Amazing -

I cant believe its taken me 42 years to actually find out how pleasurable a bowl of chopped up fresh fruit is as opposed to a bar of chocolate :)

Don't sweat it! At least you didn't find out at 82 . 42 is a spring chicken, and now you're a spring chicken who's eating healthier options (I presume). Now, if you could only convince my grandfather....

it really is the best.. especially in summer :) 

Little pleasures, big rewards!  I am glad you are enjoying your fruit.  I agree that sometimes it takes us "old dogs" a little time to get it right.  The good news is, I think this time it's gonna stick!  (I'm 42 too, and really enjoying this period in my life!).  Good luck to you!

I can't believe it has taken me 52 years to finally understand that, as the Chinese say, hunger is the best seasoning.  Now that I am really paying attention to what I eat, I only eat when I am really hungry, and (real) food tastes so good! 

Thanks for an inspiring and encouraging reminder!

Why are we so duped into thinking that chemicals and junk will actually taste better? Marketing...

Ah ha ha! That's so cute! I am so glad you found this out at least sometime in your life! Recently I have read that plums have more antioxidants than blueberries - jump on that bandwagon! ha ha!

Its also so funny how the tastebuds change as we stray from the processed foods we grew up on and go more towards whole foods.

I used to have a yogurt for breakfast (yeah, one with aspertame) and it was good and everything. However, after running out or yogurts one day i had an apple and a banana for brekkie that morning. I remember looking at the apple after the first bite wishing it was a woman so i could put the moves on it and ask it to a movie. Just one of the many things im loving about eating so much more fresh fruit!

I used to drink Coke - lots and lots of Coke.  I still drink Coke, once a week as a treat.

I bought a Coke at work last week, but I also brought in an orange I didn't have time to eat with breakfast.  I started drinking the coke, then cracked open the orange.  I couldn't believe how sweet that orange was - it completely destroyed the Coke for me.  I didn't finish the Coke, the orange was all the sweet I needed.

In in effort to diversify the fruits I'm eating, I've also recently rediscovered pineapples.  As a child, my mother always bought them in a can with juice.   A fresh pineapple is more expensive, but man is it juicy and succulent.  It's amazing what mother nature is capable of.  And eating real food just feels better.

And then of course, there's my old stand in: blueberries.  I could eat them until the day I die.  They're so filling too.  Way more filling than chocolate or candy.

--J