You Truly ARE What You Eat - Good For Spooning

There is some truth to the saying, “You are what you eat.” That doesn’t mean if you eat a lot of chicken you are afraid of everything, or that because my nickname in a certain circle is “Sister Flaming Hair, Goddess of the Cheese” that I have a cheesy personality. What it does mean is what you put into your body will affect how you look.

Let’s take those super skinny women. You know the type, the ones who eat fat free cheese and sour cream, organic soy protein, and no butter ever passes their mouths. They are so thin you could break their collar bone with a good pinch. Perfectly unattractive to me, and they usually look miserable. Now look at a well rounded woman. The type who eats what tastes good, carrying womanly weight, and smiling while she is going about her life. But did you REALLY look at them? Is your perception of what is attractive skewed by main stream media? Is thin always better than thick? Check out their skin, nails and hair. The super skinny people who eat all that fat free crap almost always have shitty looking hair. It looks dry, brittle and thin. Their nails and cuticles are dry and splitting and don’t even get me started on their skin. People carrying a bit more weight usually have fantastic hair. The fact of the matter is that your body NEEDS a certain amount of fat to build keratin, which in turn makes for healthy skin and nails.

Are you old enough to remember THIS? Hanker for a Hunka Cheese

I do admit that when I see a really thin person I have to wonder, “Are they naturally thin, or are they starving their body to look that way?” There are naturally thin people out there. No matter what they eat they always are reed thin, like my friends Geoffrey and Vicki. There are some naturally “thick” people that no matter what they do they will always have curves, like myself. (If you don’t know me personally, I am what is politely called curvaceous, Rubenesque, or well endowed.) Even at my thinnest in high school, I was still curvy with a bubble butt.

Here is the bottom line. THIN IS NOT ALWAYS BETTER THAN THICK! Consider bacon or buttercream, or hotel room walls…..

And before anyone jumps all over me about genetics, yes, that plays a big part too. But you definitely have to admit when you eat well, enjoy your food and feel good about yourself, you look better. I know when I was “dieting” I may have been thinner, but I was miserable. I sat in that room and listened to people talk about how they loved all the premade crap that comes in boxes and bags, and they were losing weight. Awesome for them, but I like REAL food. I felt cheated and frustrated, and I can promise you that it came across in my attitude about everything. You have to find the balance that works for you. I am not saying slather everything with butter, put bacon & cheese on every sandwish (yes, I did really write sandWISH), or top everything with sour cream….well, yeah, I guess I am (hehehe). But I am saying, eat what tastes good and if you can’t pronounce the ingredients (or if you don’t know what they are), you probably shouldn’t be eating it. Fun Fact: did you know that margarine is one molecule away from plastic? And think about this: If they take out the fat, where does the flavor come from? Read the labels.

Here is a little personal info too: several years ago John and I used to eat low fat, fat free and “plastic” food and my cholesterol was 230. I switched to REAL butter, full of fat sour cream and cheeses with no other changes to my intake, my cholesterol dropped to 180 in 1 year. Coincidence? I think not!

I head to San Antonio, TX tomorrow and I am trying to NOT work too much on this trip, so you may or may not get a blog next Monday. When the SATX blog posts, you will see TONS of fun pics including one of Chicken Fried Steak and Cinnamon Rolls from Lulu’s.

This week’s Food Memories are:
Scoping out small, family run joints with Friend Lynn for lunch after the next Las Vegas Cash Mob (* learn more here!)
Saturday Night Truck Stop with the Main Squeeze after a rock show at Diablo’s (John won the raffle at SNTS – dinner for 2 at SeaBlue)
Picking the first strawberries of the spring and watching my garden grow!

Baby Peach – this is one of dozens on our fledgling tree. If they all come to fruition, we’ll have a bumper crop!