Diet Reform 1: Bananas

A few weeks ago, I had a diet-related breakthrough: bananas are a close-to-ideal food.

There are two pieces of information to consider before I discuss the significance of this assessment and how it will affect future diet-related reform.

1.) I have never had a natural tooth for fruits. If I'm craving something sweet, I always reach for a cookie over a strawberry.

2.) I am cheap. I find fruit inconvenient and not economically-sound, since its shelf life is often short and unpredictable.

That being said, I know fruit is very good for you, so when I noticed (for the first time) how startling well-priced bananas are, I decided to impulsively purchase a branch of 5 for the week. I also was intrigued by the fruit's heart-on-sleeve factor, being that the peel told you exactly what was going on inside without you having to take a bite. And speaking of the peel, the promise of being able to stick the fruit in my (not always clean) bag and open it later knowing I am not ingesting any purse dirt, was very appealing. Why hadn't I thought of all this before?

So I spent 5 days tossing a banana in my bag and eating it as a late-morning snack at work. It curbed my appetite so I could eat a later lunch, and I felt fantastically healthy and good about myself in the process. Thus inspiring a new personal trend. Diet reform: one food at a time.