Who says you have to wait til January 1 to make resolutions?
Below are eight foods I resolve to eat this summer (and beyond) and stuff I resolve not to eat. Some I've chosen because they're good for me (like #1), some I've chosen because, well, I just want to eat/drink them (#8). What about you?
1. Water. Believe it or not, I don't drink that much water, one of the healthiest things you really need. I drink it, but it's usually in the form of tea, diet soda, or fat free milk. It's time to get back to drinking water straight. It's good for you.
2. Bananas. They're good as a snack, they're good in cereal. Maybe I'll reach for one of these instead of eating 4 Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.
3. Cereal. I have to eat this more for meals. If it's good for Seinfeld, it's good enough for me. I'll just make sure to eat the low fat/low sugar stuff, and add some of the #2 in there. (Wait, that sounds gross - by #2 I mean what I said above, the bananas!)
4. Less bread, less sugar. I'm not talking about going Atkins-crazy, but it's good to cut down on white bread and pasta and sugar. I mean, I eat a lot of carbs, and I have to cut down.
5. More fish. I'm not a fish guy. I like haddock and I like tuna but anything beyond that I'm not too thrilled about (I'll take chicken over fish any day). But fish is good for you, so I'll at least eat more tuna fish (easy on the mayo).
6. Less frozen food. They're easy to make and tastier than they used to be, but they're also filled with sodium and calories.
7. Nuts instead of chocolate. Chocolate is actually good for you (dark is better), but I eat way too much of it. So it's time to replace the chocolate with nuts. Nuts are a great food, as long as you keep the portion at a sensible level. Which means I can't eat a whole bag of pistachios at one sitting while I watch television.
8. Diet Pepsi. I used to drink Diet Pepsi as my main diet soda drink, but then a few years ago I switched to Diet Coke for some reason. I've been buying and drinking Pepsi again lately, and the two really do taste different.
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