Healthy food

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I am working on making 'healthier' foods.

Mostly so far, so good.  Found a recipe for sheet pan burrito bowls that was quite good.
Also found a nice stir fry recipe.

This week is sloppy joes, bean salad with a vinaigrette mustard dressing.

But I am also making vegan chocolate pudding.  With tofu and almond milk.  Send help.  Now please...

[Dave's Not Here Man]

Timely af. She was advised to lose 5% of her weight in 6-8 months for non-alcoholic fatthy liver (only like 8 pounds) which they claim could reverse it.


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Anyway I weight in at 3.4.8. pounds at the dr the other day. So we both are going to have to make some changes about what we feed our pie holes.

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Sloppy Joes are good (https://sweetsavoryandsteph.com/quick-and-healthy-sloppy-joes/) - I had them on Schmidt's 647 rolls.
Bean salad is also good, but makes a shitton of salad! (https://inspiredtaste.net/46546/easy-bean-salad/)

Have not attempted vegan pudding yet - well do it this evening.

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I'm working with an online dietician, and we're focusing on 'healthy' rather than calories.

So not the old - eat less and work out more. It's more on the quality of what you eat, the quantity and the nutritional balance.

For example, adults over 60 are supposed to have an intake of 90g (!!!) of protein each day, and around 25-30g of fiber. Well Hell's Bells!

So we've been focusing a lot on the protein content of food, and foods that have natural protein (rather than using a supplement). It has been making a difference in how full I feel. Same thing with fiber (although for obvious reasons I had to work my way up slowly on that front!).

And we're also working on mindful eating, which is not what I thought it would be. Basically, before you start eating you ask yourself 'Is this what I want to eat?'. If the answer is yes, eat it. But about a 1/3 to 1/2 way through, pause and think for a second about what you're eating. Does it taste good? Is it satisfying? How full do you feel right now? If it doesn't taste good or isn't living up to expectations, then DON'T KEEP EATING IT!
Total opposite of what we're taught, isn't it? Vegetables are good for you, and even though this broccoli is gross, I should finish it. NOPE! Ask for something else, even if that something else is a burger. But then repeat the process - 'Why am I wanting a burger? Is this what I WANT to eat right now? Okay, good! Burger it is!'. And then 1/3 through stop and ask if it's really what you wanted.

Definitely a work in progress, but it has helped on more than one meal in terms of stopping from eating all of it. If that chicken recipe was blah, it was blah. No need to force the rest of it down your gullet, but a need to remember for next time not to make/order it.

Not easy, but hopefully worth it in the long run.

[Dave's Not Here Man]

Thats a far cry from the duct tape diet.

I can't overthink it just yet when I know there's a few very basic steps to get past first. One of them is wait for me in the fridge right now.

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The vegan pudding is actually pretty good. Only complaint I could make (which I make about any dish with this) is that it needs a little less cocoa powder. It just makes it a little too strong. Otherwise, it's good.

[Dave's Not Here Man]

Nope. I don't compromise when it comes to confections. Rather make it a treat once every month or two, right now going on three but seriously giving consideration to a trip to DQ as I type. The cocoa they use in their chocolate olive cream is jusssst right!

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It's a mix of chocolate chips and cocoa powder with a small amount of sugar. The cocoa power is more bittersweet, so next time, I plan on a little less cocoa powder. It calls for 3T of cocoa powder. Next time I'll use 2 and increase the chips some.