Friday, November 16, 2012

Friday Family & Food - Holiday Meals

Next week, Cheri and I will be celebrating Thanksgiving in Tennessee with our Nashville kids. Tonight, we'll be celebrating in Arden Hills with our local kids. I look forward to these special times with family, but I know these special times will have an abundance of delicious meals and snacks. I've lost a little more than 40lbs since last February, and I don't want holiday meals to derail me.

Here are some good tips and reminders for staying on track that I found on the Disease Proof Blog by Dr. Joel Fuhrman. Maybe you'll find them helpful too. Let's all try to eat healthy!
Eat at least one large salad each day.

Enjoy generous amounts of cooked green vegetables with mushrooms and onions.

Satisfy your sweet tooth with at least three fresh fruits each day.

Eat at least one-half cup of beans each day.

Remember the acronym G-BOMBS. Greens, beans, onions, mushrooms, berries, and seeds. These are the most health-promoting foods.

Avoid completely these disease-promoting foods: white flour, sugars, artificial sweeteners, oils, and factory farmed animal products. Unhealthy food is designed to be addictive – keep it out of your home.

Retrain your taste buds to prefer healthy foods. Staying away from sugar and salt is the secret to a heightened sense of taste and enjoyment of natural flavors.
 

Always keep your kitchen stocked with fresh and frozen produce.

Budget time: plan out when you will shop for groceries, cook, exercise, relax, and spend time with friends and family.

Plan your meals ahead of time and make a detailed grocery list before you go shopping.

Cook vegetable bean soups in large batches, and store leftovers in the refrigerator so you can quickly heat some up for lunch or dinner later in the week.

Stay focused on your health – eating right is self-care. Do not allow the unhealthy influences around you to derail you from your health goals.

1 comment:

  1. I don't think these tips will comport with my holiday eating plans (ha)...but I will deal with it in another way. Moderation. Also, it seems that around this time and year, the "hustle and bustle" leads us to eating out and about more, which makes it harder to keep on track. I too have been steadily losing since this spring, and I and going to try hard not to get into that rut. That is where these tips will fill in for sure -- those days other than the "feasting days" :-)

    Have a wonderful evening with the family, Dave!

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