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Originally Posted by Munchkin03
Has anyone noticed that people are focusing on their health a lot more now than they did a year ago? I've always been a gym geek, but now my friends are focusing on home-cooked meals (since you can control the salt, sugar, and fat you take in), working out, and not drinking as much.
I don't know how much of it's the economy, and how much of it's just us growing up and realizing that the midsection fluff does not go away so easily now!  |
I'm fortunate that I have a free gym membership because I volunteer at the place I work out (Boys and Girls Club/community center), but I HAVE noticed that I'm much more conscious of what I'm buying, and I'm definitely making more stuff on my own. Such as: Pancakes. Rather than buying Bisquick, I make from scratch. Rather than buying pizza dough, I make from scratch (took some fiddling with, but I found this great recipe:
http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2009/...omemade-pizza/ ). The stuff we're making has less additives in it, and is generally fresher/lower in salt, and I can control the portions. If nothing else, the recession has made me a much better cook!