Tools for healthy eating

Salt and vinegar chips...my downfall

So after completing four weeks of outdoor boot camp I have come to the following conclusion – if I want to see better results I need to start improving my nutrition which for me means cutting out things like the daily glasses of red wine and the occasional salt and vinegar binges. This doesn’t mean that I didn’t see good results at last night’s weigh-in and measurement taking, but as a Type-A personality I know I can do better. But more on that in another entry! I must say though that the 2 inches I have lost off my behind are impressive!

What to do?

Every four months or so I write down new goals for myself – tend to fall under the belief that if you write things down they have a better chance of coming true. So, this week I have drawn up the new career, personal and health goals. One of the health-related goals is this:

“I commit to healthier eating and 85% of the time I will avoid the foods that are bad for me.”

Yes, I’m giving myself a 15% cheater’s allowance – I know myself enough to not say I will never have a glass of red wine again or another salt and vinegar chip. This is just not realistic.

One of the ways that I intend to eat better is to increase the amount of times per week I cook at home. Maybe I have forgotten to mention that I am queen of delivery (coming home most nights after 8 p.m. is not helping). The delivery options I choose may be somewhat healthy but I have a funny feeling I may be better off cooking at home.

To help me avoid the lure of delivery and eat healthy I have found two new tools that will be helping me with my goals (actually three if I start making the daily Booty Camp recipes they send me!):

• The Greenbeltfresh blog has some great local recipes in it and since I’m into eating more locally I’ll be subscribing to this blog to give me some inspiration.

• Supercook, I feel, could be the saviour I was looking for. I found out about this website via the Globe and Mail and it is absolutely genius. You type in the ingredients you actually have at home and it suggest recipes for you. How great is this? This website may be the solution to “I have nothing at home” whine.

Let the cooking and healthy eating begin!

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