Hello and tips

Back to school. Oh what fun..... I'm trying to make new friends, exercise, eat right, and just have an all out good time. My school decided to get rid of the Art classes except for Art I so I'm taking fashion and advanced fashion too. Hopefully I'll be able to get the Media design next year though.
As to the friends, I'm making some new ones. I'm keeping some of the old but trying to get new ones too. My advice to people is just smile. If you smile then you're so much more likely to have someone want to talk to you. Another thing is be outgoing. This is hard for some people yes, but it's one of those things that you should probably learn and hopefully quickly. Pretty much, look like nice and be confident.
I tried out vegetarianism. I think that definetly died with the roast I ate this afternoon. Flexitarian is what it looks like is best for me. It means I eat some meat but not much. Since I was already doing that before my little vegetarian kick I think it'll be completely fine. What I'm working on is just trying to eat healthy in general. My family is most likely going to go on the Mediteranean diet. Hopefully that'll work. That diet cuts down on the red meat and replaces butter with olive oil it looks like. It also adds in more fruits, vegetables and legumes (a.k.a. beans and peas and stuff).
I think if people are more informed they'll be healthier. It seems that a lot of health problems are due to ignorance or simple lack of caring or both. Here's a few little hints you might want to know:
Partially hydrogenated oils are like trans fats. They can make you fat and probably go straight to your heart just like trans fat. They are horrible for you. While this site www.treelight.com/health/nutrition/PartiallyHydrogenatedOils.html is extremely blunt, it gets the point across.
Partially hydrogenated fats are often found in butters and their substitutes. Your butter/margarine or vegetable spread or whatever is supposed to be better for you than just normal butter isn't it. It might be some but it's still got the partially hydrogenated oils. Try omega plus vegetable spread, it doesn't have any.
Read the labels, they actually are important. It's hard to get by with no partially hydrogenated oils or without gluten which often appears as 'spices' on the labels. However, if you read the labels you can at least know how much of it you're putting into your body.
Vegetarian and Mediterranean diets lead to longer lifespans. I'm not sure why but they do. It's probably the lack or at least cut down of processed meats.
Skipping meals does not help you lose wieght. Your body goes into survival mode when you skip meals. It holds onto the food you eat because it doesn't know when it's next going to get anything. Do yourself a favor and remember all your meals. You don't have to eat a lot but at least eat some.
Eating breakfast is good for you. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. If you eat a healthy breakfast it will cause you to eat less during the day and feel more energized. That's always a plus. Falling asleep in the middle of the day because you aren't energized is defiently a bad thing.
The mediteranean diet can lower your risk of dementia and alzhiemers. How in the world can you not want to try that diet out now? I don't know anyone who particularly enjoys dementia or alzhiemers.

Here's just some ideas of healthy foods because I couldn't find very many lists of healthy foods or non meat foods so here's one.
Bannannas
Skim milk
Kashi/granola bars (energy)
Peanut butter (which is a great source of protien if you want less meat)
apples (fiber)
almonds
walnuts
eggs
broccoli
peas
beans
oatmeal (you can eat it as a cookie!)
peaches
plums
ornages
real fruit juice
hummus
tofu
chicken substitutes
grapes
whole wheat crackers
whole wheat bread
sandwiches

Now the things that I don't exactly know how healthy they are for you but they are filling and I haven't scanned the labels yet but seem to be good for you.
Knorr (used to be lipton) pasta and Asian sides
unfried tortillas
pasta

Any other ideas out there? There'll be more added to the list at each update.