Checking In & Really Frustrated
Okay ~ so a few people know my situation in regards to my "home" well, last weekend the owner of the house went BSC (bat stuff crazy) and packed my stuff and threw it in the driveway and he kicked his son and fiancee out of the house as well. So I went to the shelter (which had beds - SURPRISE since they didn't in December) - and is actually nicer than the house I was in. They provide food and warmth and a safe place to stay at night. While that's great, and I don't mean to sound ungrateful, they don't let you buy your own food and the stuff they serve is terrible for you. I'm talking hot dogs and mashed potatoes, chicken friend steak and greasy bacon/sausage/ham, grits, and so far nothing that I would consider healthy. That would be fine if I could use my food stamps to get food, but they don't allow you to bring stuff in. I did a random calorie count of the last three days and I'm going well over 2000 calories a day on their food. I try and walk but I don't think I can walk off 1000 calories a day. I'm so bummed and really bothered by the practices. The shelter I'm in is less than 20 women and if someone would counsel the people running the place, they could feed everyone in there (most of which are SEVERELY obese) with good, healthy food for the same price they are feeding everyone crap. It's so sad and it makes you really not want to eat what's there.
The good thing is I'm safe and am in a location where there are many job opportunities. The bad is that I swear if I stay too long I'm going to be as big as a house again. I can't let that happen and need to find a way around this "we're feeding you, we don't care if it's not healthy" attitude.
It's no wonder America has an obesity problem. The thought process of teaching people good nutritional habits is non-existent. The good thing - I figured out what I want to go back to school for and that would be Health and Nutrition. Someone needs to come in and teach institutions how to feed America in a healthy way.
Last edited by Jesse Taylor; 01-30-2011 at 01:50 PM.
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