easy health food?

Question

I went to one of those free BMI sites, and found to my surprise that it was 31. So I've decided that I need to get my a** in gear. If anyone could give me a list (short or long, any help is appreciated) of nice and easy healthy foods that you can get at any grocery store it would be a life saver. I've noticed that a lot of healthy foods can only be found at few stores and are expensive. Thank you for any and all help

Answer 1

Fresh fruit and vegetables are the simplest healthy foods you can buy. They are very affordable too.

Answer 2

Eat only when hungry and not more than thrice a day. Nothing other than water in between. Include plenty of uncooked vegetables and fruits in each meal, preferably 50%. Chew each morsel at least 32 times to activate ur body to generate signals of hunger/fullness. Obey these signals.

Take light exercises and brisk walks regularly preferably twice a day.

U will achieve what u have not even dreamt and that too in a reasonable time. Do not be in a hurry.

Answer 3

I don't know if this helps or anything but I like to get recipes from www.foodnetwork.com
also seen on tv.
they have some good health recipes on there.
I don't know much but I hope this is somewhat helpful.
good luck to ya!

Answer 4

tabouli is cheap to make but takes kind of a long time to make it. But, it is delicious, low-cal and nutritious

Answer 5

I don't buy the "health food expensive" line. I think it depends on how one shops. I just had a bowl of cereal-- Cheerios and Kix, bought on sale with a coupon. (The sale was 3/$5 and I had a coupon for $1 off two. Unfortuanately, I discovered that the Kix has corn syrup in it, which means I am going to write General Mills and complain and no longer buy the cereal unless they change. Yet, in terms of cereals, either marketed to kids or adults, it's still one of the healthiest, I think.) The soy milk was $2.69 for a half gallon, which is my understanding that it's comprable to gallon dairy milk prices in some parts of the country.

The frozen veggies in our freezer cost $.99 for each 16-18 oz. bag. (Kroger constantly has them on sale for that price. If not, I go to Save-A-Lot and Aldi [both of which don't have much I would consider "healthy"] have them for that price, too.)

In my fridge the staples-- Organic, all-natural fruit preserves from Trader Joe's (a chain of low cost health food stores in the US); Organic, natural peanut butter from Meijer (grocery store; It was on sale for $2, usually we just buy the Skippy Naturals, which is also around $2; I bought the Kroger natural a couple of months ago, becuase it was on sale for $1.89, but my husband doesn't like it as well becuase the oil separates); Whole wheat bread, for which we never pay more than $2 a loaf, Organic natural ketchup (bought at Trader Joe's for $2, we like the Kroger brand better which is about the same price; Both are comprable, price wise to some of the unnatural name brands)....

I think that's it for our staples. We have some whole wheat pasta in the pantry which I got for $.33 a box. It was on sale for $1 each and I had a coupon for $1 off two, which doubled. Regularly, though, we buy the Kroger brand whole wheat pasta for $1 a box and Hunt's canned pasta sauce for $1 a can at Dollar Tree. (Occasionaly, Kroger will have either their brand of sauce or Hunt's on sale for $1. We pour the Hunt's into an old glass jar as we can get two meals from a can or jar.)

We buy frozen fruit for smoothies or whatever. It can be a bit expensive, but it's worth it for the health benefits. (I think that frozen fruit and vegetables healthier than fresh, as they're frozen and "preserved" closer to the time when they were picked as opposed to all of the traveling the fresh produce goes through.)

The last time we were at Meijer, we got a ten pound bag of potatoes for under $5. Yes, we do buy some fresh produce. I've seen one pound bags of potato chips for two or three dollars.

Even at Kroger, some of the organic items are comprable in price to the non-organic. I got some canned mushrooms, organic, for the same price as the non-organic Kroger brand. I buy canned beans; The Kroger brand organic is the same price ($.79 a can) as the Kroger brand non-organic.

Trader Joe's prices are very cheap and comprable to store brands of other stores, but with better quality and often organic food. I buy my tofu there for $.99 a block. They have all-natural granola and fruit and grain bars for under $2. Yeah, Quaker and Nutri-Grain claim to be healthy, but they're loaded with things like partially hydrogenated oil (I don't think I've ever seen that on a container at Trader Joe's) corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, artificial flavorings.... And they want me to feed this junk to my kids, under the guise that it's healthy. And they're more expensive than TJ's.

Save-A-Lot and Aldi can be cheap, too, but they don't have much that I would consider healthy. I buy canned tomato sauce there. (I just found the Hunt's sodium-free there for $.35 a can, $.15 more a can than the Save-A-Lot brand, but I don't need the extra sodium.) I also discovered that they had lentils and dried pinto beans. I've never dealt with dried pinto beans, but the lentils were less than $.50 a bag, much cheaper than what I pay at Kroger.

Yes, you might have to shop around a bit and compare prices, but once you know what you're doing, it's not so bad. And we do pay a bit more for some things, but it kinda evens out (and we still might come up ahead) with the cheaper things we buy.

I hope my rambling has helped.

PS: Some of the changes I have made, like trying to go completely corn syrup free I've done more for my baby (I'm six months pregnant) than for me. I did eat very healthy to begin with, and I think it has helped overall. Thus far, I've only gained about 20 pounds and my friends (most of whom are not only done with having kids, but are also out of the house) are still in amazement that I'm hardly showing. Just in the past couple of weeks I've gotten comments that I'm "finally" showing. Eh. This kid is healthy I've no doubt about that.

Again, I hope I've helped.