As a kid I always hated to be told what I had to eat. I always thought that as an adult I would get to chose what I wanted to eat and when I wanted to eat it. No one ever told me that just because I am an adult doesn't always mean I get to make a decision about my own food choices, especially since I am living with my parents.
I have recently been reading a book called "The 4-Hour Body" by Timothy Ferriss. It talks about weight loss and what not. It has fairly simple guidelines to follow, ones that I am about to start following myself. Mostly (at least to start, and or depending on what type of results you are looking for) it deals with a low carb diet that you follow for 6 days a week and then one day a week you week you eat whatever you want. (And yes there is a science behind it but I am not going to explain it. If you want to find out for yourself then go and buy/read the book. It's actually a good read and makes lots of sense. I recommed it to anyone).
So as I get ready to start this new way of eating I have been trying to plan meals for the week. Which is proving to be difficult. Neither of my parents are going to be cutting out the same foods I am, which means I have to cook different side dishes for them. See I won't be eating any potatoes, rice or bread, etc but my parents will be. So I will be making a little bit of everything. Talk about temptation!
As I set things in motion to start this new way of eating I have tried to explain how things will go. My mom is being really supportive and trying to help me as much as possible. My dad on the other hand doesn't understand it at all. In fact I anticipate being pissed off on Saturday when I am allowed to eat whatever I want and my dad yells at me for eating something I shouldn't. Yes, he does still think I am 15 at times. I always seem to get a look and then a condescending quick talk of 'are you sure you should be eating that, I thought you were staying away from those kinds of foods now.' I can already hear it.
So cooking is where I run into issues. Although my dad doesn't get it he still thinks it's a good idea and has told me to go for. However, even now when I cook healthier meals with lots of veggies he walks into the kitchen and makes a comment like 'oh veggies again, where's the good stuff.' Now I am not quite sure what good stuff he is talking about. We always still have meat and 98% of the time potatoes and then some other veggies to go with it. Tonight however was pork with veggies and rice. (All of which were super delicious). My dad barely took any and was not impressed at all.
I can just imagine what he is going to say if he finds out that from now on I am going to be sneaking legumes into some of his favorite foods like potatoes. I think he would never eat my food again. And lets not talk about the fish I am going to start having once every week or every other week. From the fish hater it's not going to go over well at all! He can't even handle the smell of fish cooking. LOL well this time I have to do what's good for me (and my mom) I am not going to make him eat anything he doesn't want to, but I can't let him stop me. Not for this, not when it's my health that could be on the line. I want to be a healthier person. and god-darnit I will be!
I still would like to go back to my 16 y/o self and say "self get used to it"...well I would actually tell myself to not major in theatre and film studies in university because I really won't go into the field like I thought I would, but that's another story!
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