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selkie at 08:25pm on 25/01/2005
selkie at 08:25pm on 25/01/2005Item: Selkie still needs a cardiologist.
So I am Turning Over A New Leaf.
Yeccch.
I'm still not doing as well as I should be, I still weigh a metric ton (though under 300lbs, thank heaven for small personal victories) so I'm thinking I might actually follow that cardiac diet that I should have been following since my first heart attack. That, for those of you keeping score, was seven years ago.
Besides which, heart palpitations make my fiancee cry. That's not on, and it's basically my fault, for lo I am a lazy ass.
So! No more ice cream. No more sneaking her potato-chips, which still counts as me eating them (damn). No more fast food. No more whole milk. Lots of chicken, which should be easy, and lots of brown rice and bran things, which... EW. I need to ditch the standard American diet, I suppose.
I may even give up cream-filled vacherins and pots de creme au chocolat. Yes, she means that much to me.
Wow, is this going to be bland, and suck.
Also, I need to find a way to entice my beloved to learn 'Friling'. How happy that would make me. I might even eat some goddamn brown rice with lite soy sauce on it.
Bleaccch.
Oy nemen meyn harts tsu, un gib es op meyn glik!
So I am Turning Over A New Leaf.
Yeccch.
I'm still not doing as well as I should be, I still weigh a metric ton (though under 300lbs, thank heaven for small personal victories) so I'm thinking I might actually follow that cardiac diet that I should have been following since my first heart attack. That, for those of you keeping score, was seven years ago.
Besides which, heart palpitations make my fiancee cry. That's not on, and it's basically my fault, for lo I am a lazy ass.
So! No more ice cream. No more sneaking her potato-chips, which still counts as me eating them (damn). No more fast food. No more whole milk. Lots of chicken, which should be easy, and lots of brown rice and bran things, which... EW. I need to ditch the standard American diet, I suppose.
I may even give up cream-filled vacherins and pots de creme au chocolat. Yes, she means that much to me.
Wow, is this going to be bland, and suck.
Also, I need to find a way to entice my beloved to learn 'Friling'. How happy that would make me. I might even eat some goddamn brown rice with lite soy sauce on it.
Bleaccch.
Oy nemen meyn harts tsu, un gib es op meyn glik!
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Healthy eating Isn't dull, just different. Get yourself a good cookbook: it'll help.
Stir fry made with soy sauce and some techini is really, really good, and tastes really rich without being too ridiculous.
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*a bit dubiously*
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My personal recommendation from in there: Tostadas.
Also, Hungarian Mushroom Soup.
Oh yes.
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It's easier to add things than to take them away. So, if you start by adding more healthy food to your regular diet, you won't feel quite so deprived (which, for me leads to depression and overeating). For example, have whatever you were planning to have for lunch, but ADD a little baggie of raw veggies. When you get home from work and are starving, have a mug of vegetable soup...and then have your regular dinner.
My experience has been that giving myself permission to eat "regular" food while adding nutritious, high-fiber, low fat stuff to each meal makes the process much less painful. The sekrit side benefit is that when you have a mug of vegetable soup an hour before dinner, you're less likely to want the second helping of meatloaf of potatoes.
Another strategy that has worked well for me is preparing ahead. I do my grocery shopping early on Sunday morning (after eating an apple or some homemade oatmeal raisin cookies), then come home and plan out what I'm going to eat for the week. I make a pot of soup and freeze it into individual portions. I grill three or four chicken breasts. I cut up a week's worth of celery and store it in a water-filled container in the fridge. Yes, cravings will still happen and sometimes you give in. But if you make eating healthy as convenient and painless as possible, you have a much better chance of incorporating it into your lifestyle.
Sorry. Didn't mean to go on so long. Having lost and gained hundreds of pounds in the last 15 years, I'm probably not the best example to follow...but my theory is fairly new and it seems to be working. I reversed my blood sugar problem, lowered my blood pressure, and maintained a reasonable cholesterol by simply adding healthy food -- not losing a lot of actual weight.
Hang in there!
M.
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Skillet.
Olive oil heated over medium high heat to just sizzlin
onion, mushroom, garlic sautee for a couple of minutes then add
Green or yellow vegetable of your choice, chopped
Sautee all until brownish around edges
Dump over whole wheat pasta
This is not bland!