Cooking yourself thin is
easier than you think. When you cook, you have complete control over
what you put into your body. Let's be honest, though, cooking comes
in various forms. If you cook with fattening ingredients, such as
butter and sugar, you will not cook yourself thin. You will
cook yourself fat. If you cook with healthy ingredients, then you
will lose the weight you want to lose.
So cooking yourself thin
means cooking with fresh foods and foods that are low in fat. This
means fruits and vegetables, low fat meats and low fat dairy
products. Don't worry! You will learn to love eating
healthily. You will not only lose weight and feel great, your counts
(cholesterol, blood glucose and others) will decrease.
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How to Start?
First,
stop eating junk food, meaning cookies, cakes, chips, candy, pretzels and
all other processed foods, and stop eating at fast food
restaurants. The food is not healthy and will contribute
to making you fat. Stop eating cane sugar (use locally grown raw
honey instead). Here is a rule of thumb: if the cavemen and
cavewomen did not eat it, then you do not eat it. Simple, yes?
And stop drinking soda and pop.
Other foods to avoid:
boxed cereals, butter, sugar (see below), bread, instant dinners (full of
preservatives), potatoes (full of starch), eggs (high cholesterol),
condiments (jelly, etc.), rice, noodles, pasta, cheese
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So what do you eat now that
you only eat healthy foods? Here is a list of foods to eat. If
you eat these, and only these, you will lose weight.
Fruits: oranges,
bananas, apples, cherries and lots and lots of berries (strawberries,
blueberries, blackberries, raspberries). Avoid grapes and watermelon
as they raise glucose levels.
Vegetables: black
olives, red bell peppers, avocados (limited as they are full of fat),
onions, broccoli, asparagus, zucchini. Cooked vegetables should be
steamed, not fried or stir fried. If you have to stir fry them, use
olive oil, not butter.
Meats: grilled
chicken, lean hamburger (4% fat content), lean pork chops, fish (cold
water, including sardines and herring)
Drinks: non-fat milk,
green tea, pomegranate juice, water (not flavored water)
Other: oatmeal (the
real thing, not instant), walnuts, pecans, pistachios, sesame seeds,
sunflower seeds, yogurt (plain, not the kind with fruit), locally grown
honey (will also cure allergies - trust me), cinnamon
A Sample Menu for Cooking
Yourself Thin
Breakfast
Oatmeal, low-fat milk,
fruit
Lunch
Salad with grilled
chicken
Dinner
Lean pork chop or chicken
or fish, vegetables (raw is best)
Desert:
Plain yogurt, raw,
locally grown honey, bananas or berries, cinnamon
Snacks
Nuts, veggie slices
It will take some will
power, but if you follow these guidelines, then you will lose weight and
get healthy. Yes, it is possible to cook yourself thin!
