welcome!

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Hi and welcome to healthy_eating! I hope we build a really great community of support here. To do that, let's start with some introductions!

Here's a suggestion for introducing yourself. You can use all, some, or none of this :)

What you want to be called:
What gender/pronouns you want used:
Location:
What's your favorite food(s):
What's your main healthy eating goal:
What do you want to get out of this community:
One fact about yourself:

triggers

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I know food and eating are often tricky subjects to talk about.. I'd like this community to be a safe space for discussing these things.

What kind of things would you like people to warn for, when they post to this community? Comments are screened.

discussion: cooking when tired

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One of my healthy eating goals is to cook more from scratch, using fresh ingredients. But when you are tired/low on spoons, this can be very hard to do. Last night I made ramen with ground beef and frozen peas. I personally try not to eat things like ramen very often because of the sodium/saturated fat content. But eating ramen is certainly better than not eating anything at all. And when I'm low on spoons, saying "I'm just too tired to eat" is tempting. But of course, skipping meals would only make me feel worse.

So, how do you get yourself to prepare food when you're exhausted/spoonless?

My thoughts:

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I know I'm going to have to deal with this a lot during school, so I'd like several coping tactics in my back pocket. What are you guys' suggestions?

food diaries

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Several people expressed an interest in tracking what they eat. Would you guys like to have a daily check in post where you leave your tally for the day as a comment, or would you rather make your own posts? Or both?

check in for Tuesday, August 2, 2011

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You can check in either here, or in a post of your own!

How was today for you guys, in terms of eating?

Remember, if you are going to talk about calories or amounts, please use a Warning.

(Tomorrow I will get this post up earlier in the day for those not in the US)