posted October 26, 2019 08:08 PM            

I have a lot of Pisces. Leo rising as well. I dislike fast food very much and soda and fad diets. When I was younger I didn't mind. But now I'm very focused on healthy lifestyles.

posted October 26, 2019 09:12 PM            

I do like things like green smoothies, when I actually make them. I crave salads at times, when my stomach doesn't want something warm.

I have a stomach problem that doesn't let me eat most foods, unless I'm having a good few days - water can be a problem, too. I started to drink coke again, to help digest food, but it only helps half the time. I'm a 6th house Aries Sun. I don't like too much of anything.

My mum was a Sadge Sun, and she loved vegetables. She preferred homemade food, but wasn't opposed to something quick. My dad and I will sometimes be talking about what we want to eat, and we'll both be saying, "no burgers, no fries, not taco bell" and he just bought a rotisserie chicken, so that we can make sandwiches for the week, plus make some potatoes and vegetables to go with it tomorrow. He's a Taurus Sun/Moon, sadge ascendant, mars/mercury in Aries. He limits sugar, and coffee. Drinks a lot of water, takes a large bottle with him every day. My parents basically taught me that some fast food isn't a bad thing, but neither one preferred it.

posted October 27, 2019 01:26 AM            

I don't hate it per se, but I hate the feeling afterwards from eating junk. My tastebuds have adapted to preferring healthy foods, and I like it that way. I am a vegan, but primarily for ethical reasons. However, I still make it a priority to eat whole foods as much as possible...so a lot of greens, legumes, fruits, that sort of thing. I try to go the extra mile to make sure I am not deficient in anything and to take preventative measures for diseases, especially after encountering certain ailments in the past. Most days if I was to have dessert, for instance, I'd have juicy fruits like frozen mangos.

posted October 27, 2019 08:30 AM            

I definitely do not have a perfect diet, I love pizza, I’ll steal some French fries off my husband’s plate if we go out for dinner. But overall, I view food as nutrition and fuel for energy (I run about 30-40 miles a week), drink plenty of water, never any soda, and I’m not a big sweets person.

posted October 27, 2019 11:45 AM            

Some 5 years later, something switched and I completely lost the taste for meat. Around the same time, I started to learn about factory farming and the combination of the severe mistreatment of animals and the huge amounts of environmental waste. The combo of the former and the latter made it very easy to start eating completely vegetarian.

Spent some time eating vegan as well, but didn´t feel as well on that, so went back to incorporating some more humanely source vegetarian foods (mostly goat milk yogurt and kefir, egg yolks from well treated, healthier chickens or ducks, and a little Sheep Romano or Sheep feta once in a while). Meanwhile I had to cut out a lot more foods to improve health, such as gluten (especially modern wheat), more forms of cow casein, most forms of soy (except occasional cultured or fermented forms), peanuts, most forms of corn, egg whites i.e. the commonly highly mucous and inflammation forming foods. Then started eating A LOT more veggies than anything else. Have had to exercise a lot of discipline and will power, but once it becomes a habit, its not so hard.

Within the last handful or so years, I´ve started to occasionally eat a little fish here and there. Mostly sardines and Alaskan Salmon and pollock. These for both health and ecological reasons. I eat it far less in the warm season, maybe once a month or so, but in the colder seasons more like once or twice a week. Feel the best on a diet of mostly vegan and whole foods (heavy on veggies, especially mixed salads and fermented forms), but with some vegetarian supplementation, and some occasional fish.

Cap Sun mostly in the 6th, with ruler of the 6th, Saturn, in Virgo. Also Virgo North Node in the 1st, Virgo Jupiter in 1st shading into 2nd, and Virgo Mars in 2nd. Mercury, ruler of those Virgo placements in Capricorn and trine the Virgo Mars Jupiter conjunction and widely conjunct the Cap Sun.

Nowadays, my idea of fast food and eating at chain restaurants is like the salad bar at Ruby Tuesday or Jason´s Deli. Favorite food by far is Ethiopian. Could literally eat that stuff everyday. Injera lllllghhhhllghhhhhlllllghhh (Homer donut lusting impression).

posted October 28, 2019 06:15 AM            

Moon rules diet and habitual patterns
Venus rules rich and decadent foods

Pluto aspects to Moon can suggest that at some point, the individual may "purge" themselves of an unhealthy lifestyle and start to watch what they eat.

The changes can be precipitated by a health crisis in the family i.e someone close to the native.Or the native herself could go through something that requires a dumping of conditioned and/or learned habits.

Pluto-Venus could suggest an extreme reaction towards likes and dislikes.Again here, one could do a 180 i.e go from eating Pizza and then one day be completely put off by even the sight of fast food joints.

I know of someone with Ven-Pluto opposition who didn't used to mind fast foods(even daily). Then after working at a fast food restaurant and seeing how food there was prepared etc. She no longer wanted anything to do with fast foods. She also lost a drastic amount of weight subsequent to this decision.

Saturn-Moon tends to limit appetite(Cap Moon too).There is Saturn guilt attached to being decadent or eating food that is more about convenience than nutrition.

Saturn-Venus does this too.One may eat a burger for instance but then secretly promise oneself to square the guilt off with a workout at the gym or going for the next 2 weeks on a strict vegetable diet. Lol

Virgo placements are about minimalism. Sat/N.node could gear the native towards a disciplined path or one that requires restraint(if in the 2nd, 4th or 6th , it could include diet).

Pluto/N.node speak of drastic change or a path that requires the native to change something fundamental about themselves. If in Taurus/Cancer,2nd/4th for instance, it may include giving up certain conveniences or comfort food(and this could mostly be fast food).

If one has afflictions to the Moon from Mars/Mercury for instance(like me) Virgo/Cancer Mars etc. There could be increased sensitivity to what one eats and a tendency for the stomach(Moon) to react immediately to unwanted food.

posted October 28, 2019 05:54 PM            

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Probably a bit of health-freak, so 6th house? Id bet my ass a 6th house Pluto would go through this atleast once in their lifetime.

And then there are those who say how low-caloried, degraded, nutrition deficient the food is right when I'm eating it..... , makes me wanna punch their throat right there

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When I was trying to figure out what my stomach problem could be, I joined a few groups for things like gastroparesis, and cyclic vomiting (I get sick a lot, just like them, and I could talk to them about what I experience, without grossing them out).

Anyway, in the gastroparesis group, there are people who live on things like chicken nuggets, because for some, fast food is easier to digest (the highly processed kind). It's still hit or miss for me.

posted October 28, 2019 07:28 PM            

They both are themselves, and prefer very skinny women, almost without curvy womanly traits. They're also "health nuts" in that they hate fast food cause it could cause them "weight gain" and think weight gain is something disgusting. I think in their ideal society everyone would be a stick or something...

posted November 01, 2019 12:44 PM            

I have my own story to share on the issue but I am going to leave that to the latter half of the post. What I wanted to do is address the issue between eating wholesome food and eating empty calories.

Most Junk food are nothing but loaded calories and carbs without any other beneficial nutrients. There is a healthy way of gaining weight which is beneficial to the body. Hell, getting an Athletic or Muscular look depends upon it. But eating empty calories contributes nothing towards achieving that goal. Empty calories only leads to a bigger gut but skinny arms and legs; And this is true for those who think that cutting back on food consumption will help them stay fit and healthy. No it won't. Just because you are skinny doesn't means your body fat count in relation to your Muscle Mass and overall Body weight won't be high; And as such, you are going to be susceptible to heart related issues.

Now to share my story; I am going to quote what I posted in a fitness thread made on one of the forum segments eons ago with a few modifications to the linked pictures:

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During my time with the armed forces, having meals and training were a routine that I could easy follow and keep up with on a daily basis so it was easy for me to maintain a more muscular build.

After I went on with jobs with the private sector, I started skipping meals on a daily basis. It didn't become any easier as I climbed up the ranks to management level jobs where I started cashing cheques my body couldn't cash by taking on huge volumes of projects on. I was a skinny guy to boot and it didn't look too good with my given height.

Soon enough, I started developing a mild case of hypoglycemia and ended up getting faint incidences; One of them with me ending up right in my wife's lap . It was embarrassing to say the least. It was however the wakeup call that I needed. I started to cut back on work related projects and started working out and followed a high caloric diet like a military drill.

And I have to say... The results were spectacular .

I love my new look, my wife loves it , and I feel like me again . I hated being a twig... Its just not me.

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The second picture is actually me now at the age of 35. Between looking at the two pictures, the results are night and day and it was all thanks to hard work and eating good Nutritious food.

Don't get me wrong, I like to indulge in the occasional Junk Food from time to time , but everything should be enjoyed in moderation.

Eat healthy, Keep fit and live a good life.

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Originally posted by Lalafortunaea:
Couple of Geminis I know share a pattern of strongly disliking thick women.

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posted November 01, 2019 12:54 PM            

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Originally posted by teasel:
When I was trying to figure out what my stomach problem could be, I joined a few groups for things like gastroparesis, and cyclic vomiting (I get sick a lot, just like them, and I could talk to them about what I experience, without grossing them out).

Anyway, in the gastroparesis group, there are people who live on things like chicken nuggets, because for some, fast food is easier to digest (the highly processed kind). It's still hit or miss for me.

Water, on the other hand, can be hard on the stomach. Sometimes I'm fine, other times I can't keep it down. Same with smoothies that I've been told I should drink, instead of juice. The fibre can be too much, and it will come back up. Or juice will turn acidic, and do the same.

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posted November 01, 2019 01:21 PM            

i dont see a point in having what i eat be unhealthy when drugs and alcohol are more pleasant vices, there has to be some kind of balance

im a virgo sun, aries moon, libra rising/venus, leo mercury, cap mars

posted November 01, 2019 01:33 PM            

But nothing wrong with working out, gaining muscle etc. It does make the body feel better if one doesn´t go to extremes.

I erased it on another thread, because I feel that it came off too preachy, but the only thing which has consistently shown to slow down aging and increase health across the board in many different animal species, is reduced calorie diet.

So if one is going for optimum quality of life and life extension, then eating a lot of calories (as is common in competitive body building, or even in just bulk building) is actually quite detrimental to the body over time. Basically you´re running faster through one´s metabolic clock.

Personally, I don´t care too much if my body dies tomorrow, but while it´s alive, I don´t want to become physically feeble or the like further on down the road. So I do intermittent fasting combined with a mostly very healthy diet, a little weight training (not so much to bulk up, but to slightly increase and maintain muscular strength and cardiovascular fitness), along with some moderate aerobics.

posted November 01, 2019 02:21 PM            

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Originally posted by GalacticCoreExplosion:
Can I be honest Xodian? To me, you looked completely fine before, and I like the long hair look on you.

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Lol! Thank you and the younger me would have been flattered by the compliment . I guess after being in the military for so long and keeping the same buzz cut look day in and day out, it was my way of letting lose a bit when I left .

The older me however needs to be a mentor; Not only at work but in everyday life as well and with that role comes a certain image. With my current body size, I doubt anyone would take a Conan the Barbarian lookalike as seriously as a clean cut Clark Kent Lol!

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But nothing wrong with working out, gaining muscle etc. It does make the body feel better if one doesn´t go to extremes.

I erased it on another thread, because I feel that it came off too preachy, but the only thing which has consistently shown to slow down aging and increase health across the board in many different animal species, is reduced calorie diet.

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I take it that you are referring to the scientific research conducted by the Pennington Biomedical Research Center.

I am going to post the link to the study for others who are interested:

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/04/02/598 295025/scientists-say-you-may-live-longer-by-severely-restricting-calories

Overall, I agree that a reduced caloric diet leads to less metabolic stress on the body, which in turn leads to a longer life span. However, it should be noted that one will need to follow a continuously caloric reduced diet as your body weight takes a dip (depending upon your personal metabolic rate) as consuming the same amount of food will only lead to weight gain. That in turn can lead to other complications such as a weak Muscular and auto-immune system.

As you noted, the idea is to find your own balance. Keep fit and eat right.

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So if one is going for optimum quality of life and life extension, then eating a lot of calories (as is common in competitive body building, or even in just bulk building) is actually quite detrimental to the body over time. Basically you´re running faster through one´s metabolic clock.

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Body Building is an interesting sport given how much artificial boosters some of the competitors use. While I was a fan of the likes of Arnold back in my younger years, it should be noted that such a drastic increase in muscle mass by artificial means absolutely decimates your Endocrine System. Not to mention the fact that your skeletal systems and ligaments might not have had to necessary time to strengthen along with an increased Muscle Mass. This can lead to complications.

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Personally, I don´t care too much if my body dies tomorrow, but while it´s alive, I don´t want to become physically feeble or the like further on down the road. So I do intermittent fasting combined with a mostly very healthy diet, a little weight training (not so much to bulk up, but to slightly increase and maintain muscular strength and cardiovascular fitness), along with some moderate aerobics.

As I´ve been kind of depressed of late, I´ve been falling off the fitness wagon some in the last couple months. Which is counter intuitive since the above helps to stave off/reduce depression.

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I am sorry to hear that you have been suffering from depression and that it has been effecting you from living the life you want to live. Depression is not an easy thing to deal with but I am certain that you will surpass the hurdle in time .