Healthy eating

I am so very sick of eating unhealthy foods. My stomach is even getting upset over thinking of my next meal; which right now happens to be Taco Bell again. I have just been too busy to throw together a healthy meal for my family, let alone even go to the store to pick up groceries. So the next option is to grab something precooked at a restaurant. Now there are several places to pick up a full balanced meal...if you have $40.00 to drop on dinner every night for a family of 4.5. Or McDonalds and Taco Bell are pleased to serve their greasy, low-grade, cheap food; often prepared by teenagers who probably don't wash their hands before handling the food. I have literally been day dreaming of a real home cooked meal. To be specific, a burrito with real cooked beans (not refried from a can), with cheese melted on the beans, rolled up and topped with a simmered blend of chicken or pork and rotel with jalapenos, green chilis, and minced garlic, sprinkled with fresh lettuce and tomato, and a dab of sour cream. So, while I am dreaming of real food, which I might eventually achieve over the break between Spring and Summer classes, I found a few websites on healthy eating.

Here are some easy tips for planning a healthy diet and sticking to it. A healthy diet makes you feel great and gives you more energy. It also helps to keep you as healthy as possible. It has a way to simplify your diet instead of trying to count calories all the time. Starting slow helps to avoid reverting back to poor eating habits. Start by making one or two changes at a time, such as switching from butter to olive oil, or having a colorful salad with dinner. Also, listening to your body helps to not overeat. Have a glass of water in case you are actually thirsty instead of hungry; eat slowly because it takes a while for you brain to tell your body its full. Don't skip breakfast! Breakfast gives your metabolism a jump start. For healthy meal recipes, including dessert, this page has it all.

With all of those weight loss diets out there, it can be confusing what is actually good or bad. The Atkins diet for example goes soley off the metabolism of proteins instead of carbs. The human body craves carbohydrates, it is the food that is best for our metabolism. In fact the body breaks down carbs and sugar for the brain first thing in the morning. If you switch over to a protein diet, you will loose weight, unless you cheat. If you give your body one taste of carbs, you will then need to retrain it on protein. A diet does not mean weight loss, although eating right and exercise should result in weight loss. A diet is simply what you eat. Here is the almighty food pyramid, which gives examples of foods in each food group, how many servings of each food group should be consumed, and how much a serving size really is.

WOOOhoooo, Billy brought me a Moe's burrito with a tortilla, brown rice, black beans, steak, some kind of tomato blend, and cheese! Probably still not the best choice possible, but its a start, and much better than Taco Bell!