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I started working out again last night after a nine month hiatus. What can I say - I’m a lazy bee. 
Now what I’d like some help with, is suggestions for healthy meals and snacks that are easy and fast to prepare. I’ve always had a horrible diet and love instant foods like tv dinners, canned soup, ramen, etc. When I let myself get too hungry, I overeat or eat something unhealthy like the previously mentioned instant foods. So I’d like to have an arsenal of healthy snacks and easy to prepare meals on hand.
I tend to do best on diet/fitness regimens when I have a small variety of meal choices - like oatmeal for breakfast everyday, a sandwich for lunch, etc.
What do you eat in a typical day? And what are some of your favorite healthy meals and snacks? I’m headed to the market after working out tonight! 
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I love this recipe. It tastes amazing and it’s SUPER easy to make. Pretty healthy too?
I absolutely hate dieting! But I found that with small snacks all throughout the day, it’s a little bit more bearable.
my little diet tips are:
- the new yogurt cheerios in a baggie (dry snack)
- pria or luna bars
- lean cuisine pasta (better than TV dinners with the same amount of prep time!)
- replace ALL liquids with bottled water
- Ralphs ready-to-go salads (or any store bought salads) it makes preparing a salad a lot easier and it’s cheaper than those $11 salads at restaurants!
- pistachios are my FAVORITE!
I cheat every now & then with a cookie or else it will drive me crazy. I also found that if I only brought certain foods to work, I’d be SO hungry that I’d eat it out of desperation. Wow I sound like a wild animal!
Some great ideas for snacks are rice cakes or an apple or banana with a bit of natural peanut butter on them.
Do you like organic foods? There is a great company in Canada (and in the US I think) call Spud and they deliver organic or regular / healthy groceries right to your door.
Their website http://www.spud.ca has a whole recipes section where you can look up the recipe and it will tell you exactly what you need to order. Here is the link:
https://www.spud.ca/index.cfm?action=logout&pg=re
Also, if you’re going to be doing any weight training, you’ll need to be eating (or drinking) a decent amount of protein which will help build muscle. There are lots of websites that have ideas for how to get the right amount of protein but I find the easiest way is to bring along a meal replacement shake with equal grams of protein and carbs or just a protein shake along with a piece of fruit if you know you’ll be out somewhere and don’t have time to stop for food or don’t want to eat something unhealthy.
Good luck! I took some time off working out too and am really excited about getting back into it again with renewed committment!
Nuts are a good choice- almonds are definitely my favorite! Yogurt is good (esp. when you freeze it… mmmm…) I just had a tofu steak for lunch today with some couscous (good way to replace white rice because it fills you up, but its healthier alternative). And yes… WATER, WATER, WATER… so important! Don’t forget to treat yourself with a lil sweet snack once in awhile 
I love convenience food for work…I eat oatmeal, slimfast shakes with twice the milk, and slimfast chewy peanut butter bars for breakfast.
Another really low cal easy thing is an egg on an english muffin. You can add cheese or a slice of ham, but I don’t even think it’s necessary. I love to have an egg over easy on an english muffin, only about 170 cals! Good snack.
I love tuna from a can, too (if you’re going to have a baby, watch your intake).
A homemade pizza muffin is good for you too…expecially if you use whole wheat/multigrain muffins, and a low fat cheese.
Triscuits are a healthier choice than other crackers.
I have to eat every 3 hours or else I get cranky and irritable.
I also can’t stick to any food regimen, but I work out religiously. I need to get at least 30 minutes of cardio/weight training to cut some calories. As for food, I eat small portions - 8-10 bites for meals is good and fills me up. No sodas, I only drink H20, OJ, and 2% organic milk.
-turkey sandwiches is good for lunch - no mayo just mustard and lots of veggies.
-chocolate addict - dark chocolate is needed at 3pm everday but only a couple of bites.
-bake salmon or fish with salt and pepper sprinkled on top with lemon juice and onions in the oven for 15 paired with steam broccoli - super easy and convenient instead of any tv dinner. I don’t eat any tv dinners, anything in a box is usually not very healthy - at least not compared to fresh veg and fruits.
-I love Mueslix cereal - the best cereal and has tons of fiber and less sugar compared to other cereals on the shelf and it has flavor too!
-green apples and peanut butter - so good.
remember while food shopping to go on a full stomach and not an empty one. You tend to over shop and end up buying comfort foods.
Good luck!
Yogurt, unsalted or lightly salted nuts, pretzels, South Beach 100 calorie bars, Laughing Cow cheese wedges, bottles and bottles of Poland Spring water from Costco, clementines (they’re easy to peel unlike oranges), bananas (I eat half for breakfast and half for a mid-morning snack), celery sticks with peanut butter…yummy
i eat regular meals [the fatty the better] so i won’t be much help on that end, but as far as snacks, i bring fruit [apples, bananas, clementines/tangerines] to work and also keep snacky items like granola or those peanut butter crackers in my desk. as well as oatmeal and those mini bags of popcorn.
i also started drinking water too, that helps fill me up as well. i’m horrible about that so if i drink one bottle it’s quite the accomplishment!
whole wheat english muffins or bread with hummus… the hummus makes the REAL whole wheat bread not so cardboardy! haha. Silk chocolate soy milk. kashi frozen meals. lean cuisine spa frozen meals. dried fruits & nuts.. but i buy the ones i like and mix them myself. TJ’s frosted maple and brown sugar shredded wheat cereal. great for snacking also.
Check your bread’s fiber content - each slice should have at least 2 grams. No white bread!
Baby carrots are good crunchy snacks. Dried mango satisfies my sweet tooth.
Breakfast:
option 1-bowl of oatmeal (plain oatmeal) and raisins
option 2-kash go lean crunch cereal with non fat milk
snack with breakfast-banana
Lunch:
option 1- half a chicken breast with mixed greens topped with salsa (maybe a little non fat sour cream too)
option 2- tuna sandwich (no mayo in tuna just mustard, salt, pepper, celery) on wheat bread
Dinner:
option 1 -whatever I feel like eating
option 2 - salmon cakes, brown rice, steamed veggies
I usually hate hate eating healthy. The only time I am motiviated to eat healthy is if I exercise. If I exercise I feel way to guilty to eat super fattening stuff because I worked my bootie off burning such few calories
It’s the only motivation I have for eating healthy, exercising.
have you tried Spark People? Seriously it has been my salvation. Lots of good articles and recipes.
If you’re serious about a diet/fitness regimen, I strongly recommend you check out SparkPeople! The website is http://www.sparkpeople.com and it’s a website with a ton of resources such as personalized meal plans, personalized fitness plans, calorie tracking, recipes, message boards, informative articles and more. It’s basically what I would expect from Weight Watchers or Jenny Craig but it’s free and has been super helpful to me since I started trying to lose weight for the wedding.
If you decide to sign up please use my username SMARTL as a referrer! (I dont’ get paid for that or anything, just get extra SparkPoints which are a fun way of keeping track of your progress and activity on the site)
In answer to your question though, I’ve been eating things like rice cakes, lots of fruit, 100-calorie packs of Oreo thins, low fat string cheese (1 serving is only 60 calories!), peanut butter and raisins on celery, nonfat fruit yogurt, Thai green vegetable curry with brown rice, vegetable based soups, salads, and pasta with tomato sauces and I add lots of my own veggies. Hope this gives you some good ideas!
edamame from trader joe makes a great snack! low fat, plenty of fiber, and takes just minutes to boil
A really easy meal-ish item(not really a balanced meal ) that actually provides good leftovers is this:
1-2 cups rice–I like brown basmati, but a couple of boxes of Rice-a-roni works just as well
Can of water chestnuts
Jar of marinated artichoke hearts
2-3 tablespoons of curry powder(depending on how much you like!)
Cook the rice as usual. Chop the water chestnuts and artichoke hearts and add to rice. Add curry to mixture and use artichoke liquid to dissolve curry(depending on how dry your cooked rice is).
So easy and really really tasty. I usually don’t like competing textures in my food because I’m a weirdo, but I love the crunch of the water chestnuts in this! You also could throw pretty much any kind of vegetable you like in this, though the beauty of using canned/jarred veggies is the convenience of having them right on hand for those days when there is nothing in the house. Which happens too often to me, boo.
if you ever watch ellen, she has been posting her diet and exercise regiments on her website: ellentv.com. she’s been training with bob from biggest loser and her site has excellent suggestions for snacks and meal options.
I have to have my snacks to get by throughout the day. I try to have Special K with strawberries for breakfast with low fat milk. I like to snack on fruits, apples, bananas and something easy to peel like mandarins. I like stone wheat crackers, hummus and torillas from trader joes. Carrots are good too. Brown rice is also healthier for you than white rice. water is really good for you but sometimes i want some flavor so i get juice.
popcorn is my life saver. I have bagged low fat popcorn, but I also recently got an airpopper so I can regulate the butter, salt, etc.
A bunch of popcorn with water is very filling!
When I’m really craving something sweet but don’t want to succumb to the jelly beans and fruit roll-ups that I love, I throw some ice in the blender with apple juice, frozen peaches, mangos and berrys. I make it to a soft sorbet consistancy. So Yum. So Sweet, so healthy and non-fattening, and because it’s cold you eat it slow and then are not hungry afterwards.
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Mrs. Bee, New York Age and Occupation: 29, Weddingbee Publisher Fiance's Age and Occupation: 33, Internet Engagement Date: May 7, 2004 Wedding Date: March 5, 2005 Venue: Westside Loft, New York About Me: Yes, my name really is Bee! I love my blogging, wikis, and tabasco sauce!
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