[ckelly78z]

I hear about more people trying a vegetarian or (God help us all) a vegan diet. A friend of mine's daughter declared rather publicly that she would be going vegan, and forsaking all meat products forever.....after one week, my friend (her Dad) went into her room and saw that she was eating chicken nuggets. She said she was tired of being hungry, and eating tasteless foods with nothing to look forward for the next meal.

I eat unhealthy processed foods because they are convenient, cheap, tasty, and quick, and drink a PepsiMax everyday for lunch. Now I do eat yogurt, drink lots of water and milk, and have a small share of veggies and fruits, but I have developed a balance in my diet that keeps my weight in check, and me energized for all the things I need to do throughout the day.

I have friends going through a "cleanse" diet that looks atrocious, and smells just as bad, and it never seems that they lose weight on a permanent basis, it always comes back in spades.

I think there is far more publicity and push towards having a healthy diet and new ways of fixing it and different flavors, but I would rather die a couple years younger and really enjoy my meals, than to have to suffer through flinty self-denial and live to be 100 years old.