I set the flag to eat well with tears in my eyes, and my friends and I racked our brains to come up with our own ideas.
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Friends who work hard in big cities have recently become more and more keen to discuss the matter of "eating well".
Eating well is not the dazzling array of takeaways in the mobile app, or the nine-square grid carefully spelled out in the circle of friends after punching in the online celebrity shop, but seriously thinking about one thing: How can I live the "normal eating" life when I was at home?
After graduating from university, we flocked to the big city like a torrent, settled our own survival corner, and felt extremely happy - finally got rid of the university cafeteria and the narrow food circle!
With the spare money at his disposal, the kitchen was fully equipped, and he began to study recipes seriously.
However, there is still a long way to go to truly live a life of eating well.
Commuting and going to work have become the biggest stumbling blocks to "eat well".
When I was busy with work, my hands and feet seemed paralyzed, and I couldn't help cooking seriously.
The most frequent "Soul Questions" that I talk about with people around me every day are "what to eat at noon", "what to eat at night" and "what to eat on weekends".
In this cycle, some basic rules can even be summed up, such as "preserved egg porridge with lean meat and yellow stewed chicken rice YYDS", if you have no idea, you can choose Mala Tang, and if you have no idea, then a cup of Starbucks will last for a long time...
But the takeaway is indeed lackluster. If you continue to eat it for a year, the consumption amount will soar along with your weight. The indicators of the annual physical examination report will warn you.
We finally set the flag to have a good meal in the big city with tears in our eyes.
My friends and I racked our brains to find our own way.
Looking for a space that matches the "eating comfort zone", setting up camp once and for all, is a relatively worry-free way for lazy people.
A friend resolutely moved to the vicinity of the university, and “dive back” to the “foraging ecosystem” of college students again, in order to obtain cheap and stable quality three meals a day, fruits and snacks.
There are also people who make full use of the strength of the family of origin.
If you are in the same city with your parents or other relatives, your friends will try to "eat" a meal every night and pack the next day's lunch to achieve a "healthy meal cycle for relatives".
However, the above two "space tactics" have certain thresholds and conditions after all. It is more difficult for young people from "Beijing Drift" and "Shanghai Drift" to choose "base areas", but try their best to adjust their living habits, mobilize the power of friends, or It's about digging brain holes and coming up with some smart ideas that can eat a good meal without taking too much effort.
One of my best friends, who has been married to her husband for 3 years, works so hard every day that she has no time to cook by herself.
In the early days, the two of them relied 100% on restaurants near the company and takeaways, and they were troubled by watching the heavy oil and salt meals outside make their weight soar.
One day, my girlfriend heard colleagues in the office discussing looking for an auntie cleaning, and suddenly had an idea: why not find an aunt who only needs to cook for one meal?
Accurate requirements, low cost.
According to her girlfriend's original plan, she purchased the ingredients for the next day online the night before, the cooking aunt came to the house early in the morning to quickly cook lunch and dinner, the young couple packed lunch to go to work, and went home in the evening to eat the food stored in the refrigerator dinner.
The operation mode of "pickling someone to cook" is quite difficult in practice - after all, this is equivalent to requiring the cooking aunt to "clock in" early in the morning and enter the rush-to-work mode on time. work.
Facts have proved that this "two-way running" mode is too rushed, and the aunt's actual cooking and packaging processes are much longer than the girlfriend's plan.
In less than two weeks, the plan is in jeopardy.
Another buddy rented a house close to three friends. One friend was good at cooking home-cooked dishes, and the other friend was proficient at making pastries. So the few of them worked together to set up the "Eat Well Foundation".
At least three nights a week, buy the ingredients, go to the kitchen and the restaurant's oldest friend's house, and have a big meal together.
This kind of "crowdfunding meal" not only takes care of the appetite, but also sublimates friendship, which is perfect.
However, over time, some small problems will inevitably arise. For example, many people eat together, which somewhat raises the quality threshold of a meal.
The two "head chefs" always felt that they had to take care of the feelings and experiences of each diners. They couldn't "simply do it" or "just eat it", which caused pressure in their hearts.
I am a "casualist" with a low desire to pursue quality of life.
But when I discovered that only "eating well" can carry the intensity of my career, I made up my mind to change my diet regularly and in a planned way.
Under the suggestion of a senior, I tried my best to use "numbers" to get rid of the original bad habits.
For example, open the bookkeeping app of "Agglomeration" to record the consumption of meals; use an Excel sheet to write clearly the consumption and remaining situation of ingredients, snacks and daily necessities at home, so as to avoid waste caused by "stocking anxiety"; supervise each other in the chat group of friends "Dinner should not be later than 7 o'clock", "cook at least 3 times a week, and take out at most twice".
Those of us who are running around in the fast pace of the city may indeed need to work hard and be self-disciplined in order to "eat well", but we all understand how worthwhile persevering this matter is, and the ultimate goal must be to live a simple, A happy and healthy life makes every busy day feel more in control.
Anna source: China Youth Daily