Who ACTUALLY Eats As Healthily As Their Birds ???

I've noticed how healthy I must look to other shoppers in the supermarket...
What they don't realise is that it's usually all for the birds! I stocked up on frozen stuff today, and ended up picking up a few other bits too.



I must thank the birdies for making me look like such a healthy human!

In all honesty, my diet has improved since getting my ekkies.
Buying foods for them has gotten me trying all kinds of foods I would have otherwise ignored!

Who else is guilty of feeding their birds better than themselves???

We should think about this... If we don't look after ourselves (as well as we do our feathered companions) what would happen to our feathered friends should we have health problems from not looking after ourselves!?!

Actually my diet has improved as my birds get better food! I still don't eat as well as they do though.


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My birds eat far better than I do. I should probably fix that.

We definitely don't eat as well as the birds do. We went through the line at Walmart and had a buggy full of veggies and fruits. As the girl was checking us out she mentioned how healthy we eat, and I let her know that everything was for the birds - except for the glazed donuts and chips.

My ol' man absolutely eats as healthy a diet as the Rb.
Makes it wonderfully easy to keep the Rb fit and frisky, just like my ol...
*ahem*

I have a pretty healthy diet, because if I want something naughty, I have to go get it, and I am lazy.

I don't feel so bad anymore, lol!

At the moment my cockatiels eat far better than me and husband do. We try to eat as healthy as we can, plan our meals ahead of time but the last few weeks been slipping off the wagon. The thing that gets us is that we love to cook, but most things we cook have a tendency to use a lot of sour cream, cheese, or potatoes. But planning and making the bird's chop has helped me greatly, I've prepared foods now that I would never have touched before. Progress

itzjbean said:

I don't feel so bad anymore, lol!

At the moment my cockatiels eat far better than me and husband do. We try to eat as healthy as we can, plan our meals ahead of time but the last few weeks been slipping off the wagon. The thing that gets us is that we love to cook, but most things we cook have a tendency to use a lot of sour cream, cheese, or potatoes. But planning and making the bird's chop has helped me greatly, I've prepared foods now that I would never have touched before. Progress

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My diet has absolutely tanked since I quit smoking three months ago (on the 13th). I have a long list of allergies, which includes tomatoes (and those cause almost instant respiratory failure), so my pasta cravings wind up being various alfredo and other cream sauces, and, well, I've gained 50 pounds. Sigh.

So funny - I actually mentioned this at work today when I ran for fresh produce on my lunch break. Someone commented that I was eating really healthy... I laughed and said it was for the birds

My daily intake of food has become significantly healthier since I took Perjo home.

I eat much more fruit and lots more greens, in large part b/c the quantities are too large tht they will spoil by the time a 426g CAG would finish them.

SilverSage said:

Actually my diet has improved as my birds get better food! I still don't eat as well as they do though.


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This describes my answer perfectly.

Overall, it would seem that we do give our birds better diets than ourselves.

Very interesting comments so far folks.

I was wondering - Does anyone purposely create human meals that are bird friendly or vice versa so that meals and be truly shared?
Maybe as part of a regular routine?

I think it'd be nice to compose some menus for dining with our fids

I cook different now, just in case the birds want to share a bite of our dinner. One thing is, I don't use salt while I'm cooking, we salt once we serve our plate now. Lol, my son just commented on this last night.

BeatriceC said:

My diet has absolutely tanked since I quit smoking three months ago (on the 13th). I have a long list of allergies, which includes tomatoes (and those cause almost instant respiratory failure), so my pasta cravings wind up being various alfredo and other cream sauces, and, well, I've gained 50 pounds. Sigh.

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GOOD FOR YOU! Giving up smoking is soooo hard but I have never once regretted it.


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Funny - I was just thinking about this too. I'm on again-off again with healthy eating. I was thinking I just shouldn't eat anything I wouldn't share with Bumble. Sounds like a perfect weight loss plan! Except she can keep the seeds and I'll season my stuff with onions & garlic


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My diet has absolutely tanked since I quit smoking three months ago (on the 13th). I have a long list of allergies, which includes tomatoes (and those cause almost instant respiratory failure), so my pasta cravings wind up being various alfredo and other cream sauces, and, well, I've gained 50 pounds. Sigh.

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Oh hey! Red bell peppers, especially roasted ones, make a fine red pasta sauce. And roasted cauliflower makes an entirely acceptable replacement for pasta with almost any sauce. I have the Silver Spoon Italian cookbook, kind of an Italian cooking bible, and it has an Alfredo recipe with far less cream than the American restaurant version - if you want, I can send it to you. I seem to recall it used some hard cheese and egg recipe for carbonara that was excellent, and also much less evil than usual.

Kentuckienne said:

My diet has absolutely tanked since I quit smoking three months ago (on the 13th). I have a long list of allergies, which includes tomatoes (and those cause almost instant respiratory failure), so my pasta cravings wind up being various alfredo and other cream sauces, and, well, I've gained 50 pounds. Sigh.

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Oh hey! Red bell peppers, especially roasted ones, make a fine red pasta sauce. And roasted cauliflower makes an entirely acceptable replacement for pasta with almost any sauce. I have the Silver Spoon Italian cookbook, kind of an Italian cooking bible, and it has an Alfredo recipe with far less cream than the American restaurant version - if you want, I can send it to you. I seem to recall it used some hard cheese and egg recipe for carbonara that was excellent, and also much less evil than usual.

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I sometimes make a pretty decent sauce out of red bell peppers, but it's super labor intensive since it doesn't come out very good with jarred peppers and roasting them myself to make the sauce completely from scratch takes forever. Plus, I'm also allergic to potatoes and eggplant, both of which are also nightshades, and I'm a little bit nervous about bell peppers in any quantity.

I'd love the Alfredo recipe you have though! It's probably a lot better for me than the white pizza that's on the menu tonight (flour, butter, heavy cream, whole milk, parmesan cheese, cream cheese).

I actually do . I give myself a cheat day break every now and then to keep my sanity and stop punishing myself lol.

There are a lot of foods I have intolerances too anyway, so that further limits me. Last night I splurged and had pizza, and it really messed up my digestion. I didn't get much sleep .

birds today chop fresh broccoli, yellow squash, cantaloupe,cauliflower,carrots, and some dragon fruit to top it off seasoned with some hot pepper seed.

i do the cooking since im disabled and home.
dinner tonight bbq brisket burnt ends, big baked potato with all the
trimmings. and trying a box of Red Lobsters cheddar bay biscuits i found on the
last grocery run.

so the birds eat healthy. lol

Lighter Fettuccine Alfredo
from The Best Light Recipe

3/4 cup half and half
1/8 teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg
1 tablespoon plus 1/4 teaspoon salt, divided
1 teaspoon cornstarch
9 oz fresh fettuccine
2 oz Parmigiano-Reggiano, grated fine (about 1 cup)
ground black pepper

In a large pot, bring 6 quarts of water to a boil. Ladle about 1/2 cup of the boiling water into the bowls you’ll be using to serve the pasta and set aside (the boiling water warms the bowls which will help the sauce keep a creamy consistency for as long as possible).

Meanwhile, add 1/2 cup of the half and half, the nutmeg and 1/4 teaspoon salt to a medium saucepan. Bring to a simmer over medium heat. In a small measuring cup, whisk the cornstarch with the remaining 1/4 cup of half and half until smooth. Add to the simmering sauce. Continue simmering, whisking constantly, until the sauce thickens, about 1-2 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and cover.

Add the remaining tablespoon of salt and the pasta to the boiling water and cook, stirring constantly, until the pasta is just al dente, about 1 to 2 minutes. Remove and reserve 3/4 cup of the pasta cooking water, then drain the pasta.

Set the saucepan back on the stovetop. Turn the heat to medium-low, and whisk in 1/2 cup of the pasta cooking water. Gradually add the Parmesan, whisking constantly to incorporate, until the sauce is smooth. Add the pasta and cook for about 1 minute , or until the sauce thickens slightly and coats the pasta. (If necessary, you can add some of the remaining 1/4 cup pasta water to adjust the consistency of the sauce.) Season to taste with with black pepper. Working quickly, empty the water from the serving bowls and divide the pasta among them to serve. (This dish is best served immediately, and doesn’t reheat well.)

I eat so much bread and carb high foods, and way too much dairy, but I also eat some occasional fruits and veg.

My birds are healthier than me.