Eating Right to Keep Fit

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Eating Right to Keep Fit

December 4, 2012 by dorannrule

YES. NO. MAYBE?

Eat margarine – not butter.

Eat butter – not margarine.

Coffee is bad for you.

Coffee is good for you.

Eggs have too much cholesterol.

Eggs are whole foods with vital nutrients.

Eat lots of carbs.

Eliminate carbs.

When you get to be as old as I am (notice I avoid revealing my exact age), you have lived through a complicated history of pros and cons for healthy eating. I have bought into them all, and only hoping that smoking will come back in favor soon!

Pass The Butter… Please! (talknshare.wordpress.com)
Margarine vs Butter – Which is Better? (infolific.com)

Posted in Country Thoughts, Humor | Tagged Butter, Cream, Dieting, Food, Healthy Food, Human nutrition, Keeping Fit, thoughts | 28 Comments

28 Responses

on December 4, 2012 at 4:12 am Joanne McAlpine (@BroadcastSunny)

LOL

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on December 4, 2012 at 4:30 am photosfromtheloonybin

Oh Oh, am I going to have to give you the smoking lecture young lady?? LOL Regarding food, I’m so sick of them changing their minds with all their stupid studies that I just eat what I like (in moderation of course :)).

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on December 4, 2012 at 6:25 am winsomebella

It is a continually evolving mystery, isn’t it?

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on December 4, 2012 at 8:01 am dorannrule

I’m so glad you are enjoying some of these posts Joanne! 🙂

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on December 4, 2012 at 8:05 am dorannrule

No lecture required Cindy! I haven’t smoked since 1998! Still, every once in a while I think of my long lost friends (the little warm sticks that used to give me strength and kept me slim). Someone said the countries where smoking is banned have more mental disorders. Hmmmmmmmm! I like your attitude though…. “eat what I like” in moderation. If only I could stick to the moderation part. 🙂

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on December 4, 2012 at 8:06 am dorannrule

I’ll say! 🙂

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on December 4, 2012 at 8:37 am katecrimmins

Yeah, I lived through all that too. I don’t even listen to them anymore except for chocolate and wine which are both in vogue right now. Drink and eat up quick before they make you die.

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on December 4, 2012 at 9:12 am Long Life Cats and Dogs

I’ll stick with what my Grandmother always used to say “everything in moderation”. Good advice (not always taken, mind you but good none the less).

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on December 4, 2012 at 10:20 am cindy knoke

Too funny!

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on December 4, 2012 at 2:56 pm Judy

I hear you 🙂

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on December 4, 2012 at 3:50 pm dorannrule

Glad chocolate and wine are “in” for the time being anyway. 🙂

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on December 4, 2012 at 3:51 pm dorannrule

Moderation…. a good goal for me to come back to. 🙂

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on December 4, 2012 at 3:51 pm dorannrule

🙂 🙂 🙂

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on December 4, 2012 at 4:10 pm Sheryl

Great post! I’ve also often wondered why the experts can’t definitively decide which foods are good (or bad) for us.

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on December 4, 2012 at 4:14 pm dorannrule

I think the like to play mind games and we get convinced every time. 🙂

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on December 4, 2012 at 4:59 pm nutsfortreasure

I have another STAR over her for you!

http://nutsfortreasure.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/please-check-the-list-blogger-of-the-year-2012/

Enjoy
XO
Eunice

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on December 5, 2012 at 2:19 am georgettesullins

If you can get enough data on your side, you can probably prove just about anything. Wouldn’t it be nice to rely on hard and fast proven results? Bottom line, we are smart, we know what’s best for us and we make the choices.

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on December 5, 2012 at 2:57 am Joanne McAlpine (@BroadcastSunny)

I totally agree with you, alas I think you’re going to have to give up on smoking 🙂

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on December 5, 2012 at 8:55 am dorannrule

Thank you so much Eunice for the second star in the blogger of the year 2012 award. I humbly accept and so appreciate your thinking of me. 🙂

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on December 5, 2012 at 8:56 am dorannrule

You are so right about knowing instinctively what’s best for us and then making the choices. I just wish I had trusted guides along the way. 🙂

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on December 5, 2012 at 8:57 am dorannrule

Guess I already did give up on smoking, but if they found positive reasons for smoking to stay healthy and slim, hmmmmmmm! 🙂

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on December 5, 2012 at 11:52 am nutsfortreasure

I love you your blog and you are very welcome

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on December 6, 2012 at 6:31 pm Lori Lipsky

Julia Child lived into her nineties, and she was quite sharp in her old age. If she says butter and cream, then that’s good enough for me. Of course, she was a hard worker and happily married, too. They are likely factors as well. Still, butter and cream sound good!

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on December 7, 2012 at 2:49 am Lori Lipsky

Hi Dor, I’ve nominated you for the BLOG of the YEAR 2012 AWARD, because you write one of my favorite blogs. It waits over here for you when you have the time. Best wishes. http://poetrypatio.wordpress.com/2012/12/06/community-awards/

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on December 7, 2012 at 11:13 am dorannrule

I’m with Julia on the butter and cream choices. How can anything so delicious be bad for you? 🙂

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on December 7, 2012 at 11:15 am dorannrule

I know I added a comment to your post on the awards and Congratulations again on all those you have won over the past few months. Definitely well deserved. Your poetry literally “spaeks.”
And thanks again for nominating me for the Blog of the Year 2012. It will add a third star to the “badge” of honor. Love it! 🙂

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on December 12, 2012 at 10:12 am DebtGirl

I’m with you! Everything that used to excite or calm me is off limits now! It’s either too risky, fattening or bad for you in one way or another! Not fair!

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on December 12, 2012 at 4:57 pm dorannrule

Yep – “fattening or bad for you” defines the problem. Thanks for visiting my blog. 🙂

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