In Class Blog #6

Ever since I have been in college I have monitored my eating much more than I used to.  In high school, I was a three sport athlete and was constantly running and active.  Thus, I ate just about whatever I wanted.  My mother is an avid cooker, and almost always had dinner waiting for us after practices.  I would eat huge plates of spaghetti, burgers, chicken, steak, potatoes, and so much more, without ever worrying about it.  Now, I am much less active, and so I am unable to eat whatever I want like I used to. I try to eat a salad every day, along with fruit and meat.  I know that protein is important, so every chance I have to eat breakfast I will have eggs with either sausage or bacon, or sometimes an omelet with all three. I am a big bread eater, and I love noodles as well, which wasn't a problem in high school.  Now, however, because I am not as active, I try to avoid them more than I used to.  I am working on not just snacking so much on junk food, which my roommate and I have plenty of.  Both of our mothers will send us care packages filled with chips, candy, crackers, and other not-so-healthy snacks.  My goal is to keep away from snacking on casual junk foods and sticking to the more natural foods, with good sugars, proteins and carbs.