The Love For Food

Food Within the Kavulich Family

I think it is safe to say that most of us highly enjoy food....am I right? Food is absolutely part of my own everyday life. We as humans eat all day long (or at least I do). The main reason why I think part of my day is spent either thinking or eating food is due to my parents. All growing up my mom was the cook in my house she cooked every single dinner and would pack us lunches for school each day. When ever my dad tried to cook it always seemed to turn into some sort of disaster! Overall, my mom is a terrific cook once in a great while she will burn something or a meal will go wrong, but in the end it is always very enjoyable to consume what she makes.

The College Way of Eating

Now, that I am two years into college and having to cook for myself I can say it is a challenge for me. Unlike my mom cooking is something I am horrible at! I have many problems when I try to make food such as, 1. I never know what to make 2. I burn it 3. I do not have all the ingredients I need 4. I may skip a step that is important. After realizing how bad of a cook I am I realized I would be better of just eat frozen meals, bagels, noodles, etc. On a side note everything that I do eat I like. So, I figured out even though I clearly struggle at cooking I still some how manage to eat everything I like (which is a miracle since half of it is frozen meals).

The Way We Eat 

I do work at a country club back home, so I know and often see what a majority of the people eat. Even back at home my family and I go out to dinner often. What I can say is that people in today's society eat so incredibly bad including myself! We all love those greasy and fatty meals because they taste so good, but yet we all know how bad they are for our health. I always seem to have this "health kick" every now and then where I tell myself how bad I eat and how I need to start eating better by having fruits, veggies, etc. Do you think it works well for me? No, it doesn't! I works for a few days then I get bored of eating that healthy food all the time, so go back to my poor eating habits. From ages 3-18 I was a regional competitive figure skater where I was forced to eat health if I wanted to keep training and competing like I was. Since being at Western is where my eating habits changed a lot, it never led to me gaining an insane amount of weight. I am not really sure why that is, since I am pretty lazy all the time except for when I am in class or on campus for something. What I do know is that the way my body is health wise it can not be too great from all the poor food I consume (yikes!!). After reflecting on my living style of food I will now tell myself once again on why I should eat healthier....I will hope it works better for me this time, since all the other times I tell myself this it seems to fail!