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Location: Is it Summer Yet? | cranky B4 10am - 2014-01-21 5:23 PM I would like to eat healthier too, but my biggest problem is: I hate almost all vegetables, especially cooked or boiled!!! I can't eat them, will gag and can't swallow......
Been like that since I was a little kid. Used to drive mom crazy, but now she sees I really can't eat them... And I absolutely love bread, rice and pasta's.... I don't really eat a lot of fast food, so that's good, but other than that.....I need help!!!!
Salad??? With good salad dressing. Chicken Ceasar salad is a fav, it's not the best but at least your're doing the veggies. |
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| If you really love your carbonated drinks you could try to switch to a little cranberry or pineapple juice with club soda or sparkling water. I'm not a fan of water, but I keep a jug of water with lemon and lime slices in it and I'm addicted to that. Also if you just try to keep processed foods out of your house and cook all your meals from scratch, even cook ahead and freeze for the days you run out of time to cook so you aren't tempted to order out. Homemade soups are great. You can just keep throwing things in the pot until you are happy with the results. I also hardboil a dozen eggs at a time and keep them in the fridge for snacking on. Eggs are almost the perfect food, and even with a little garlic salt sprinkled on a hardboiled egg, it's a much better choice than chips. I also make my own homemade hummus which is great for dipping veggies in. I find the key for me is to have healthy snacks ready when I want something. |
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Location: Alberta | You've gotten good pointers whole foods, water,.......sorry if I'm repeating something already mentioned!
Start off by doing a food diary for a week, with how you currently eat, be honest WRITE down everything! Review it at weeks end and see how terrible or not you eat, you may have to just remove a little and adjust.
DO NOT get over whelmed with thinking you have to go buy every fruit & veggie at the grocery store, pick the vegetables or fruit you like and stick with them. The internet is a great source for healthy recipes...and there are lots of Facebook groups as well.
if you really are stuck find a dietitian to help you even with a meal plan idea.
Keep in mind, changing your lifestyle is 95 % mental, so getting your mind game right is so key in making it successful.
You can do it, and a bad day does NOT make you a failure...... |
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Location: Kansas | cranky B4 10am - 2014-01-21 7:23 PM I would like to eat healthier too, but my biggest problem is: I hate almost all vegetables, especially cooked or boiled!!! I can't eat them, will gag and can't swallow......
Been like that since I was a little kid. Used to drive mom crazy, but now she sees I really can't eat them... And I absolutely love bread, rice and pasta's.... I don't really eat a lot of fast food, so that's good, but other than that.....I need help!!!!
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Location: Gainesville, TX | My husband and I just started our New Year's diet at the beginning of last week. We are basically shooting for a low carb type of diet at the recommendation of our doctor. We eat lots of meats like steak, porkchops, and chicken. I also make a mean pot of beef and cabbage (with ground beef & a herb/garlic marinade). We eat lots of veggies, some frozen and some fresh. (One of our secrets to not getting too bored is to try different kinds of veggies from the farmer's market we haven't tried before). We even have pasta but it is the low carb type that only has like 5 g of digestible carbs and we limit ourselves on that. I'm a big soda fan as well, but I'm not drinking any of that. Instead I get bottled water and add the Mio flavorings. (I can't stand bottled water by itself because it tastes like plastic). The Mio sweetens the water and is one of my sweet things. I even allow myself a piece or two of hard candy occasionally when I really want sugar but no more than a piece or two. I'm never hungry. My calories per day (according to my carb assistant app) vary from 1400 to 2100, but my carbs always stay below 50. I lost 8 lbs this last week. You always lose the most weight the first week of a diet. I expect this to balance out to around 1-3 lbs starting this week or next. |
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Location: ohio-in my own little world with pretty ponies :) | Oh boy! I sure have gotten a ton of a greeeaaatttt advice! Thanks so much! I drank what is hopefully my last Pepsi last night and let me tell you.....I enjoyed every sip! Hahahaha |
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Location: Kentucky | lexyy12 - 2014-01-22 9:12 AM Oh boy! I sure have gotten a ton of a greeeaaatttt advice! Thanks so much! I drank what is hopefully my last Pepsi last night and let me tell you.....I enjoyed every sip! Hahahaha
I would probably committ a crime to get a hold of McDonald's sweet tea, so once I week I make that part of my cheat meal. However, after 6 days of water only, when I do drink the sweet tea, I feel terrible. It makes me wired and I just feel funny. So, I just don't drink them anymore because I hate the way they make me feel now. You may get to that point too. |
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Location: ohio-in my own little world with pretty ponies :) | I'm hoping I get to that point! It will be easier to keep from wanting it |
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Location: Weatherford, Texas | I am muncher too and have problems with portion control. When I need to drop some I make sure to eat fruit for breakfast and maybe some corn flakes. The snack size ziploc baggies hold about 1 cup of corn flakes cereal and that equals 100 calories so I would take one of those with me for a mid morning snack. They make you eat slow bc of the size and really do fill you up.
For lunch I would eat a small salad with small amount of dressing- I really like to add cilantro to the salad- gives flavor and lessens the amount of dressing. Lettuce or spinach, tomatoes, cucumber, cilantro, and light italian dressing and it is pretty good! Then I would eat a progresso soup- only 150 calories and they also are pretty good about filling you up. I would take some berries for a sweet ending to the meal.
Afternoon is more fruit or some veggies if you like them. Sometimes I would munch on some pita chips and hummus bc I LOVE that stuff but you have to watch portions on that.
Dinner- use a Foreman grill or outdoor grill. I would do some veggies and a chicken breast. Or some fish tacos on corn tortillas are really good- tilapia you can get in single serve packets and that makes two tacos. Just put some water in a skillet and put the filet in- season as you like- stay away from salt. The water should just come up half way up the fish.
- Another trick is to use different diced tomato flavors- put them in a skillet with some chicken breasts and cover, turn over part way. 3/4 done uncover and let continue to cook until the juices dry up. The chicken stays moist and the left over tomatoes are roasted and give a good sauce/cover for the chicken.
I quit drinking soda and limited salt- both make me more hungry. Drink lots of water or unsweet tea with a little bit of sweeter. The big thing I did was every few days I would allow something not in the routine to mix it up.
Since I quit drinking beer apparently I LOVE sweets so the snack size ice creams or skinny cow were great to help. Also dark chocolate helped me- gave me the sweet but didn't make me want to chow down on it. |
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Location: Four Corners Colorado | Sugar and Starches are the enemy!
Fat is your friend!
I ate healthy, whole grains, veggies, and lean meat and gained weight(150).
Now I eat really healthy. Organic veggies(home grown) and grass fed meat with tons of grass fed fat and I'm back to my high school weight (120). I don't entirely avoid grains but if I decide to have them I make sure they are sprouted or soured.
I also eat less because the fat is filling and the food is nutrient dense.
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Location: CTX | Frodo - 2014-01-22 6:57 AM cranky B4 10am - 2014-01-21 7:23 PM I would like to eat healthier too, but my biggest problem is: I hate almost all vegetables, especially cooked or boiled!!! I can't eat them, will gag and can't swallow......
Been like that since I was a little kid. Used to drive mom crazy, but now she sees I really can't eat them... And I absolutely love bread, rice and pasta's.... I don't really eat a lot of fast food, so that's good, but other than that.....I need help!!!!
I might have to bite the bullet... and get one. We have most other gadgets in the kitchen so one more won't hurt.... Thanks, was always wondering if it was another fad. But I guess it does work.
And thank you Lana , I can do salad. So just need to toughen up and start eating them in stead of a juicy steak and loaded sweet taters.... 
Now all I need is to stop drinking rootbeer, big red, dr pepper and all that other good stuff.... ..  
I know I won be able to give up coffee with creamer.. so that will be my cheat drink.... |
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Location: Lala Land | lexyy12 - 2014-01-22 8:12 AM Oh boy! I sure have gotten a ton of a greeeaaatttt advice! Thanks so much! I drank what is hopefully my last Pepsi last night and let me tell you.....I enjoyed every sip! Hahahaha
Once you get used to not having it, it will be too sweet for you!! BUT... you drink one or two...then you have to start alll over!! If I really want a Coke, I'll get a Coke Zero |
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Location: ohio-in my own little world with pretty ponies :) | Are hot dogs bad? |
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Location: Kentucky | lexyy12 - 2014-01-22 1:05 PM Are hot dogs bad?
I probably wouldn't suggest eating them. |
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Location: Augusta, KS | While some people can make HUGE instant changes, most people don't have the willpower to sustain that.
BABY STEPS. Cut out pop, and 100% of fast food. From what it sounds, those will be hard on their own. Keep water with you at all times. Water can be amazing at helping you feel less hungry and help cravings. Just drink drink drink.
I have found that cutting out those things, and cooking 99% of meals from scratch (even though they aren't all healthy) has made a HUGE difference in how I feel, and is sustainable...forever. |
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Chasin my Dream
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Location: Alberta | 3 key things in each meal carbs, protein & fats...the macronutrients you need.
Carbs are not bad, except the refined versions, google good carb sources, you'd be surprised, same goes for the fats coconut oil, avocados GOOD!!
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Location: ohio-in my own little world with pretty ponies :) | For lunch I had a salad with a little cheese and light Italian dressing on it and an apple with some peanut butter. And I'm on my 2nd bottle of water! |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | dream_chaser - 2014-01-22 12:45 PM 3 key things in each meal carbs, protein & fats...the macronutrients you need.
Carbs are not bad, except the refined versions, google good carb sources, you'd be surprised, same goes for the fats coconut oil, avocados GOOD!!
Yes! We had to start eating to manage my son's blood sugar issues--he's 8, so we all signed on to make things easier. I figured out quickly that the low carb diet with 6 meals a day the doc recommended was not working for him. The keys are exactly what you said: a balance of protein, carbs, and (healthy) fats for EVERY meal, and staying away from refined things like white bread, sugar, and white rice. A piece of fruit and some cheese make the perfect snack for him. Breakfast is usually homestyle oats with raw honey, a big glob of butter, a few dark chocolate chips and an egg. We have all been sick since starting this, but it seems like there has been a lot less crud in our house and everyone recovers faster when they do get something. |
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Location: Midwest Farmer's Daughter: Central Illinois | I feel for you. I've gained ~20 pounds in the last year. Ironically...I've been without a kitchen & since March. I'm of the opinion there's a major connection there. If I want to eat, I either have to eat something that comes out of a fridge or is in a box/shelf. Or walk across the drive to my folks' house. Technically I could have fruit lying around but it all has to be stored in my living room. SO, yeah. I eat a lot of fast food, delivered pizza, snack foods & garbage.
Ironically, when I was at my fittest/lightest I was riding every day, running barrels 3-5 days a week, on the go go go all the time. The ironic part is that my diet consisted of slim jims, potato chips, Mountain Dew & Arby's. Not kidding.
I need a kitchen so I can go back to making dinner from scratch. I love to cook & am relatively good at it. I also love fresh veggies from the garden & fruit, when I remember to buy it. SO & I would be SO much healthier!
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