild. At one time I told myself I'd eat carrot sticks instead of chips or cookies when I needed a snack. I haven't been very good at that, though.

KP · Jul 3, 2006

Beef, it's what's for dinner. ;D

OTD · Jul 3, 2006

I wish I liked more vegetables. Can't stand tomatoes, cucumbers and a bunch of other stuff that's good for me.

And the Terri Schivo picture was sick. But I laughed.

Buck · Jul 3, 2006

I'm concerned that this kid has only eaten five hot dogs and two salads in 21 days.
Mangi. Siete pelle ed ossa.

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