EATING HEALTHY
Raw vegetables are the best. Eat as much as possible. To cook them, use steam.
Keep raw vegetables and fruits in the refridgerator for snacks. Try freezing yogurt and eat it when you crave ice cream.
Dilute fruit juices with as much water as possible.
Substitute high-fat cheeses with low-fat or no-fat cheeses such as cottage cheese. If you really desire the high-fat cheeses, try mixing in cottage cheese.
Do away with butter and margarine on toast and use jam and jelly instead.
Add bran to your white flour mix.
Get rid of mayonnaise, sour cream, and any dressing/sause containing those ingredients. Try using yogurt, broth, milk or lemon juice. In making salad dressing, try a combination of vinegar, lemon juice, and herbs. If using mayonnaise on a sandwich, substitute mustard.
Avoid desserts with chocolate, whipped cream or sour cream and try fruit based desserts.
Use soy instead of red meat protien sources. Or mix soy in with your hamburger.
Go with tuna in water.
Eat smaller meals, more frequently. Instead of eating the regular breakfast, lunch and dinner, try a light breakfast, mid-morning snack, light lunch, afternoon snack, and then a light dinner.
Eat foods high in complex carbohydrates. Listed here are top sources of natural complex carbohydrates. They contain little fat and approximately 70% or more carbohydrates:
Brown Rice, Rolled Oats, Whole Barley, Whole Wheat, Whole Buckeye, Pearl Millet, Whole Rye, Whole Corn, Foxtail Mullet & Wild Rice.
SOME BEST CHOICE FOODS & SNACKS
Low-fat milk, Yogurt, V-8, Orange Juice
Spinach, Broccoli, Green Peppers, Tomatos Potatos, Carrots, Corn
Cantaloupe, Watermelon, Strawberries, Bananas
Chicken, Fish, Turkey
Bran muffins & Cereals, Whole wheat bread, Pizza (no meats)
Air-popped popcorn, Pretzels
Reduce your caffiene intake.
DRINK LOTS OF WATER EVERY DAY!!
If you are a "muncher" at work, keep plenty of the snacks listed above at your desk. This will reduce the temptation to get candy or other junk food snacks.