Since we've adapted the Southbeach Diet lifestyle we've really changed our eating habits. It's been 2 years and I can't imagine going back to eating white bread or rice. They have such empty carbs and in 20 min you are hungry again. We use all wheat pasta, bread, hamburger buns, brown rice instead of white. We lost 18 pounds, lowered our blood pressure about 20 points on top and 15 on the bottom and lowered our cholesterol just by cutting out most of the junk. Sure we splurge every so often but for the most part we stick pretty close to the diet.
We bought a pop corn popper so we can control the amount of butter and salt that you can't control with microwave popcorn.
We have peanuts, cashews, cheese sticks, cottage cheese with tomato and cucumbers, whole wheat pitas filled to the rim with vegetables like sprouts and avacado, reduced fat wheat thins with smoked gouda, grilled veggie stir fry that you can just reheat, pria snack bars, we also do protein shakes with skim milk, but the thing that seems to help us the most is drinking more water. We also found that if we exercise at night around 4 or 5 at the gym we are less likely to feel like snacking after the kids go to bed.
Good for you for wanting to eat healthier. After your body adjusts it will get easier!
Because of medical reasons I can't eat fruit or yogurt. Does anyone have any ideas for healthy food to snack on between meals?
I'll buy carrots instead of broccoli since I'm not that fond of them.
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