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Share your healthier for 2019 ideas

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Todayillbebetter · 25/12/2018 20:03

I need to lose weight and focus on my health. I'm looking forward to it! What ideas do you have or are planning to start in the new year to see a healthier you?
For me, I've lost the eating/ cooking fresh veggies. I'm going to lower the sugary starchy carbs and focus on variety of veggies and fruit. I will really push the walking every evening with my dog (have subscribed to audible to make it interesting) and will not be eating chocolate or cake/ biscuits at all.

I drink a lot of coffee....not sure what to do about this though Confused

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Rainbowsandrascals · 29/12/2018 11:03

FATE and anyone else.....would you be willing to share some meal plans / ideas please? I’m desperately trying to avoid jumping on the Weight Watchers/ Slimming World bandwagon. I’ve done both before but feel I should be able to do this without joining a club and I want it to be a long term change.
Thanks 😁

FATEdestiny · 30/12/2018 10:39

I'm a creature of habit and my lunchtime meal is usually the same:

1/2 can of chickpeas, blitzed up to make a dip
2 whole peppers, sliced
3 whole celery slices, halved

This is around 250 calories and 7 portion of vegetables, according to the NHS 5 a day portion sizes. Sometimes I add stuff to the chickpeas - tuna and sweet corn, beetroot, cooked spinach or other leftover cooked veg.

I don't tend to eat breakfast. I tend to be thirsty in the morning rather than hungry. So I'll have a litre or two of water and several coffees through the morning.

Dinners, I have 4 children so they tend to be family meal type things. But I always cook from scratch. We eat a lot of "meat and 3 veg" type meals. Just with joints, steaks, chops, fish or whatever and steamed veg.

Also things like spag bol (peppers, onion, chopped tomatoes, tomatoes puree - all blitzed to smooth because my children are mardy about "bits", then add mince and grated carrot). DH and I just have bolognese sauce without the pasta.

I often do a BBQ chicken (3 peppers, passata, tom puree, chicken stock, whizzed to smooth, then add worstershire sauce, soya sauce, chicken and any green veg to hand) serve with rice or a side of vegetables.

We all like quorn, its great low fat protein. So I do at least 1 vegetarian meal a week.

HTH

Rainbowsandrascals · 31/12/2018 10:00

Thanks - great ideas.

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ILiveInSalemsLot · 31/12/2018 10:13

I’m going to eat 6 portions of fruit and veg a day (2 fruit, 4 veg)
I’m hoping that will keep me from reaching for the junk.

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