Healthy food ideas?

Hi Saydee

No recipes I'm afraid but I wish u luck and hope to follow a similar route myself!! I'm not a great cook but am a fabulous eater lol! Post Xmas bulge very evident here!!

Good luck to both of us, x

Hi Saydee

Congratulations, you are already on your first step there. You are talking about wanting to eat wholesome food, which sounds like this is what your body is craving, after all the festive treats which are around us. Over the next few days tune into what your body (not your eyes or your brain!) is really telling you it needs to eat - hopefully you will be pleasantly surprised!

Also do not diet or deprive yourself. Eat when you are physically hungry, as your body is telling you it needs fuel. Stop when you are physically full. Notice the other reasons why you may want to eat - habit, boredom, stress, tiredness, it looks nice and it's there, other people are eating, it's a social occaision etc - and say to yourself 'I do not need food right now, as my body is not physically hungry'.

Good luck, and really enjoy, taste and savour the food your body chooses, when it is physically hungry. xx

You can't go too far wrong with a mainly raw food vegetable diet. My favourite and most universally used tool in the kitchen is my salad-spinner - I don't know what I would do without it.

Obviously some things, such as potatoes, and meat should be cooked, but fresh vegetables can and should be the main part of every meal and you will most likely only benefit from this. Use quality ingredients, they do contain better nutritional value and fewer toxins, that's beyond dispute as far as I'm concerned.

Also, remember to drink plenty of water - it's amazing how many cravings can be caused by dehydration.

Also basic nutrients, so you should consider a few basic supplements, and consider how you are going to get enough vitamin D at this time of year. You probably need more than you think, even the best of our food sadly is not what it used to be in terms of composition.

With supplements, you should consider a variety of basic vitamins, as well as minerals, and oils, and it does take a bit more care than getting a one-a-day form the supermarket, which is generally not a sufficient approach. And I'm afraid it costs, but the reward to your well-being can be huge.

And make sure you are enjoying what you eat - it shouldn't leave you feeling miserable, so if it does, change something. And if occasionally you must have a pizza, then no problem, just don't spend every mealtime in pizza hut.

Thanks guys, I'd love to try a completely raw food diet but at the minute it's not very ideal as I still live at home and my whole family share the cooking out, none of my family would eat or make raw meals... but I'm sure for the minute I'll be fine just including as much raw as possible 🙂 I suppose I'm quite lucky in a sense, most people would be craving cake and chips but I have a craving for brocolli and courgette! Think I need to make up for all that nutrient-depleting sugar from Christmas :rolleyes:

Brazil nuts are a healthy snack. They are an oil rich nut. The oil is considered to be a good type. Walnuts are considered healthy. Hard cheeses are a pretty healthy choice of snack food. Crackers, however, tend to be high in calories and fat. A small wedge of cheese with an apple, could satisfy a craving for sweets and fat.

If your mum is the one doing most of the cooking, maybe you could help her out by assisting her with shopping and cooking. You could designate yourself the preparer of salads or vegetables.

Fermented/pickled vegetables are good for health and for improving metabolism. Some pickled beans on top of a salad can be quite nice. There are sweet and savory pickles, and sour pickles. The bread and butter style pickle has sugar in the brine. Pickled beans (three bean salad in a jar) are the sweet and savory type.

Trying new foods can be a lot of fun. Trying something new each week could be a goal in regard to improving one's diet.

Thanks guys, I'd love to try a completely raw food diet but at the minute it's not very ideal as I still live at home and my whole family share the cooking out, none of my family would eat or make raw meals... but I'm sure for the minute I'll be fine just including as much raw as possible 🙂

Well who actually decides what the whole group is going to eat?!?!

You can eat what you want, if it's a problem to the others, just say that this is something that matters to you, and please to include at least one decent salad every day, or better still, every meal. And always keep fresh fruit around for snacking. The others might start to like it too; but the others needn't be deprived of anything they want to eat anyway.

I have seen this time and again, where we poison ourselves to please others, the most toxic voice somehow always gets to choose. In fact nobody ever thanks us for getting sick or malnourished!

Well who actually decides what the whole group is going to eat?!?!

You can eat what you want, if it's a problem to the others, just say that this is something that matters to you, and please to include at least one decent salad every day, or better still, every meal. And always keep fresh fruit around for snacking. The others might start to like it too; but the others needn't be deprived of anything they want to eat anyway.

I have seen this time and again, where we poison ourselves to please others, the most toxic voice somehow always gets to choose. In fact nobody ever thanks us for getting sick or malnourished!

So true! I do try to introduce them to new foods and while my mum is a little more adventurous than most she still has very "normal" ideals in terms of what people should be eating so if she or my sister cook that day I have to basically eat what ever they are up for... I tend to be labelled the weirdo in the family for trying to be healthy, then when I'm naughty and indulge I get "Oooh you shouldn't be eating that!" :rolleyes: Unfortunately being 17 I get "you'll get what you're given and like it" -___-" It's hard trying to educate people who are much more interested in following social norms whether they can think of a reason or not than doing what's best for their health 🙁

Simple and fast: chicken soup
Remember, that if you want to loose weight, you have to cut down your carbs intake (mainly carbs). Chicken is a good source of proteins, which are good for you. Also remember to eat healthy fats, like nuts or fish.
Try to avoid fried food, white breat, sweets, and drinks like cola.
Easy steps to success.