Originally Posted by 3cannondales
Easy substitutions: whole wheat breads instead of white flour. Once you try it, you'll realize how tasteless and textureless white bread is. Same with brown rice and white rice.
Instead of beef and pork, use turkey, chicken and fish as your protein sources.
Instead of eggs, substitute egg whites - all the protein - NONE of the fat.
Cut back on any of the greasy foods. If the fat solidifies when it's chilled (unless it's olive oil) it's not good.
Some veggies can be worked into your diet without trying. Add some spinach into anything and everything - egg dishes, tomato dishes, pasta, whatever - it cooks down to nothing and adds a ton of nutrients. Add zucchini to pasta sauce too. Eggplant too.
That's the stuff I was looking for! I'll try the wheat bread - I've done it before and it isn't my preference, but I can tolerate it and see if I start to like it. No problem with turkey, chicken, and fish as I like them all, just less convenient to get (I don't cook).
I can do egg white omelets at the restaurant, though I usually get two eggs over medium.
Good point out spinach, though I don't know about zucchini or eggplant. Never liked those things as separate dishes. We'll see.
Thanks.
On the other post concerning the salt in canned chili - good point, but as I said, I don't cook, but maybe I can find some low salt versions. I used to use a lot more salt than I do now so I've made some adjustments there so maybe I'll like the lower salt versions.