new, need advice.

angelb1983

This is the weight watchers list for "simple start"plan. Is this a good place to start? I, actually think the only thing I would change is maybe instead of fat free products, eating the full fat version and counting the calories. I looked on pinterest for ideas, but all of this seems to be so overwhelming. I wish there was a place I could find information that would dumb it down a bit, and get some recipes that actually taste good.

angelb1983

Weight Watchers Power Foods Plus
fruits
All fresh, frozen, or canned
without added sugar
Fruit canned in its own juice (drained)
Fruit salad—mixed fruits with no added sugar
vegetables
Most fresh, frozen, or canned
without added sugar or oil—whether or not it has a PointsPlus value per serving
Potatoes—white, red, sweet
fat-free dairy &
dairy substitutes
Fat-free cheeses, including fat-free cottage cheese
Fat-free milk and beverages made with fat-free milk— such as cappuccino or latte, as long as it’s sugar-free
Fat-free yogurt, plain or flavored with artificial sweetener
Fat-free sour cream
Unflavored fat-free soy cheese
Unflavored soy milk and soy yogurt
seasonings
& condiments
Baking powder
Baking soda
Capers
Cocktail sauce
Extracts
Fat-free margarine
Fat-free mayonnaise
Fat-free salad dressings
Flavorings
Garlic
Herbs
Hot sauce (pepper sauce)
Ketchup
Lemon juice
Lime juice
Mustard
Nonstick cooking or baking spray
Salsa (fat-free) Shallots
Soy sauce (shoyu) Spices
Steak sauce
Sugar substitutes Taco sauce
Teriyaki sauce Vinegar Worcestershire sauce
healthy oils
olive canola safflower sunflower flaxseed
Note: Include 2 tsp per day, total.
lean proteins
Beans, dried and canned, including cannellini, kidney, refried, and white
Beef, chicken, lamb, pork, turkey, veal: lean, trimmed, all skin removed
Dried peas, including black-eyed peas and split peas
Eggs: whole, whites, and egg substitute
Game meats, including buffalo, ostrich, and venison
Lentils
Meat substitutes, including tofu and vegetarian burgers with2gfatorless
Most fish and shellfish:
fresh, frozen, and canned in water
Organ meats from beef, lamb, pork, and veal
whole grains
Brown and wild rices
Hot cereals, cooked—without added sugar, dried fruits, or nuts: 100% bran, cream of rice, cream of wheat, grits, oatmeal
Pasta, whole-wheat or other whole-grain varieties
Popcorn, as long as it’s plain air-popped, plain or light microwave-popped, or 94% fat-free microwave-popped
Whole-grain, ready-to-eat cereals—without added sugar, dried fruits, or nuts, and with 4 g fiber or more per serving
Whole grains, such as barley, buckwheat, bulgur, cornmeal (polenta), whole-wheat couscous, or quinoa
plus more
Included breads:
(Whole grains make the best choices)
Light English muffins
Light hot dog and hamburger rolls
Reduced-calorie (light) breads or rolls, and thin sandwich bread
Included soups:
Broth, onion, and some broth- and tomato-based vegetable soups
Included desserts:
Sugar-free gelatin
What doesn’t
count:
Dried fruits, juices (neither fruit nor vegetable), fruits or vegetables prepared with ingredients that are not Weight Watchers Power Foods, avocados, French fries, olives, plantains, pickled vegetables, canned fish or shellfish packed in oil,
meats or fish with breading or added fat, processed meats (such as hot dogs).
it’s built from Power Foods
simple start

Sabine_Stroehm

Is that a good place to start for eating "clean" you mean? There's a lot of heavily processed foods in that list. Am I misunderstanding?

ortega1990

Usually fat-free means that it's either full of chemicals or sugar. Margarine is definitely not a clean food... it's hardly food - it's one molecule away from being plastic! Stick to whole foods: vegetables, fruits, proteins in their natural state. Shop the supermarket perimeters more that aisles.

Read labels and avoid foods with ingredients that you can't pronounce or foods with a long list of ingredients.

Oils - canola, "vegetable," corn oils are all GMOs - avoid them, they are definitely not a "healthy" oil! Stick with olive oil, butter, coconut oil, ghee, avocado oil. I also stay away from soy products - the reason being is that soy promotes estrogen production in our bodies and results in too much estrogen which leads to other health problems.

It's not as complicated as you may think, just think whole, natural foods and avoid sugars and grains.

mellyo77

I agree with the above, watch the amount of processed foods. Foods labeled as fat free or sugar free have chemicals to replace the fat and sugar. Eat foods as close to their natural state with little human intervention (until you prep them of course)