Easy Weight Loss RecipesHealthy Recipes For Weight LossWeight loss recipes come in many shapes and sizes. The most important thing to remember when losing weight is eating the whole food over the packaged product; and choosing the low fat substitutes found in whole foods over the synthetic low fat foods, like margarine. Refined sugars and carbohydrates should be avoided in your weight loss recipes. Let’s take a closer look. Plant Fat vs. Animal FatWhere do fats come from? Either plants or animals, right? Plant oils (raw) will be much better for your health than animal fats. Besides that, they will be lower in fat and help you in losing weight.Look for recipes that don’t use red meat, or substitute turkey or fish for recipes that call for red meat. Turkey and fish are both quite lean and also good for your health. Rather than eat a sirloin steak you should eat an avocado in your salad with olive oil and vinegar dressing. And then for your entrée have a brown rice stir-fry with your favorite vegetables, add nuts for added protein. If you are a heavy meat eater, it doesn’t mean you can’t eat meat, but that you choose a leaner cut. Make chili with ground turkey instead of ground meat. Have turkey burgers instead of hamburgers? You get the point.
Refined sugars vs. Natural SugarsWhite and brown sugars you buy from the store are refined. Refined means processed, which means it is a manmade substance. It says “pure sugar” in bold letters on the package to make people think it is natural. But it is far from being pure and natural.Pure, natural sugar is what you get from fruits and what is created in nature, such as bee’s honey and maple syrup, both of which are excellent substitutes for refined sugar. An herb called Stevia, which grows in the North Carolina Mountains is also supposed to be healthy eating. Look for weight loss recipes that don’t use refined sugars and learn to substitute raw bee’s honey, date juice, Stevia, and maple syrup for sugar in your sweet recipes.
Weight Loss Recipes Using Whole FoodsI know it is easy to open a “low fat” pasta dinner from the freezer, or microwave a “no cholesterol” Jimmy Dean sausage biscuit from the freezer, or pop a couple of frozen waffles in the toaster.But if you are trying to lose weight, eating this way will mess up your body’s natural hormone levels and metabolism, and actually make you gain weight. That’s because these frozen meals are not providing your body with what it needs to be healthy. Ironically, the healthier we eat, the more weight we take off and the better we feel. Many cookbooks now a days use refined sugars, white flour and food replacements that aren’t food in their recipes. If you are serious about losing weight then you need to look for recipes that are prepared using the whole foods that our body needs for nourishment. Otherwise our weight loss program will be counter-productive. There are many cookbooks that do offer weight loss recipes that use whole, natural ingredients for preparing wholesome meals.
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