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Post by 950nancy on Aug 14, 2014 3:27:46 GMT
I am trying the "change one thing at a time" plan. I went nine days with very few carbs just to get my eating back on track. With all summer off, I developed some pretty bad habits. Right now I am trying to not eat after dinner. I think that is when I eat the most unhealthy calories. I know I am not really hungry, but I am in such a bad habit of heading to the pantry for a snack. Best of luck.
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Post by ametallichick on Aug 14, 2014 4:11:14 GMT
Nothing white: Rice, pasta, bread, etc. Get rid of carbs and eat a lot of protein and complex carbs that are full of fiber. Fruits and veggies. I just heard Bob Greene talking about this very thing yesterday.
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Post by slicksister on Aug 14, 2014 4:58:10 GMT
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Post by monicad on Aug 14, 2014 5:12:59 GMT
If you are on Instagram, I'd suggest finding people that are into healthy/clean eating to follow. I get a lot of ideas--things I'd never think of--on IG. I also enjoy following fellow workout users because seeing progress and workout photos all day is very motivating!
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Post by bc2ca on Aug 14, 2014 6:05:03 GMT
Am I the only one dying to know what she was eating? Almost every day I put a plate of raw vegetables on the island before making dinner. My kids prefer their veggies raw and no one ever ruined their appetite for dinner grazing on veggies. They also have the option of skipping whatever vegetable is cooked for dinner if they take the raw ones. The plate might not be finished before dinner, but it is always empty by the end of the night. I grew up on overboiled vegetables and would have been happy to never eat one again, but thankfully discovered so many other ways to cook them. I second the suggestions to grill & roast vegetables and add stir fry to the list. We try to eat clean with minimal processed food, but it is not bland at all. Mustard, balsamic vinegar, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, garlic, oregano, dill, tarragon and lemon are some of my favorite flavors (but not all together). Check out local cooking classes. I have taken Thai, Greek and Sushi classes and they offer wonderful, healthy & flavorful choices. We aren't following the Paleo diet, but I do use a lot of Paleo recipes that have become family favorites very quickly because they are full of flavor. Shifting your diet isn't easy, but it is worth the effort.
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Post by christine58 on Aug 14, 2014 10:25:56 GMT
Are those fasting numbers??? Honestly, those are really high numbers...I would see my PCP and see what he/she says. Sometimes it's not just cutting down on certain things...what was your good to bad cholesterol ratio?? Yes those are fasting numbers. I sat down this afternoon with my FNP at work (who is my PCP too) and she said I need to go on meds immediately. She even called in the nutritionist and the 3 of us had a great meeting. I started on the meds tonight and tomorrow the nutritionist and I will go over a new eating plan. I love working at a place where I'm going to get a lot of support - it will make this battle a whole heck of a lot easier. You can always come off the meds that's for sure. Going on them now is a great idea.
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Post by christine58 on Aug 14, 2014 10:27:34 GMT
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Post by back to *pea*ality on Aug 14, 2014 10:49:24 GMT
I tried Trim Healthy Mama and it wasn't a good plan for me.
The basic premise is food combining which I don't believe works but won't necessarily hurt you but the program recipes use sugar substitutes and a lot of dairy which bothered my stomach and put my body in a terrible state of inflammation.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2014 15:11:02 GMT
Am I the only one dying to know what she was eating? My problem is I just don't know how to cook healthy. We eat a lot of pasta, bread and tortilla type meals which I know I need to change. DH is a meat/potatoes person and he is already grumbeling about changing the way we cook. I told him last night I will cook dinner that is healthy and he can make something else if he doesn't want it, but I have to change what I eat. I have tried to make veges good but they always come out bland. I love to eat them when others cook them...I just know how and that's my problem.
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Post by scrapbookwriter on Aug 14, 2014 15:55:14 GMT
Am I the only one dying to know what she was eating? My problem is I just don't know how to cook healthy. We eat a lot of pasta, bread and tortilla type meals which I know I need to change. DH is a meat/potatoes person and he is already grumbeling about changing the way we cook. I told him last night I will cook dinner that is healthy and he can make something else if he doesn't want it, but I have to change what I eat. I have tried to make veges good but they always come out bland. I love to eat them when others cook them...I just know how and that's my problem. A neighbor brought me zucchini this week. I've never been a zucchini fan, so I asked her how she cooks it. She stir fries thin slices of zucchini with onion and a bit of bacon. I made it Tuesday night and it was amazing. I actually had seconds. I have never had seconds of any vegetable before. Ever. My dh and ds loved it too.
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Post by bc2ca on Aug 14, 2014 17:18:50 GMT
Take a class or two. In the past I have taken cooking classes through the local school district, community college, kitchen supply stores (Williams-Sonoma & Sur La Table), specialty grocery stores (Whole Foods, PCC) and our city Parks & Rec. Some have been one time classes, others a weekly series for 4-6 weeks, so not a huge time commitment.
Start with a cuisine you like to eat when out (Thai, Mexican, Mediterranean) or something focussed on seasonal ingredients.
Gather a group of friends and start a healthy cooking club. If they are like my friends, we are all trying to add more vegetables and cut carbs in our diet. You could pick a vegetable of the month and challenge everyone to come up with their healthiest, tastiest way to prepare it and spend an evening/afternoon teaching each other how to prepare them.
I grew up in a meat & potatoes with a side of overboiled vegetables home. My dad firmly believed that spices were only used to hide the fact your meat was bad. It wasn't until I started eating at restaurants and then traveled a bit that I really discovered the wonderful flavors out there and started to take classes to learn how to use spices.
Reducing carbs is a mind shift and, as others have said, filling most of the plate with vegetables is the goal. One of our first changes was to only have one carb per meal (so no pasta & bread which was hard for all of us) and corn & potatoes don't count as vegetables.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2014 18:08:17 GMT
My problem is I just don't know how to cook healthy. We eat a lot of pasta, bread and tortilla type meals which I know I need to change. DH is a meat/potatoes person and he is already grumbeling about changing the way we cook. I told him last night I will cook dinner that is healthy and he can make something else if he doesn't want it, but I have to change what I eat. I have tried to make veges good but they always come out bland. I love to eat them when others cook them...I just know how and that's my problem. Add some vegetables into your favorite meals. Add zucchini into your pasta sauce, twice the vegetables to your chili, and chopped spinach into your tortilla meal. Make a goal of at least two vegetable servings at dinner. Add a side salad at dinner and you're half way there. You don't have to cook entirely differently, but substitute for some of the less healthful ingredients. If your recipe is for an all meat chili, change it up a recipe that has a small amount of meat and lots of beans and different vegetables. Instead of grilling a huge steak for each of you, grill a smaller steak and cut it up over some roasted vegetables. I think roasted vegetables are the best! We've liked asparagus, cauliflower, carrots, broccoli, tomatoes... all simply grilled with a small amount of olive oil and simple seasonings.
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Post by imsirius on Aug 14, 2014 18:13:33 GMT
My girlfriend is really big into Paleo. Their mantra is to only eat foods that grow naturally (not processed or man made)or what early man would eat. If you can catch it, kill it or pick it, you can eat it. (her saying not mine!) They eat no breads or junk foods, no white sugar. She uses a lot of coconut oil and honey. They eat meat, eggs, fish, rice, veggies and fruit. That's it.
Once in awhile, she will allow her kids a special treat day where they can have an ice cream or some chocolate. But she is pretty strict about it.
They all have lost weight (her son lost 80 pounds in 6 months on that diet) and she is amazingly fit. They do crossfit regularly and her son is a totally different person now.
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Post by georgiapea on Aug 14, 2014 18:28:20 GMT
I'm so in this group. My eating habits are horrible and while on 2 weeks vacation I gained all the weight back it had taken me months to shed. One of the things I'm now consuming is kombucha. My DD and her DD's all make it but I'm buying the already bottled product. They drink it straight but I find it to vinegary so I'm mixing it with berry juice and flavored green tea. Delicious. I'm also dedicating myself to eating a salad daily.
Good luck with whatever method you undertake to being healthier.
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Post by peanuttle on Aug 14, 2014 18:33:28 GMT
I am trying to follow THM (Trim Healthy Mama). I have seen some great results with health issues as well as weight loss. As another poster said above, there are quite a few meals that have dairy in them. I am sensitive to dairy, so I try not to go overboard with it. I am going to give it a couple months and see the results.
From the testimonials I've seen, people have transformed their health (diabetes, cholesterol, chronic pain, etc) in a very short amount of time. They have a FB page with a lot of great info.
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Post by calgal08 on Aug 14, 2014 18:56:08 GMT
No processed foods, eliminate sugar (use agave/honey instead) Agave is not a healthy sweetener, it is the same as high fructose corn syrup. Julie Hmmmm, that's interesting I had no idea, I really thought it was better than sugar
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Post by imsirius on Aug 14, 2014 19:00:48 GMT
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Post by 61redhead on Aug 14, 2014 19:41:51 GMT
I SOOOO agree with the grilled or roasted vegetables! That has become our preferred cooking method for almost all veggies. And you can get away with such a tiny amount of fat when preparing them this way. Almost every evening, I will roast something. I spray a sheet pan with a light misting of Olive Oil Pam, add the sliced veggies, salt and pepper them and stir them around to coat them with the olive oil. Roast at 375 or so until they are tender and beginning to brown. We do zucchini, yellow squash, asparagus, okra, Brussels sprouts, cauliflour, peppers and onions, sweet potatoes, etc.
There is also a recipe for a quinoa dish that my family likes a lot. It has Mexican flavors, and by paying attention to labels, you can make it very clean. It is quinoa, water, black beans, corn, salsa, cumin and chili powder. Just dump it all in a pot, bring it to a bowl, reduce heat, cover and cook till the water is absorbed. You can find canned black beans and corn that have only water added, and salsa that is very clean. Quinoa is a complete protein and is very good for you. Just be sure to buy the prewashed or you will need to rinse it really well before cooking.
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Post by kmk1112 on Aug 14, 2014 19:47:04 GMT
I started weight watchers 2 years ago and have lost 120 lbs on it, and my cholesterol, which was close to high is normal now. I eat food that is so much tastier than what I was eating before I can't even compare! There are lots of blogs with great healthy recipes, Skinnytaste is one I like. I have forced myself to try different things and have liked most of them, and my family has as well. There have been a few flops, but for the most part, everyone is enjoying eating healthier food.
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Post by birukitty on Aug 14, 2014 20:12:20 GMT
If you have Netflix sit down and watch "Forks over Knives". I know I keep saying this on this board, but it really is hugely educational and worth it's weight in gold! You will learn so much in the time that you sit there about what food does to our bodies and what it doesn't do-what is good and what is bad, but most importantly WHY! This film is based on a doctor and a scientist's more than 25 years of research in the field. It's not about the latest fad diet.
Once you have this knowledge, then you can decide how to proceed. You'll understand how you got to where you are today. It's not your fault. The deck is stacked against you with the American diet. I sat down and watched it out of curiosity and it changed my life. I got my DH to watch it and he is the world's most stubborn man. Truly he is-he has ADD, and is very, very stubborn. He likes his meat and he adores cheese to a fault. He was border line diabetic, with high cholesterol,and high blood pressure, and over weight. Not hugely but about 50 pounds. Once we finished watching it he shockingly agreed to give it a try. It is a plant based natural foods diet. No meat, no diary products.
So far he has lost 20 pounds and feels amazing. I've lost 8 pounds (not as much, but I lost 30 last year), because I'm in the middle of menopause, but I feel great.
My parents are on this too! What really kicked us in to trying it was the son of the doctor on the film (Rip Esselestyn) gives speeches at local Whole Foods stores on his own book "The Engine 2 diet". Rip happened to be speaking at our local Whole Foods around this time so I signed up myself, DH and my mother and we went to the speech. It was wonderful and my mother was all gung ho for giving it a try after the speech. Rip has two books-the first and "My beef with meat".
Now, I'm not saying you have to decide to go vegan or vegetarian. I'm merely suggesting this film as a starting point because it is hugely education, entertaining, factual, scientific and will blow you mind as to the facts of what the American diet does to our bodies. Give it a try. What have you got to lose-but a few pounds? You know President Billy Carter? He's a huge fan. He lost 30 pounds and credits his boundless energy (his words) to this diet.
Debbie in MD.
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Post by birukitty on Aug 14, 2014 20:17:51 GMT
PS After just two months on this diet my cholesterol dropped from 229 to 187! That's a measurement from the previous year to the next.
Debbie in MD.
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Post by penny on Aug 14, 2014 21:59:41 GMT
To combat the bland, start buying spices... Less calories than sauces, and they keep... I have an insane amount of spices... Watch for the mixes that have a lot of sodium, but otherwise, they're a life saver... I have probably a half dozen different types of just peppers and chilis... Easiest way for me to change up chicken - it's made a huge difference for me...
I'm also using them on veggies more now too... Tomatoes, onion, cucumber with dill... Or roasted veg with thai seasoning... Some I like, some I don't, but overall it's making it more interesting...lol
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2014 22:23:15 GMT
I think the very first step is to really understand your eating habits. Learn what it is you're ingesting in the way of calories each day. I think we often fool ourselves into believing we're not eating that many calories. I'm learning this myself this week.
One of my favorite go-to fast meals: a plate of pasta with a cup of sauce (no meat), along with a couple of tablespoons of butter to coat the pasta and topped with grated parmesan cheese. I really thought this wasn't much in the way of calories. I was wrong. Here's the breakdown:
5 oz of pasta (dry/uncooked) = 500 calories 1 cup of tomato sauce = 120 2 tbsp of butter = 200 calories 2 tsp of grated cheese = 40 Grand total: 960 calories
A serving of the pasta is 2 oz would have been 200 calories. But that's not how much I would normally eat.
What I've learned: I can still eat this but I have to make changes. Eat the recommended serving size, eliminate the butter. Those two things alone drop 500 calories.
I needed to see these real numbers. I needed to know how much I'm fooling myself. I can't make good choices if I don't know the facts.
Good luck!
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Post by delphiniumtwinkle on Aug 14, 2014 22:28:54 GMT
You know, the blah food is only blah for a couple weeks. Then you get used to it and end up loving it. After that, if you decide to eat something processed or bad for you, you will be surprised how bad it tastes
Good luck
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Post by annabella on Aug 15, 2014 0:16:58 GMT
Your on! We have a nutritionist here at work and I'm going to talk to her today. But I look at what she eats for lunch and it's so blah...I know she is going to tell me to eat blah food so that's where my hang up is. I like food and don't want to live in a blah world. No you just have to learn new recipes. You can add spices to make things taste good instead of fat and salt.
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