Healthy Eating Habits
“Healthy Eating Habits Verses Eating Poor”
Two years ago I found myself tired all the time and
overweight. My eating habits were very poor. I and my wife
had just had our son. Doing the whole pregnancy we would
just eat all the time, any and everything. I would go to this
donut shop around the corner and get those glaze and
chocolate cluster filled donuts. I would leave the house
two or four in the morning just to go get some donuts.
Doing the same time I had a busy schedule. I was working
two jobs and had a family. So most of the time I would just eat on
the go; mostly at fast food places like McDonalds, Wendy’s, or
Arbys. I notice after eating these foods I would feel sluggish,
tired, and sometimes sick to my stomach. These foods are high
in fat and cholesterol. I and my wife would cook sometimes,
but it was mostly fried foods like chicken, pork chops, or
hamburgers.
I was watching T.V. one day, and their was this special
documentary called Super Size Me. This man was doing a study
on the effects of eating at McDonalds for thirty days straight. He
was eating their breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The documentary
showed him at his hotel at night; he said his heart was beating
fast and he felt dizzy. After each week he would go to the doctor
to run test to see how he was doing. The test results was
terrible, his blood pressure had risen and his cholesterol was up.
Each week his tests got worse and worse. About the third week
the doctor told him he was close to a heart attack if he didn’t
stop eating this food. So he continued on too the end of the thirty
days and luckily he didn’t die. By the time he had finished the
thirty days, he had gained about fifteen or twenty pounds.
So in watching this show, along with already wanting to
lose weight and eat better I had to make a change. I begin to
seek out ways to eat better,...
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