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J1234 · 11-17-2006, 11:56 PM

Hi all,
I guess each of us can only talk about our own personal experience; here's mine.

As a teen, my home was full of processed food. I ate bagels and cream cheese every morning, partially hydrogenated pbj with chips and a 'juice drink' for lunch, ice cream or chips as an after school snack and either fast food, left over resturaunt food or a frozen pizza for dinner. I also drank lots of diet soda, ate lots of candy bars and all of the other typically teen things.

In short, like many teens, busy people or people with naggy kids, I wasn't getting much home cooking.

When I moved out, I didn't have very much money. I was forced to make food from scratch. I started with eating raw fruits and veggies and progressed to making more complicated things like quick breads and pasta sauce, but raw fruits and veggies were always my base. I wasn't a vegan or a vegitarian, just an infrequent meat eater.

In a few months, I went from feeling like a 5.3 to feeling like a 7.8.

Since then, I've tried supplements, raw dieting, and daily juicing. I don't think I'd ever really experienced all that much change as when I started cooking for myself from scratch. I think all I really needed was the empowerment in the kitchen to make me feel better in general and better about my body.

I recently read something about how food can carry intention, espcially when it is made from scratch. This may be really vain, but I do think my chicken soup works wonders in my loved ones. Can anyone relate?

11-17-2006, 11:56 PM	#21 (permalink)
J1234 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 11	diet... or food empowerment? Hi all, I guess each of us can only talk about our own personal experience; here's mine. As a teen, my home was full of processed food. I ate bagels and cream cheese every morning, partially hydrogenated pbj with chips and a 'juice drink' for lunch, ice cream or chips as an after school snack and either fast food, left over resturaunt food or a frozen pizza for dinner. I also drank lots of diet soda, ate lots of candy bars and all of the other typically teen things. In short, like many teens, busy people or people with naggy kids, I wasn't getting much home cooking. When I moved out, I didn't have very much money. I was forced to make food from scratch. I started with eating raw fruits and veggies and progressed to making more complicated things like quick breads and pasta sauce, but raw fruits and veggies were always my base. I wasn't a vegan or a vegitarian, just an infrequent meat eater. In a few months, I went from feeling like a 5.3 to feeling like a 7.8. Since then, I've tried supplements, raw dieting, and daily juicing. I don't think I'd ever really experienced all that much change as when I started cooking for myself from scratch. I think all I really needed was the empowerment in the kitchen to make me feel better in general and better about my body. I recently read something about how food can carry intention, espcially when it is made from scratch. This may be really vain, but I do think my chicken soup works wonders in my loved ones. Can anyone relate?