Originally Posted by
carleton
Not to get too heavy on you, but my mother didn't make time to eat right for years, so eventually she had to make time to take diabetes medicine. She died last summer at age 61.
Dieting is not about adhearing to a strict diet. It's about making choices. Choosing A over B at the grocery store or in the restaurant. Stop making excuses.
No I understand the gravity of what I eat and what the ultimate effects on my health will be. I have diabetes in the family, as well as heart disease, arthritis and addictive personalities. **** me, right?
I make choices about food almost every day. "Don't eat that ****" and "This smells turned" are usually it. I don't mean to be making excuses, but I just got my own apartment last month, so mommy and daddy aren't deciding what I am eating. I am ****ing broke. I can't buy groceries regularly, so I buy food that stores. I've decided that my controllable expenses make me happier when they are focused at bike parts. Its a personal decision, man. I'm not doing this for ideological reasoning or any kind of elitist perspective. I'd rather ride nice wheels and go to sleep hungry than eat like a pig and ride a ****ing Big Shot Bike.
To clarify, I am no stranger to weight regulation. I wrestled competitively for five years, so I am familier with season and off-season training and diet (cut and bulking cycles). If I could, I would eat 2-3 courses over the 5 different meals during the day, focusing on complex carbs (starch) and protein (meat, legumes), with fatty foods for the morning (bacon n' eggs). I know what I should be doing, I just can't justify it financially. Cry for me and call me a *****, but this is just what I am working with at the moment.