myd said:
eating chicken breast and eggs and I just started recently.
My diet is very strickt, no wheat, no fat, no oeatmeal, no avocado, no nuts, no peas, no carrots..
I don't know what to cook. I do't know how to eat the food, I made my chicken very dried out, so baaad. Spinach after 2 bowl..I had to make it on a little canola oil and onion for taste. I am kinda OK with deli chicken and turkey breast and fatfree cottage/ricotta cheese.
Do you have any recipe to make-up my diet..?
Thanks a lot
Right - I'm not clear on if you just don't like these foods, are allergic or can't eat them for some reason or just have an aversion to the fat or carb nature of them? I think you might want to spend a little time looking at a bunch of different recipes & ideas to see what sounds good & what doesn't. Some suggestions for reading material:
- Its Flavor Time sticky on the diet board
- The Recipe Sticky on the women's board
If you have access to these books:
- Bill Phillips' "Body for Life" -- the diet provides GUIDELINES, i.e. a selection of food options as opposed to just a list of meals to eat. This lets you go thru and see what you like & what you don't so you have options.
- The "South Beach Diet" book -- you can follow the diet or not, but the recipes I found to be really great. Lots of variety and designed to fit into the "clean" diet with some creative substitutes for heavier foods, creams, seasonings, etc.
You also mentioned fat-free / sugar free ricotta cheese -- here's another thing - again I'm not sure if its the texture may you don't like or you don't want to eat the "real" stuff that has the fats & sugars in it -- one thing about many of the fat-free & sugar-free foods is that they first, taste like spackle, and they are more processed and probably rely more heavily on processed carbs in some way to arrive at a "fat-free" state. You are better off using the real stuff sparingly (as fats are good in a diet -- and you do need a fat source here) than relying on those processed things.
Fats - there is one option here in that you can use Udo's Choice or a flax seed oil or somethign like that for a fat source if you don't like nuts, etc.
And a last comment, again not knowing you don't like these foods or can't eat them -- if you just don't like them, part of a healthy lifestyle is exploring new options -- trust me - I used to detest oatmeal & peanut butter, rarely ate more than 1 steak in any given year. These are now among the staples of my diet. It doesn't hurt to try things & see what other ways you can do the diet thing. Some of it is definitely all about developing a taste for things, but over time you start to develop a taste for really good quality, clean & simple foods. Sometimes there is nothing more fantastic than a hunk of top round steak w/ a little salt & pepper on my grill w/ a spinach salad. My cravings are REAL simple these days. And its nice that way!