My experience chasing weight loss is probably not much
different than most people. I have worked at weight loss and weight
management for most of my adult life. I'm now sixty years old. There was
a time when I tried all kinds of the newest and latest methods to loss
weight quickly, I have used pre-scripted diets, diet products, even
eating habits therapy. I could usually make some progress and lose some
weight, but I have always found that unless I stayed with the program
permanently I would just go back to where I was. I found that most of
these diets and diet products, were not a good recipe for my health. I
also love good "food", I like to cook and as I have gotten older, above
all, I want to be as healthy as possible.
I am a firm believer that good health and long term health management is rooted in nutrition and a balanced well chosen "food" group as well as a consistent exercise regiment. Weight loss, weight management and great health all go together. Once I got this clearly embedded in my brain, I realized that the basis of this thinking was really pretty simple.
Eat real fresh "food", mostly plants. I am not advocating a vegetarian diet here, I personally am not a practicing vegetarian. I do think a well thought out and practiced vegetarian diet can be great for weight loss and excellent health.
When I say eat real fresh "food", it's that simple. Stay away from manufactured, highly processed foods. If you have put any thought into why there is an out of control obesity epidemic in the U.S. and you put two and two together, you realize it is rooted in two factors. A lack of real fresh food and sedentary lifestyles. Little to no exercise.
The plant based diet is not about only eating plants, like fruits and vegetables. Include fish, chicken and other meats if you want to eat them, the key is moderation.
Eat at least an 80 % plant based diet. Most foods like nuts, grains, beans, sweet potatoes etc., are all plant based foods.
Eat only fresh fruits and lightly cook your vegetables.
You need all the nutrition and enzymes you can get from the plant based foods you eat. When you over cook your vegetables you lose a lot of the nutrition and eliminate the beneficial enzymes. Along with the lightly cooked vegetables also eat some fruits and vegetables raw each day. Salads are great but also consider making a green drink. Here's is a simple recipe I make almost everyday. Take a blender or better if you have it or can buy one, a Vita Mix or other high speed blender. Put in a hand full of fresh kale, a small bunch of fresh Italian parsley, a sprig of celery, maybe a small chunk of cabbage, one or two cored apples, one or two cored pears and a wedge of lemon with the peel on.. Put in more than one apple and pear for how sweet you want it, you can also play around with different fruits, sometimes I also put in berries, like blue berries. This green drink does not taste like it may look, the fruit mixed with the vegetables gives it a slightly sweet pleasant taste. The idea here is you get a big shot of fresh, raw vegetables and fruit, with very low caloric content and tons of nutritional and antioxidant content and fiber. This is a super healthy all fresh plant based weight loss drink.
Losing weight and getting really healthy is really all about changing your food consciousness, eating an unadulterated diet. I mean that the food you are eating has not gone through any manufacturing or heavy processing. The grains you eat are not refined, choose brown rice rather than white rice, whole grain pasta (only very occasionally) chose sweet potatoes over regular white russet type potatoes. The idea here is two avoid foods that immediately turn into sugar in your system.
When you eat meats or fish, eat small portions and avoid rich sauces, tons of butter or other dairy based condiments. For adding taste to any cooked food you eat, use herbs, garlic, coconut oil or virgin olive oil also possibly grape seed oil is OK. Stay away from most other oils. Don't over eat any dairy products, go for almond milk rather than cows milk, limit cheeses and butter. Consider yogurt rather than creme when cooking and stay clear of all refined sugars..
Beware of the food like substances, like high fructose corn syrup, trans fats, hydrogenated oils, too much sugar, too much salt, lots of preservatives and other chemicals. These are the culprits that are in most of the processed, refined and packaged foods in the average mainstream market.
Look for and join a co-op natural foods market, or any kind of natural foods market. Go to a local outdoor Sat. market to shop.
Try changing when you eat. Eat small meals more often and don't eat a meal after say 4 or 5 PM, if you want a snack later eat a piece of fruit. Take a walk after your last meal. Sitting on the couch after a large meal and then going off to bed will put on the weight and keep it.
This concept for being a nutrition and fresh "food" conscious eater is at the heart of losing weight and being in excellent health. It may be a big change for many people and habits are the hardest parts of our daily lives to change. Take it a step at a time and stay focused, put time into it, educate yourself, it is well worth it.
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I am a firm believer that good health and long term health management is rooted in nutrition and a balanced well chosen "food" group as well as a consistent exercise regiment. Weight loss, weight management and great health all go together. Once I got this clearly embedded in my brain, I realized that the basis of this thinking was really pretty simple.
Eat real fresh "food", mostly plants. I am not advocating a vegetarian diet here, I personally am not a practicing vegetarian. I do think a well thought out and practiced vegetarian diet can be great for weight loss and excellent health.
When I say eat real fresh "food", it's that simple. Stay away from manufactured, highly processed foods. If you have put any thought into why there is an out of control obesity epidemic in the U.S. and you put two and two together, you realize it is rooted in two factors. A lack of real fresh food and sedentary lifestyles. Little to no exercise.
The plant based diet is not about only eating plants, like fruits and vegetables. Include fish, chicken and other meats if you want to eat them, the key is moderation.
Eat at least an 80 % plant based diet. Most foods like nuts, grains, beans, sweet potatoes etc., are all plant based foods.
Eat only fresh fruits and lightly cook your vegetables.
You need all the nutrition and enzymes you can get from the plant based foods you eat. When you over cook your vegetables you lose a lot of the nutrition and eliminate the beneficial enzymes. Along with the lightly cooked vegetables also eat some fruits and vegetables raw each day. Salads are great but also consider making a green drink. Here's is a simple recipe I make almost everyday. Take a blender or better if you have it or can buy one, a Vita Mix or other high speed blender. Put in a hand full of fresh kale, a small bunch of fresh Italian parsley, a sprig of celery, maybe a small chunk of cabbage, one or two cored apples, one or two cored pears and a wedge of lemon with the peel on.. Put in more than one apple and pear for how sweet you want it, you can also play around with different fruits, sometimes I also put in berries, like blue berries. This green drink does not taste like it may look, the fruit mixed with the vegetables gives it a slightly sweet pleasant taste. The idea here is you get a big shot of fresh, raw vegetables and fruit, with very low caloric content and tons of nutritional and antioxidant content and fiber. This is a super healthy all fresh plant based weight loss drink.
Losing weight and getting really healthy is really all about changing your food consciousness, eating an unadulterated diet. I mean that the food you are eating has not gone through any manufacturing or heavy processing. The grains you eat are not refined, choose brown rice rather than white rice, whole grain pasta (only very occasionally) chose sweet potatoes over regular white russet type potatoes. The idea here is two avoid foods that immediately turn into sugar in your system.
When you eat meats or fish, eat small portions and avoid rich sauces, tons of butter or other dairy based condiments. For adding taste to any cooked food you eat, use herbs, garlic, coconut oil or virgin olive oil also possibly grape seed oil is OK. Stay away from most other oils. Don't over eat any dairy products, go for almond milk rather than cows milk, limit cheeses and butter. Consider yogurt rather than creme when cooking and stay clear of all refined sugars..
Beware of the food like substances, like high fructose corn syrup, trans fats, hydrogenated oils, too much sugar, too much salt, lots of preservatives and other chemicals. These are the culprits that are in most of the processed, refined and packaged foods in the average mainstream market.
Look for and join a co-op natural foods market, or any kind of natural foods market. Go to a local outdoor Sat. market to shop.
Try changing when you eat. Eat small meals more often and don't eat a meal after say 4 or 5 PM, if you want a snack later eat a piece of fruit. Take a walk after your last meal. Sitting on the couch after a large meal and then going off to bed will put on the weight and keep it.
This concept for being a nutrition and fresh "food" conscious eater is at the heart of losing weight and being in excellent health. It may be a big change for many people and habits are the hardest parts of our daily lives to change. Take it a step at a time and stay focused, put time into it, educate yourself, it is well worth it.