eat healthier

My friend gave me a meal minder book to keep track of everything I’m eating and count nutrition values. My nutrition values seem odd because I’m eating a lot less calories than I’m ment to but I eat more fat than reccomended. Very strange.

I have a friend who has recently lost alot of weight by working out everyday and eating right. She also has an 18 month old baby that she has eating a healthy diet. This baby loves raw veggies, tofu, and soy milk as well as meat products, dairy, and grains. She has never fed the baby any sweets. Most people may wonder why you wouldn’t let your child indulge in a bit of candy or cookies here and there. I find this inspirational because her baby is going to grow up healthy and well balanced with less chance of diseases and illness.

I am now overweight because I wasn’t taught about a healthy diet. I was a great runner about 10 years ago but lost my motivation. Nobody taught me how to eat right even when I was a runner. Now it’s come to haunt me. Both of my parents are overweight as well as my brother. I am trying hard not to blame them but that is why there is an epidemic of overweight and obese children. The parents aren’t letting their kids discover healthy foods that they may like and would rather mindlessly grab some McDonalds or throw a frozen pizza in the oven. I find that if I change to a healthy diet now, I am able to instill what is good into my future children’s minds.

well, i’ve noticed that my diet isn’t that bad but i do need to cut down on portion sizes. i just eat way too much. i started incorporating soy milk and tofu to my diet but i don’t plan on becoming a vegetarian. the tofu is for lunch which i make a healthy version of a quesadilla with my george foreman grill (love that thing by the way). soy milk for hot cocoa, in which cocoa really isn’t that fattening when you mix the right stuff with it. i have cut my meat portions down to the size of my palm and fill half my plate with veggies. with some exercise, we’ll see what happens.