Over 60, Eat fresh and lose weight

jonmcardle
jonmcardle Posts: 3 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I was checking out some of the topics on MFP and saw so many people wanting information about meal plans. Those people must have way more money than I have to afford to have someone mail them food in a box with recipes inside. Stop wasting your money! Eat fresh and lose weight.

Michelin Star Chef Gordon Ramsey is famous for telling restaurateurs good food in NEVER frozen and frozen food is never very good. I would add, pre-packaged prepared foods are not good for you either.

I make two trips to the grocery store on my way home from work each week. This way I always have fresh ingredients to cook with. How do I know what I'm going to need to make meals? Well, I make my meal plans ahead of time. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are planned for every day of the week on Fridays. I make my weekly meal plans for the upcoming 8 days every Friday. Then I shop for those meals on my way home from work so I don't make any extra trips.

I'll tell you this, my family and I eat really well! We have restaurant quality food at home for a week and spend less than 25% of what it costs me to take the family to a steakhouse for one meal. We eat swordfish, yellow fin tuna, Turkey, chicken, soup(s), salad(s), omelets, frittatas, Poke, just about anything we want. The trick, I meal plan ahead, make it at home and save hundreds of dollars each month.

Try it. You'll eat better, feel better, lose weight with portion control, and save money. What more could you ask for.

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  • sollyn23l2
    sollyn23l2 Posts: 1,839 Member
    While I do all my own cooking, and I agree it's a great thing to do, it's a tall order for a lot of people. Especially for people who aren't used to it. I spend more time on it than I'd like to. I just refuse to pay the outlandish price for eating out, take away, or ready made meals.
  • Corina1143
    Corina1143 Posts: 4,076 Member
    edited 3:22AM
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  • claireychn074
    claireychn074 Posts: 1,727 Member
    Just got to disagree with one part of your post: frozen veg can actually have more nutrients than fresh. Frozen veg - like peas - is picked and frozen quickly, which locks in the vitamins. Fresh peas can be air freighted or hang around in shops for a week before being bought. Frozen veg is also often cheaper and is a great quick way to bulk out meals at home - if people are short on time, then frozen veg is quick to cook (no preparation needed).

    I live in a rural area. I don’t have time to do a round trip to get fresh veg twice a week, and besides, I grow a lot of my own fruit and veg and then freeze it.
  • StepNup27
    StepNup27 Posts: 1 Member
    I do alot of "fresh" cooking. I'm having trouble finding where do you search foods? Where do you search recipes in general? I found all the recipes listed by category, but I have not been basing my menu on that yet.

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