https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-your-parents-eat Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:06:58 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-your-parents-eat/page/2#post-1687370 Wed, 29 Jun 2016 22:20:26 +0000 AviaMariah 1687370@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I haven't read this entire thread but enough to know that I want to follow Una's mom's diet! &nbsp;It sounds delicious and I already eat that way a lot except we eat plenty of meat and I don't know how to use Indian spices but I'd like to learn. &nbsp;<br />My mom hates to shop which includes grocery shopping. &nbsp;For some reason she likes to shop Costco. &nbsp;So even though she lives alone she shops in bulk which means she eats the same thing for a week and then tries to send some of it home with any of her kids that visit. &nbsp;It cracks me up. &nbsp;She'll buy a huge bag of spinach and eat it every night and then a half gallon of half and half and make multiple quiche's to use up her supplies. &nbsp;While we were growing up she was a stickler about eating healthy. &nbsp;I didn't even know there was such a thing as processed foods and we never had pop in the house. &nbsp;Now she often gets a McD's hamburger on her way home and cracks open a can of Pepsi. &nbsp;:) &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-your-parents-eat/page/2#post-1682215 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 22:29:50 +0000 Summer 1682215@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My very elderly father was brought up to eat whatever was put in front of him - as was I - and, as such, is a very unfussy eater.&nbsp; He will try anything, but prefers the simple food he grew up with: roasts, stews, liver and bacon, meat pies, herring, kippers and, of course, fish and chips - plus plenty of&nbsp; vegetables.<br />He also has a very sweet tooth, and loves his desserts and chocolate, but, amazingly, he still has all his own teeth! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-your-parents-eat/page/2#post-1681945 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 14:41:43 +0000 Sara L. 1681945@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie - yes, fish!&nbsp; I forgot to mention that - he does eat more fish.&nbsp; I wouldn't say he eats a lot of fish but that's because my mom hates fish.&nbsp; I never ate fish as a child except fish sticks from a box.&nbsp; I try to cook with fish on a regular basis now - I like it, my DH loves it, it's good for you, and I want my kids to be exposed to a wide variety of foods. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-your-parents-eat/page/2#post-1681797 Mon, 20 Jun 2016 06:55:46 +0000 anne 1681797@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My Mum is a moderate eater (much less given to overeating than me) with pretty healthy habits. She's also a good cook, who particularly enjoys Asian (Chinese and Thai) , Indian and Middle Eastern styles.</p> <p>For breakfast she eats a little weetbix with milk, muesli, yogurt, fresh fruit, and a few prumes. She used to also have wholewheat toast but I don't know if she still does.</p> <p>Lunch is often toast with salad and cheese.</p> <p>While on her own tea&nbsp; (ie dinner/ supper) will often be leftovers or steamed vegies with a tin of tuna or an egg, but she cooks beautifully for visitors and family.</p> <p>She likes to snack on fruit, nuts and&nbsp;dried fruit and is good at giving herself small (eaking out) amounts of treats (often gifts)&nbsp;like dark chocolate, crystallized ginger and halva.</p> <p>She is economical and sometimes I give her free reign to use things up when she is at my house and is cooking, and she'll cook up the damaged applies, curry oldish vegies, cook pikelets from sour milk, make bread and butter pudding out of state bread etc.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-your-parents-eat/page/2#post-1681626 Sun, 19 Jun 2016 23:15:28 +0000 Sal 1681626@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting thread!!</p> <p>My parents eat simply but healthily in the most part..but a lot of wheat and a lot of tea and a lot of carbs</p> <p>Cereals for breakfast with cups of tea<br />home baking or supermarket baking<br />lunch might be soup or sandwiches and more tea<br />dinner always meat and vegetables and potatoes</p> <p>If they dine out they eat rice, pasta etc but at home it is "meat and three vegetables". &nbsp;My Mum cannot drink alcohol at home, my Dad drinks red wine and beer socially.</p> <p>My Dad works full time as a farmer at age 76 and is fit but stockier than he used to be<br />My Mum has rheumatoid arthritis and many complications and cannot walk much and is underweight.</p> <p>I like the sound of your parents diet Una!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-your-parents-eat/page/2#post-1681604 Sun, 19 Jun 2016 22:04:48 +0000 Echo 1681604@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My mum has never enjoyed cooking. When we were little, she regarded it as one more chore to do, and we often had convenience foods because of it. Now that my mum is older (my dad passed away almost 30 years ago), she still eats far too many convenience foods. While I never criticize how she eats, I know she doesn't enjoy cooking and rarely cooks for herself, so I often just drop off things I have that are "extra" (in fact, I make them just for her). I give her things I know she likes (soups, lasagna, grilled chicken, etc.), and she often comments on how nice it is that I overcook. I tell her that with three teenagers, I never know when they will eat enough to feed an army and when they won't feel so hungry, so I often have leftovers. I know that is the only way she will eat less packaged food and more homemade foods, and I will not lecture her about her diet! I also introduced her to the precut, prepared fruit trays available at her local grocer, and she regularly buys those now. They are very overpriced, but the fresh fruit is good for her and is probably the only fresh food she consumes.&nbsp;</p> <p>While I agree with Gaylene about never lecturing someone about their diet, a lot of people worry about their parents or older adults because many of them are like my mum. They don't see the purpose in cooking for themselves or just for two, so they choose take-out or processed foods instead. I figure that if I can help her eat a little bit healthier in a way she enjoys and appreciates, I will do that. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-your-parents-eat/page/2#post-1681523 Sun, 19 Jun 2016 19:08:13 +0000 Sally 1681523@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi Una - like a mini farm for people who are not real farmers....they just choose to live in the country and keep animals as a lifestyle but usually have jobs in the city. Its probably a nz expression. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-your-parents-eat/page/2#post-1681521 Sun, 19 Jun 2016 19:03:41 +0000 catgirl 1681521@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sally, what is a lifestyle block? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-your-parents-eat/page/2#post-1681492 Sun, 19 Jun 2016 17:49:29 +0000 rabbit 1681492@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My parent's never cooked much at all while we were growing up, partly through lack of time. &nbsp; &nbsp;Although my mom was into 70's health food (tofu, nutritional yeast, bran) a whole lot and didn't let us eat sweets or processed foods except at holidays. &nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <p>For the last several decades my dad has mostly eaten a vegetarian chili that he makes with brown rice/quinoa or Ezekial bread. &nbsp;Also he loves Thomas sauce. &nbsp;It seems to keep him going, although it took awhile to convince him that canned veggies were not the way to go and he switched to fresh/frozen. My mom has a lot of health problems and has trouble eating most things, although she likes food, and even more trouble assembling any food to eat, even the most simple. &nbsp;She eats very, very slowly which has the end result of her managing to finish only tiny portions during a day. &nbsp; &nbsp;She is very underweight and it's worrying and various solutions of having someone bring over meals part time have helped. &nbsp;Now they have moved and I need to check on if she's been able to eat more or needs that system again. &nbsp;I think my sister feeds them dinner when she can. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-your-parents-eat/page/2#post-1681338 Sun, 19 Jun 2016 10:14:54 +0000 Sally 1681338@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I grew up on a lifestyle block and I was born when my dad was 50 so he was an older dad. He grew most of the vegetables. So we ate traditional meals but lots of vegetables and fruit. My dad passed away 20 years ago but my mum still cooks well because my brother lives with her. She makes the best gluten free muffins and when I visited her today she made a yummy chicken stirfry. She was always quite adventurous and I grew up eating foods from different cultures. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-your-parents-eat/page/2#post-1681277 Sun, 19 Jun 2016 04:33:27 +0000 Anonymous 1681277@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My parents in their 80's both had problems with swallowing ( very common according to the doctor). They liked pudding and jello and foods that had small pieces of meat like Chinese food. They also loved ice cream but that from the store was not as good as the home made they remembered. My mother was especially fond of scallops and Dad loved sweets. He craved choke cherry jelly which I was never able to find for him. Both ate very small portions. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-your-parents-eat/page/2#post-1681230 Sun, 19 Jun 2016 01:05:54 +0000 DonnaF 1681230@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The older I get, the more I eat like my late dad.&nbsp; He used to eat two pieces of fruit every day to top off his lunch.&nbsp; I used to laugh at TWO.&nbsp; But now I do the same because I really, really want to eat two servings. He used to eat precisely at noon, and I get hungry at exactly 1:30.&nbsp; And he used to eat old fashioned oatmeal at least five days per week.&nbsp; I eat steel cut oats often 5/7 days, but it's close enough, right?</p> <p>When my mom was flat on her back for six months when she was pregnant with my brother, cooking duties fell to my dad.&nbsp; He planned out the month's dinners in advance, even reserving a day or two for leftovers --and had the menus posted on a calendar, just like school cafeteria lunches!&nbsp; He was a PhD chemist, so approached the whole task pretty scientifically.&nbsp; I'm sure he used recipes and measured everything precisely.&nbsp; He, uh, didn't wait for the muse to hit or add a little of this and a little of that. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-your-parents-eat/page/2#post-1681120 Sat, 18 Jun 2016 18:45:22 +0000 Adelfa 1681120@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una, omg! Great doctor! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-your-parents-eat/page/2#post-1681091 Sat, 18 Jun 2016 17:02:03 +0000 catgirl 1681091@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Adela, my mom is the same but her doc recently told her that at her age an extra 5 pounds can make the difference in surviving a flu or pneumonia, so she started indulging a bit and not worrying about it. It's a cheap life insurance policy! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-your-parents-eat/page/2#post-1681062 Sat, 18 Jun 2016 15:07:53 +0000 Angie 1681062@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh my goodness. This thread has exploded, and I've thoroughly enjoyed reading your replies. Thanks for indulging me. What our parents eat runs the gamut. WOW.&nbsp;</p> <p>I vote that eat whatever makes them happy and keeps their tummies comfortable - especially after the age on 80. My word, they have earned it. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-your-parents-eat/page/2#post-1680962 Sat, 18 Jun 2016 07:15:51 +0000 Adelfa 1680962@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My mom chooses to eliminate a lot of foods from her diet, including meat, wheat, corn, tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, peppers.... for a while she eliminated dairy too, but now eats a bit of cottage cheese.</p> <p>She used to spend hours a day chopping raw veggies for herself, a huge plate of which she would top with precisely a third cup of beans and a quarter cup of rice. But now she's into smoothies. A fruit smoothie for breakfast, a green smoothie for lunch.</p> <p>She is very thin, but quite healthy at 81. I wish she wouldn't deprive herself and I wish she had a tiny bit more meat on her bones. But I never say anything. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-your-parents-eat#post-1680938 Sat, 18 Jun 2016 03:57:50 +0000 Suz 1680938@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Air?&nbsp;</p> <p>Not a thing. Not now. &nbsp;:(</p> <p>So glad your Papa is thriving on his diet. We are resilient creatures. We do best when we can enjoy our food.&nbsp; </p> <p>ETA: My mother for a time was a good cook and enjoyed a varied diet rich in vegetables and fruits. My dad's favourite food was probably fresh caught trout (from his own fishing). And lobster. They were both Maritimers. So they loved that.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-your-parents-eat#post-1680883 Sat, 18 Jun 2016 02:23:58 +0000 Carla 1680883@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gah! Food is a fraught topic in my household! Starvation during WW2 affected eating patterns big time. My parents separated after 20 years of marriage, so both have travelled different routes.</p> <p>Mom is an emotional eater, and carb and sweet lover. Does not have a good sense of portion control but does eat lots of fruit and veg. Not into exercise AT ALL. At 80 has been diagned diabetic and is on insulin and working with a nutritionist. Portion control is still an issue.</p> <p>Dad always loved cooking, and also growing food to provision for the family. Had some issues with alcohol. He remarried and spouse a celiac. He eats very carefully but not enough fruit/veg in my opinion. However he does have a terminal cancer and is outliving the odds. Who am I to judge? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-your-parents-eat#post-1680759 Fri, 17 Jun 2016 23:01:45 +0000 Anonymous 1680759@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My parents are British and in their 70's, they eat a bit carb heavy but lots of fruit and cooked veg, no raw veg ever. I never saw a real salad until I was about 16. We had emigrated to Canada when I was small child and I must have been at a friends house. Salad prior to that meant a chunk of iceberg lettuce, half a boiled egg and rich 'Salad Cream' which you can still purchase in Canada. Like sweet thin mayo. </p> <p>They are adventurous eaters though, trying new recipes, different cultures food but raw greens for supper is unheard of. </p> <p>And they have wine everyday but at 74 years old, I can't stop that.</p> <p>They do not eat out, or what they call 'Canadian' food, like burgers, Kraft dinner or hotdogs. They also don't eat much premade food but I don't know if that is age or their upbringing after WWII when food was very scarce in the UK. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-your-parents-eat#post-1680755 Fri, 17 Jun 2016 22:56:26 +0000 Chris987 1680755@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love that recovery diet alaskagirl and it is not really a diet...just a bunch of yummy healthy food. I eat almost all of that stuff too and it doesn't feel the least bit restrictive. Adding a few other favorites is a great idea too. </p> <p>Ornella I've heard those stories too of what people were craving after the rationing and scarcity during wwII. Apparently in the Netherlands especially in the winter of 44 when Amsterdam was under a German blockade they made flour from tulip bulbs. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-your-parents-eat#post-1680753 Fri, 17 Jun 2016 22:55:31 +0000 Eliza 1680753@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My mother was a good cook, in a manner consistent with her time and place. She upped this a bit with her joyous focus on farm stand vegetables (which may be heritable), ahead of her time focus on crisp veggies, and her refusal to have soda in the house. She was quite interested in a healthy diet for us. She had a passion for a bite of good chocolate as a personal treat. &nbsp;She also developed a taste for some international food in later years, enjoying Thai food in particular. &nbsp;</p> <p>My father ate what was put in front of him and enjoys virtually everything, though at his core, he remains a meat and potatoes guy. He always preferred ice cream to cake, and still does.&nbsp;</p> <p>My own family eats no meat, occasional fish and mostly vegetarian. My mother feared for our kids initially, but let that go as they grew.&nbsp;</p> <p>I am fascinated by how food choices and one's interest in food (or not), impacts family life and focus. I like nothing more than my adult children and their partners around, cooking together and sipping wine, while we chat.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-your-parents-eat#post-1680721 Fri, 17 Jun 2016 21:50:54 +0000 Ornella 1680721@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a great topic. </p> <p>Speaking of "rabbit food", there is an anecdote from my uncle's visit to doctor many years ago. After seeing his worrying blood test results, the doctor had asked my uncle if he ever ate "anything green at all". "Me? I'm not a rabbit!" he responded indignantly. "Well, you're about to become one or we'll keep seeing each other more often than you wish", answered the doctor, making my uncle change his diet overnight. This has introduced the phrase "rabbit food" to our family's vocabulary </p> <p>But, back to my dad.</p> <p>This adoring daughter is very, very happy with my dad's diet and his lifestyle choices in general. His diet is, to a large extent,&nbsp;based on typical for his part of the world food and consists of stews, meat based meals (aka, "the real food") and lots of bread/carbs products, but it is evolving.&nbsp;</p> <p>His morning ritual, however,&nbsp;is always the same: he starts the day with a glass of warm water, then he eats an orange which he peeled patiently so its peel is carefully cut out in the shape of a flower with 6 almost identical petals (to this day I see that a perfect cross of his engineering skills and his appreciation of pretty and not just functional things), followed by&nbsp;a couple of biscuits, then comes the morning coffee.</p> <p>He choses wholegrain products whenever he has a choice because it's healthier option although he prefers products made from the white flour. He vividly remembers post-WWWII era and sometimes tells us how back then the white bread tasted like the best cake and to this day he thinks the same about it. Being a mould-breaker (at 75 he still actively competes in sports, to name just one thing) he's adopting many things that were unheard of while he was growing up, such as new spices and oils, or vegetarian options, or basing his meals on "rabbit food", instead of salads being just support acts for "the real food". I love his enthusiasm for learning about changes he can implement to increase quality of his life, particularly food. Actually, I love his enthusiasm for life in general. He's had many hard moments throughout all of his life, yet he keeps going forward stronger, equally principled, honest and true to himself.<br />&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-your-parents-eat#post-1680710 Fri, 17 Jun 2016 21:28:18 +0000 kerlyn 1680710@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh Chris, ice cream and whiskey! &nbsp;That's fantastic!<br />Una, your healing diet sounds amazing and is the direction I've been pushing the last few months. &nbsp;Well, add in beer and wine.</p> <p>Fun topic Angie! &nbsp;My folks eat a pretty typical Midwestern diet of meat and potatoes, and casseroles. &nbsp;They like to eat out and do often. &nbsp;I think they sometimes shake their heads at some of the things I have in my fridge, kombucha, say what? &nbsp;I like to think my hubby and I break them out of their comfort zone once in a while. &nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-your-parents-eat#post-1680697 Fri, 17 Jun 2016 21:00:59 +0000 Gaylene 1680697@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>One thing I learned from my mom was her desire for certain types of food changed when she reached her mid eighties. Medication, sore gums, stomach issues, disinterest in food preparation, and slower metabolism made certain foods less attractive. Some of her favourite foods like salads dressed with a bit of olive oil and lemon, steamed broccoli, grilled salmon, grainy breads, and many spices became less attractive because they tasted "funny" or were hard to digest. On the other hand, salt and sugar made many foods "taste better", For the first time in her life, she started eating oatmeal in the morning and potato chips as a snack. </p> <p>I guess what I'm saying is diet can change quite dramatically when a person reaches their late eighties. Immediate pleasure and enjoyment can be more of a motivator to sit down at the table than following a "healthy" food plan. As my mum liked to tell she could cope with the notion of dying better than the notion of being told she HAD to eat something just because it was "healthy". Strong coffee, ice cream, chocolate, a glass of wine, good cheese, a slice of ham, and crackers were what she craved! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-your-parents-eat#post-1680685 Fri, 17 Jun 2016 20:14:41 +0000 marianna 1680685@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Russian food! We have a large Russian/Eastern European community in our area and there are some grocery stores that cater to this community. My mom shops at one of the local international grocery stores so she buys many Russian staples and cooks that way. Russian food is heavy... salads with mayo, dark bread, smoked fish, cold cuts, sausages, cheese, boiled potatoes, etc. She also shops at Costco where she supplements with more "American" choices but the primary cuisine in my parent's home is traditional Russian food. Wish my mom ate healthier, alas old habits die hard. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-your-parents-eat#post-1680682 Fri, 17 Jun 2016 20:07:31 +0000 JAileen 1680682@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My mother lives in a retirement home and so doesn't have to cook anymore. When she did cook, when we were growing up, her cooking was very utilitarian. Meat, starch, vegetable for dinner. It wasn't that she wasn't an adventuresome eater, it was that she was bored. At her retirement home the food is actually very good, with lots of vegetables, fresh fruit, salads, etc. I don't use salt when I cook, and so most restaurant food is too salty for me. But the food at her place is not too salty for me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-your-parents-eat#post-1680677 Fri, 17 Jun 2016 19:57:43 +0000 Aziraphale 1680677@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This post makes me sad. I don't think my dad's diet is the greatest -- he eats way to much prepackaged crap from Costco -- but like Gaylene suggests, nothing is more irritating than an adult child who tries to boss their parent around, especially when it comes to food, because it's such a role-reversal kind of thing. As parents, we put a lot of energy into getting little kids to eat what we want them to eat. Nagging my dad about his diet would be like treating him like a toddler! So I don't really comment. :-)</p> <p>And anyway, my dad's still going through the acute grieving phase, so food isn't something he's particularly focused on at the moment. I'm more concerned about his emotional well-being than the state of his liver and arteries. ;-)</p> <p>Whenever we go over there for dinner I make "real" food, and I think he eats better in the summer because he likes the barbecue and uses it more. He also eats out quite often. Luckily he doesn't have much of a sweet tooth, and he's not overweight, so he's unlikely to be heading down the diabetes path.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-your-parents-eat#post-1680676 Fri, 17 Jun 2016 19:57:06 +0000 DonnaF 1680676@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You could set a clock based on when my dad ate lunch.&nbsp; His typical lunch was leftover meat and rice, two pieces of fruit, and maybe a small portion of potato chips.&nbsp; Breakfast was oatmeal, coffee, and toast.&nbsp; Dinner was a tossed or fruit salad, meat, rice, and vegetables, all cooked fairly plainly.</p> <p>After my dad died, my mom bought vegetables and salad fixings or salad because she knew she *should* eat them but almost always let them go bad.&nbsp; She pretty much subsisted on scones, ice cream bars, cheese and crackers, and cookies.&nbsp; Sometimes rice and meat.&nbsp; Thankfully, my mother never tested positive for insulin resistance or diabetes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-your-parents-eat#post-1680675 Fri, 17 Jun 2016 19:53:12 +0000 catgirl 1680675@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How timely!  I was just considering a post on this topic as an unexpected side effect of my surgery.  Because I stayed with my parents for two weeks after surgery, my diet changed completely.  They are in their mid/late 70s and very vigorous and active. </p> <p>First of all, my mom eats tons of fruits and veggies daily, plus wild salmon (because it's so easy to get here).  Her goal is to eat every color every day.  And they made lots of healthy, home-cooked Indian vegetarian food (dal, etc).   They do not drink soda and don't have alcohol in the house.  No processed carbs or sugary snacks.  If my dad had his way he would eat junk and fried food with a beer daily, but my mother is quite strict about it.  She's a doctor and obsessed with what different foods do for the body.  And it was all delicious thanks to lots of spices!</p> <p>So we basically ate a super-food diet consisting of: <b><i>salmon, avocado, oatmeal with cinnamon and raisins, blueberries, cherries, mangoes, kiwi, bananas, apricots, yogurt, cheese, lentils, spinach, peas, broccoli, tomatoes, lots of Indian spices, eggs, wheat toast, almonds and dark chocolate, plus I drank tons of tea and water with lemon juice</i></b>.  This plus walking and resting was so healing that my doctor said I looked 6 weeks healed at my 2 week appointment!</p> <p>I planned to post about it here because I've made a commitment to stick with this eating plan for the foreseeable future. It's not really a diet, more a way of eating.  I don't know if it jives with any of the other food plans out there like paleo or whole foods, but I feel amazing.  I don't plan to give up alcohol but getting forcefully weaned from soda and sugar has been great!  I'm not going to skip occasional red meat (or BACON!), Thai, Mexican, and other dinners out either... just make as much of a change as I can to what I eat at home.  </p> <p>My boys are total carnivores.  I did buy a Spiralizer and both DH and DS have eaten Zoodles twice, so that's a start! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-do-your-parents-eat#post-1680664 Fri, 17 Jun 2016 19:44:50 +0000 Anonymous 1680664@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My parents are no longer with me, but they ate a typical meat and potatoes diet. We did have a lot of veggies and fruits when I was growing up, though, as my mom had her own garden and fruit trees in the back yard. She had a great green thumb and knew how to can the produce. </p>