I Need Help With Eating Healthier. Help ?!

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Even though you mentioned you don't want to go "all out" on the meats, remember this: You can always buy in bulk from Coscto for example and freeze a lot of the chicken and meats.

Your staple of food should include chicken breasts, turkey breasts, eggs, egg whites, tuna, tons of green vegetables, fish and some fruit (limit fruit intake b/c it does contain sugar). You want to eliminate as much processed crap as possible. It's okay to have a few protein bars (processed) b/c I don't see that as a major problem. If you stick to these foods and eat decent portions along with working out, you'll be fine.

Try and also stay away from the white flour products (pasta, white bread etc). Stick to whole wheat. White causes your insulin to spike, which promotes fat storage.

For breakfast, healthy cereal(oats) with milk or low fat yoghurt.
lunch..maybe a cabbage or celery soup :) There are a lot of different recepies around the web.

Snacks: Avocado, Red/green pepper, carrot, tomato, persimmon, pear, apple and so on. (I do not recommend bananas though)

Dinner: Brown rice with soy sauce/curry (and meat, if you dont want to eat like a vegetarian)

Drink water, no soda/juice or whatever!

You should maybe keep track of what you usually eat (write down in a note book) and then see what
(unhealthy) foods you dont need to eat.

btw.this website MIGHT be interesting for you http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-200-calories-look-like.htm

I hope this answer helped you a little! I understand how you feel with your family eating unhealthy foods like that, I also have that "problem" .. >.<

research+own experiences

I just blogged about this actually! Check it out!
www.thehealthywife.com
good luck, and I hope my blog will be a good tool for eating healthier!