I've decided to get fit and healthy.?

Question

But I find salads etc to be bland and boring and then its back to burgers etc.
I'm looking for some good recipes that are both good for me and moorish.
Please help cos the dial on my scales are whizzing round like a fan when I stand on them!

Answer 1

Oh my goodness, you totally need to try the 'south beach diet salad'. It is so good!

1 cup romaine lettuce
1 can (8 oz) tuna, drained
1/4 cup cucumber
1/4 cup tomato
1/4 cup celery
1 avocado (good fat)

Dressing:
2 tbsp. lime juice
4 tsp. olive oil (another good fat)
pinch of pepper
1 garlic clove or 1 tsp. chopped garlic (in glass jar)

Layer the salad. Mix the dressing ingredients and drizzle over salad. Mmmm!

Also, salmon, lean cuts of meat, and chicken is good for dinner. Baked chicken, or cook on the stove on medium heat in olive oil, and eat with black beans. Black beans are very good for you.

Drink a lot of water. Stay away from cokes and juices. I like the crystal light drink mixes, those are okay.

For breakfast, EGGS! Egg omlets are good for you, just watch the cheese you put in them. 2 tbsp. is okay, with other veggies.

Drink 1 % milk or lower, and with cheese, low and reduced fat is best. Never buy low fat or fat free mayo, always buy the real mayo because the other has more sugar.

You can also buy the south beach diet book. It has a lot of great stuff in it to help you. And stay active as much as possible. Park far away from the door where you're going, and take stairs if possible.

Answer 2

Check out the book "Living the GI Diet" by Rick Gallop. it is full of yummy recipes by Canadian living Cooks chefs. They really are good, I have this book and use it all the time.

For an easier solution, I steamed or grilled fish is easy and there are a number of ways you can dress it up (olive oil, garlic, and lemon juice is my fave). And nothing beats a tofu stirfry. Just chop up a block of extra firm tofu, throw in some veggies, douse it in low-sodium teriyaki sauce and away you go! GL and kudos!

Answer 3

Salads just need to be jazzed up, also make sure you by your salad ingredients from a green grocers rather than the supermarket or you could go to farm shops the taste is a lot better.

Healthy salad dressing:
1 Lemon
Drizzle of olive oil
Basil
toss all items into salad and it gives a nice kick.

Answer 4

whole wheat pasta or Dreamfield's slow carb pasta are both quite good, if you're a pasta eater and don't want to completely give up on the carbs. we also eat a lot of tacos made with extra lean ground beef on either corn shells or whole wheat soft shells. I generally forego the cheese b/c I think low-fat cheese tastes terrible, but a dollop of fat free sour cream makes it all better. we also do a lot of marinades with grilled chicken in our house. Mrs. Dash makes some really good spice rubs. you just brush a little olive oil on the chicken and sprinkle on the rub and grill. very easy. and our best purchase thus far has been our vegetable steamer. we eat a ton of steamed broccoli and carrots. we put a little bit of soy sauce in the water and a ton of garlic in the dry spice area while it steams.

Answer 5

hey I'm on a diet too and yes salads do get boring but you need to use a salad dressing low in cal and fat and have variety variety is the key buy things that you like to eat and put small amounts of them into your salads and try different lettuce it makes a huge diff so be adventurous try new things

Answer 6

I've lost 2.5 stone with Weight Watchers. Apart from the meetings, I have found the recipe books to be the best help there is. Get someone who attends meetings to buy them for you. Or join a meeting yourself. I wouldn't suggest it unless I knew it worked. It works. Good luck to you!

Answer 7

I like to ad fruits to my greens in salads. i also love to eat nuts, seeds nad grains. They are filling, and tasty to me.