We’re almost done for the week! I’m so excited 
Last night was crazy-filled with sorority events and of course, dinner at the sorority.
It was burger bar.
The bar offered: white buns (no wheat available), beef burgers, garden burgers, sauteed mushrooms & sauteed onions (most likely soaked in a ton of butter), potato salad, a casserole with zuccini and corn and a salad bar. Toppings was swiss or american cheese, lettuce, yellow mustard, dijon mustard, ketchup, bbq sauce and mayo. Dessert was pound cake and blueberry yogurt.
Whew. Here’s my plate:
an open-faced gardenburger with swiss, dijon mustard, ketchup, and as much lettuce as I could get on it (I was at the end of the line…again). A small scoop of the casserole and the potato salad. A romaine salad with olives and pea with ceasar dressing. And the little bowl in the back has a little of blueberry yogurt.
I savored the burger, and didn’t finish either the casserole or the potato salad. They both tasted just a bit funky. I was planning just to get the yogurt instead of the pound cake with the yogurt on top; however the yogurt alone tasted awful but fantastic when I grabbed a very small piece of pound cake. Funny how that happens 
I’ve told some of my sisters how worried I am about the food situation next year, as I will be living in the house. They say I’ll be absolutely fine and that the food here isn’t that unhealthy at all. Just slather on some sugary PB on some white bread and I’ll be living healthy! One sister I was talking to in particular later asked me how to lose weight. She wasn’t very happy when I said to stop eating the white bread and eat some whole grains and veggies. She asked if yoga or cardio was better to lose weight. I responded that if you want to lose fat, its most efficient to do cardio. She wasn’t very happy with my answer either 
I’m a little too blunt sometimes :/
And I am in NO WAY recommending to these girls to lose weight! They are all relatively thin girls, so it’s annoying that they keep asking that. I wish they would go up to me and ask how to live a healthy lifestyle.
I’m finding it really stressful that no one understands my lifestyle. I feel like in addition to my non-drinking, non-smoking and other drugs lifestyle, the way I eat is isolating me in the house. I’ve tried to explain it to people but they don’t understand the problem with white bread, pasta and rice. They don’t understand my cravings for fresh fruit and veggies. They don’t understand why I have a problem with processed food. Eating like that everyday is really frightening me. I don’t know what to do
Fast forward to this morning. I was planning to make overnight oats, but by the time I got back from sorority things I was way to tired to make them.
Therefore chocolate and coconut oatmeal was made this morning with a side of a sliced orange.
In the mix:
2 packets Instant Oatmeal
2 T of THE MIX
1 tsp dark chocolate chips 70% cocoa
2 T Coconut Milk Creamer
The oatmeal was fabulous, the orange was super dry and gross. A half naner spread with TJ’s sunflower butter was needed to help the situation.
I love you sunflower butter!!!
I’m hoping I’ll start feeling better as the day goes on. I’m going to meet up with my ex-roommate from the dorms for lunch. Hopefully I can sneak a picture!
How do people generally react to your healthy lifestyle? What do you say to them?
so sorry that it is hard for you. i think it is harder when you are young. just stay true to yourself. i wish i had been as healthy as you when i was in college. think of it this way, you won’t have to play catch up later in life like most of us!
I feel like people in college just don’t understand what healthy actually is. Fruit and veggies just aren’t in their lifestyles! A powerbar or sugary cereal is an acceptable snack. And people are applauded when they get the biggest, fattiest burrito possible.
I’m very lucky that I’m one step ahead
TJ Sunflower Seed Butter!! I love it!!
Anyways, yeah I try not to preach my healthy stuff to other people unless they ask because 1. they’re not nearly as interested as I am, 2. I could go on and on about stuff, and 3. almost no one really will take your advice anyway. No one wants to exercise or change their eating habits. They all want some kind of quick fix or whatever. It’s so cool you’re choosing the healthiest options you have!!
xoxo
I agree everyone is just looking for a quick fix! They just want to lose weight very quickly. I actually heard a slim fast commercial this morning and it said something like “Get Slim Fast, cause nobody has time to do it slowly”
Some people will never understand
sorry you’re having a tough time — I can kind of relate within my REAL family (not my greek family). I think the situation with the cook in the house makes it challenging, but I think you can at least take the attitude of “I’ll do my best, and that’s all I’ve got”. sometimes I get frustrated with friends and family and if I’m somewhere that I’m not in control of the food it is frustrating, but it isn’t possible to be “perfect” 100% of the time and I think you do amazingly with your situation. chin up, you’ll figure it out!!
Thank you for the encouraging words! I’m slowly coming up with a game plan as I visit the house more and more
It should work out in the end.
I can completely relate to you about the healthy eating! My roomates are constantly on crazy diets (2 packets of oatmeal one day, 10 beers and 2 gallons of queso the next night) and diet pills which drives me crazy. Then they constantly ask me how I stay so fit and why my food smells so delicious when I cook. I just want to scream STOP DIETING START EATING HEALTHY. One of my roomates has started to eat a little healthier, which gives me so much happiness and satisfaction that I can inspire others to be healthier without forcing any advice on them. It truly is what I want to do as a career, helping one person at a time towards a healthier lifestyle.
On the other hand, I read this great article recently http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1963297,00.html. It really was an eye opener to me and has let me be less guilt ridden when I do indulge. Hope this helps =]
I love that someone else feels the same way! I wish people knew that having a healthy lifestyle will keep their weight down better than just dieting. One of my roommates starting cooking his own meals instead of top raamen and sugary cereal every meals and his weight has just come off so much.
That’s a super interesting article! I’m very glad to know that I’m not one of those people. I wish I didn’t eat white bread, pasta and rice but I definitely do! The rice in my curry today was white, as well as the pasta and bread I consume at my sorority.
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