Go for it Steve. My problem is in some ways the opposite, yet similar to yours-my work was in the field and all those goodies I consumed keep me climbing and hiking miles over hill and dale for years-ya know kept the body strong and moving and eating up all those fat foods i ate. Like when we were in the military, feed us all that good stuff so we could run miles with a 50 lb pack. Now that I'm retired and my body is falling apart, I've too had to change how I eat, and exercise; instead of running in the woods all the time like i planned, I ended up walking the dog allot around the hills that surround my home. How the best laid plans of men fail with age
! So, I eat more veggies, lot's of nuts, eat less red meat and no-I still have my occasional adult drink-a good beer or that old person drink-vodka and cranberry juice-hmmmm! The problem is eating when at home and in the woods-my pop-ups frig has helped with that-my god, it's now full of rabbit food and oranges-the great equalizer! As a back packer, I ate it at home but not in the woods or on the job-now i can. I also have ice for my drink
! Yep in both places I eat when I am hungry!
Reno PBS had a great program on last night-it was all about food and fits right in with this discussion. It sort of goes like this. Get off the so called western diet and eat more veggies and natural things, eat things that look like food that mother nature not man created (butter not man made margarine-forget all about the trans fats and things like that and instead look how much sugar is in it). Eat less, and be like the French (yep the French) and enjoy what you eat and do it with friends and family( wine too). Pasta is good and fresh anything is best. And don't worry about it, enjoy life and food and if you feel like a steak (or in my place-lamb chops), go for it have a treat-it's good for moral too, Real good program, I'll try and find what it was named-did even think about changing some of my eating habits. Enough of that-I think ya get the point, enjoy life, eat, see ya in the field.
Smoke