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Eat Clean Train Dirty

schakiiiii
schakiiiii Posts: 39 Member
edited January 29 in Food and Nutrition
I am really trying to get into not just working out but eating healthy! I dont know many good recipes and was hoping you guys had some good ones to share. I recently switched to Coconut oil for cooking and started using less seasoning on my meats and fish. I also snack more often and take protein shakes every other day. My problem is that if i dont know enough different ways to cook things i dont want to get tired of eating healthy. Help??

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  • Yeller_Sensation
    Yeller_Sensation Posts: 373 Member
    Tons of recipes in the Recipes section of the message boards: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/14-recipes
  • schakiiiii
    schakiiiii Posts: 39 Member
    :blushing: Thanks sorry I'm new!! I should of seen that! <3
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Just get a couple good cook books or look up recipes on-line; if you can read, you can cook and it just takes some experimentation. "healthy" doesn't necessarily mean what people think it means. "healthy" is getting your proper nutrition...which means getting your requisite protein, essential fats, and vitamins and minerals from your food.

    There is nothing magical about switching to coconut oil.. It's good stuff, but the vast majority of it's "magical" properties are just overhyped bull ****. Don't get me wrong, I use it...I enjoy it...but in the end, it's still fat and I have to have a balanced diet and meet my macro goals...so sometimes coconut oil just doesn't fit my macros depending on what else I've eaten during the day. Olive oil is also a very nutritional oil to use as it is high on monounsaturated fats. I also like butter...nothing wrong with that either.

    For "nutrition" and "healthy eating" you want to focus on nutritionally dense, primarily whole foods. Again, adequate protein intake...roughly 0.83 grams per Lb of body weight (or 1 gram per Lb of LBM)....0.35 - .4 grams of fat per Lb of body weight and round out the rest with carbs...get plenty of fruit and veg and some whole grains.
  • schakiiiii
    schakiiiii Posts: 39 Member
    Thanks that doesnt sound to hard to do. and I also use olive oil but im glad you cleared it up for me. Lets hope my motivation gets me to my goal.
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