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About ChefSusan
Website: http://foodell.com
Location: Park City, Utah
About: I am the founder and editor of foodell.com, an interactive cooking community. I am a teaching chef and want to help people eat better. My favorite thing is sharing a home-cooked meal with good friends and good wine.
Favorite foods: Today (because it's snowing) it's lasagna; in the spring I love lamb and tiny peas; in summer it's heirloom tomatoes; in fall it's butternut squash soup. Year-round favorites are authentic Tex-Mex, bananas foster, steak frites, and homemade Caesar salad.
Last bite on earth: A perfectly prepared slice of foie gras (that way I don't have to deal with the toll it takes on my digestive system.)
Of course people can change. We change all the time to adapt to new situations. The key to lasting change is that you have to want it. I don't believe diets work (in the sense of "I'm going on a diet to lose 10 pounds.") Eating habits are part of your lifestyle, and if you want to change your eating habits you have to incorporate that as part of your lifestyle. Get up 15 minutes earlier and make your own breakfast (a hard boiled egg and whole wheat toast works well) rather than stopping at the coffee shop; eat a banana for a snack instead of a candy bar; have a handful of almonds rather than potato chips at lunch; go to the grocery store and buy food for dinner rather zipping through the drive-thru at the fast food restaurant. Don't try and swear off chocolate cake forever, but if you do have a slice, recognize that it's a treat. Enjoy every bite with the knowledge that you may not have another piece for a while.
At first you'll wonder how you'll survive without your favorite empty calorie foods and soft drinks, then before long you'll wonder why you ever wanted them in the first place. And that's when you'll know you've changed.