Bad Eating, Good Eating

The erratic eating habits of Katrina Yulo !

I grew up with two brothers, no sisters. My Dad was a better cook than my Mom was. This resulted in a love for sweets and meat.

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And eventually learn to fend for themselves in the kitchen. I decided to learn the one thing

my Dad couldn’t do: bake. Freshly-made sweets became more appealing to me.

As the only daughter, I felt obligated to learn how to cook. I was taught that decent meals were still steaks, chops, ribs, and roasts.

ADD VARIETY!KILL MONOTONY!

My family loved “man meals” but I

decided to try cooking other things,

to the dismay of my brothers.

Meat meant pork and beef. The words chicken and fish did

not exist in their vocabularies. I had

to do something.

“BALANCE THE OLD AND THE NEW !

IN THE ONGOING EFFORT!TO STAY !

ALIVE.”!~A Revolution in Eating!

I knew if I didn’t change my eating habits, my health would suffer. I had to try. I had to stop eating like a 250-pound guy trapped in a little girl’s body.

THE AGE OF!CULINARY!EXPLORATION!I gave up on converting the two and starting trying new things on my own. I discovered I actually did like some vegetables, with other things, of course. You’ll never catch me eating eggplants or boiled carrots. I love shrimp and salmon.

NOT SO NUTS !ABOUT BEING!

A HEALTH NUT!My friends tried to fully

convert me to all things whole-grain,

low-fat, low-calorie, and sugar-free. It

was awful. Refreshing for a while, but not something I could stand for too long.

OLD HABITS !DIE HARD!

So I bounce back and forth.

THE QUEST FOR !THAT HAPPY !MEDIUM!When I start to feel guilty, I try incorporating other things into my diet, like dairy. Yogurt and cheese became staples. So did milkshakes and ice cream.

LEARNING HOW!TO SOFTEN THE BLOW!

To lessen the meat I eat, I have rice. Lots of it. All kinds.

Fried rice, Risotto, Paella, good ol’ Japanese rice.

Rice puddi…okay, not rice pudding.

SWEETS !TO BEAT!

If I couldn’t stand eating vegetables, I’d end up eating

fruit. Bananas and strawberries get me every time.

BUT SOMETIMES!I REALLY JUST CAN’T!HELP MYSELF.!Thank God for chocolate.

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