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Tammy

May 24, 2024

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Foodie

I'm trying not to be a foodie every day.

As you may know, there are many great restaurants in Shanghai, and the delivery system is well-developed in this city, thus I can almost get any kind of cuisine in 30 minutes.

A few months ago I found myself enjoying food too much. It took me too much time to choose and eat. Especially, overeating would interfere with my daily exercise.

So I adjusted my eating habits: I ate as much as I liked at breakfast but only kept away from hunger at lunch and dinner. That's how I found time to come here to write in English and to run at night.

But there were two or three days a week I couldn't do that because I needed to have dinner with my family and friends. I went back to be a foodie in those days.


我在试着不再每天做吃货。

你可能知道,上海有很多很棒的餐厅,而且这个城市的外卖系统也很发达,所以我几乎可以在30分钟内吃到任何一种菜。

几个月前,我发现自己太享受食物了。花了太多的时间来选择和吃饭。特别是,吃太多会影响我的日常锻炼。

所以我调整了我的饮食习惯:早餐想吃多少就吃多少,但午餐和晚餐时不饿就好了。如此,就可以找时间来这里用英语和晚上跑步了。

但每周有两三天我不能这么做,因为我需要和家人朋友共进晚餐。这几天里,我又回去当了个吃货。

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Foodie

I'm trying not to be a foodie every day.

As you may know, there are many great restaurants in Shanghai, and the delivery system is well-developed in this city, thus I can almost get any kind of cuisine in 30 minutes.

A few months ago I found myself enjoying food too much.

It took me too much time to choose and eat.

Especially,The main problem was that overeating would interfere with my daily exercise.

“Especially” is used more to emphasise a previous statement. So here especially would emphasise the amount of time you used to take with choosing and eating food, but this meaning isn’t expressed in your sentence so I thought something like “the main problem was” might be better

So I adjusted my eating habits: I ate as much as I liked at breakfast but only kept away from hungerthese behaviours at lunch and dinner.

“Kept away from hunger” implies something along the lines of not being hungry at lunch and dinner, or at least that’s how I interpreted it when I read it.

That's how I found time to come here to write in English and to run at night.

Both make sense though

But there were two or three days a week that I couldn't do that because I needed to have dinner with my family and friends.

If this is still the case then you could say “but there are two or three days a week that I can’t do that because I need to have dinner with my family and friends”

I went back to being a foodie ion those days.

If the previous alternative sentence is used then “I go back to being a foodie on those days.” Note: I think “these” would also work instead of “those”

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Your English is really good

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Tammy

June 6, 2024

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Thank you! I learned a lot from the corrections and feedback.

It's not good enough obviously, hahaha.

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Pandas62

June 6, 2024

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A lot of them were just small mistakes but you still got the point across and I think that’s one of the most important parts of learning a language. Plus I can’t even manage to perfectly half the time (I like to say “my English isn’t Englishing today” sometimes - but that’s a very casual kind of phrase that’s probably newer and only used in spoken conversations), so I wouldn’t be too discouraged.

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Tammy

June 7, 2024

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Thank you for telling me this! I think I'm more confident now~

Foodie

I'm trying not to be a foodieone of those foodies who takes pictures of food every day.

As you may know, there are many great restaurants in Shanghai, and the delivery system in the city is well-developed in this city, thus I can almost, so I can pretty much get any kind of cuisine I want delivered in 30 minutes.

A few months ago I found myself enjoying food too much.

It took me too much time to choose and eat.

EspeciallyIn particular, overeating would interfere with my daily exercise.

So I adjusted my eating habits: I ate as much as I liked at breakfast but only kept away from hungerate just enough to be full at lunch and dinner.

That's how I found time to come here to, write ian English entry, and tgo run at nightfor an evening run.

But there were two or three days a week I couldn't do that because I needed to have dinner with my family and friends.

Those days, I went back to being a foodie in those days.

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Tammy

May 26, 2024

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Thank you so much!

Have a nice weekend!

I'm trying not toALSO POSSIBLE: I'm trying to avoiding too much be a foodie every day.

As you may know, there are many great restaurants in Shanghai, and the delivery system is well-developed in this city, thus I can almost get any kind of cuisine in 30 minutes.

A few months ago I found myself enjoying food too much.

It took me too much time to choose and eat.

MY GUESS: Especially, overeating wouldstarted to interfere with my daily exercise. routine.

CLEARER: So I adjusted my eating habits: I ate as much as I liked at breakfast, but only kept away from hungerwas sparse at lunch and dinner.

That's how I found time to come here to write in English and to run at night.

But there were如果目前情况属实,我建议使用以下措辞: But two or three days a week I couldan't do that because I needed to have dinner with my family and friends.

I went back to beMORE VIVIDLY: I revert to becoming a foodie ion thosesuch days.

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I am also partly a foodie. Eating good food is a honest pleasure. Sometimes I eat too much, however.

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Tammy

May 24, 2024

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Thank you!

One of my favorite ancient Chinese people, Su Shi, was a foodie too, so I think it's ok to be one. Hahaha

I'm trying not to be a foodieovereater every day.

A "foodie" is a person who really likes food and enjoys eating, exploring, and learning about different kinds of cuisine. It also has a positive connotation of enthusiasm and appreciation for food. Since you seem to talk about your eating habits in a negative way, I think "overeater" or "glutton" or "heavy eater" may be a better word to use.

As you may know, there are many great restaurants in Shanghai, and the delivery system is well-developed in this city, thus I can almost get any kind of cuisine in 30 minutes.

A few months ago I found myself enjoying food too much.

It took me too much time to choose andwhat to eat.

Especially, since overeating would interfere with my daily exercise.

So I adjusted my eating habits: I ate as much as I liked atfor breakfast, but only kept away fromI ate just enough to keep the hunger at bay for lunch and dinner.

But, there weare two or three days a week, I couldn't do that because I needed to have dinner with my family and friends.

I went back to be a foodie in those days.

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Tammy

May 24, 2024

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Thank you for the corrections and feedback.

Maybe I used some improper words. I was not an overeater暴食者 in the past, I was a 吃货。 For example, I used to enjoy a bowl of delicious noodles for lunch when I was a 吃货, and maybe it would take me one hour to find and enjoy it. But now, I just take 10 minutes to drink some coffee with a fruit.

I'm trying not to be a foodie every day.


I'm trying not to be a foodieovereater every day.

A "foodie" is a person who really likes food and enjoys eating, exploring, and learning about different kinds of cuisine. It also has a positive connotation of enthusiasm and appreciation for food. Since you seem to talk about your eating habits in a negative way, I think "overeater" or "glutton" or "heavy eater" may be a better word to use.

I'm trying not toALSO POSSIBLE: I'm trying to avoiding too much be a foodie every day.

I'm trying not to be a foodieone of those foodies who takes pictures of food every day.

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As you may know, there are many great restaurants in Shanghai, and the delivery system is well-developed in this city, thus I can almost get any kind of cuisine in 30 minutes.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

This sentence has been marked as perfect!

As you may know, there are many great restaurants in Shanghai, and the delivery system in the city is well-developed in this city, thus I can almost, so I can pretty much get any kind of cuisine I want delivered in 30 minutes.

This sentence has been marked as perfect!

A few months ago I found myself enjoying food too much.


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It took me too much time to choose and eat.


It took me too much time to choose andwhat to eat.

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Especially, overeating would interfere with my daily exercise.


Especially, since overeating would interfere with my daily exercise.

MY GUESS: Especially, overeating wouldstarted to interfere with my daily exercise. routine.

EspeciallyIn particular, overeating would interfere with my daily exercise.

Especially,The main problem was that overeating would interfere with my daily exercise.

“Especially” is used more to emphasise a previous statement. So here especially would emphasise the amount of time you used to take with choosing and eating food, but this meaning isn’t expressed in your sentence so I thought something like “the main problem was” might be better

So I adjusted my eating habits: I ate as much as I liked at breakfast but only kept away from hunger at lunch and dinner.


So I adjusted my eating habits: I ate as much as I liked atfor breakfast, but only kept away fromI ate just enough to keep the hunger at bay for lunch and dinner.

CLEARER: So I adjusted my eating habits: I ate as much as I liked at breakfast, but only kept away from hungerwas sparse at lunch and dinner.

So I adjusted my eating habits: I ate as much as I liked at breakfast but only kept away from hungerate just enough to be full at lunch and dinner.

So I adjusted my eating habits: I ate as much as I liked at breakfast but only kept away from hungerthese behaviours at lunch and dinner.

“Kept away from hunger” implies something along the lines of not being hungry at lunch and dinner, or at least that’s how I interpreted it when I read it.

Foodie


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That's how I found time to come here to write in English and to run at night.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

That's how I found time to come here to, write ian English entry, and tgo run at nightfor an evening run.

That's how I found time to come here to write in English and to run at night.

Both make sense though

But there were two or three days a week I couldn't do that because I needed to have dinner with my family and friends.


But, there weare two or three days a week, I couldn't do that because I needed to have dinner with my family and friends.

But there were如果目前情况属实,我建议使用以下措辞: But two or three days a week I couldan't do that because I needed to have dinner with my family and friends.

This sentence has been marked as perfect!

But there were two or three days a week that I couldn't do that because I needed to have dinner with my family and friends.

If this is still the case then you could say “but there are two or three days a week that I can’t do that because I need to have dinner with my family and friends”

I went back to be a foodie in those days.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

I went back to beMORE VIVIDLY: I revert to becoming a foodie ion thosesuch days.

Those days, I went back to being a foodie in those days.

I went back to being a foodie ion those days.

If the previous alternative sentence is used then “I go back to being a foodie on those days.” Note: I think “these” would also work instead of “those”

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