Today I will start my healthy eating blog. I hear so often on the television that losing weight is a matter of calories in and calories out, along with exercise. My husband was just diagnosed with high cholesterol so I am going to make it my mission to help him become more healthy by cooking foods that are low in fat and cholesterol. I figure by blogging our experiment then I'll be more likely to continue with the cooking.
My goal is to try to get as healthy as possible and lose about 15 pounds by December of 2011.
we started this healthy lifestyle or should I say healthy life change about 2 months ago. We were doing well but then I went back to work after my maternity leave and we were not doing as well as I had hoped. When we initially started making healthier choices like using fat free sour cream, brown rice, multi-grain breads and pastas, consuming more vegetables and fiber etc... we noticed that we were really not missing out on much in regard to taste because we were choosing recipes that had a ton of flavor with fresh herbs. I think that is the key to healthy eating. You do not have to sacrifice taste for healthy eating.
We also noticed that the more we lowered our fat and cholesterol in our cooking the more gross food tasted when we went out to eat, especially fast food. There were times when we could actually taste and feel the fat just sitting on our tongues and coating our mouths. How disgusting.
The recipes that I've started using to make our meals are recommended by the American Heart Association. I've really loved the recipes from the book "Low-Fat, Low-Cholesterol Cookbook."
Along with using healthy recipes, I am going to try to take some of my old favorites and modify them to make them more healthy.
Wish me luck with my experiment...hopefully it will be life changing!
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