Food advice

Here's a healthy food tip:

Restaurant food is often rich and heavily seasoned. When eating out somewhere unhealthy, aim to eat about half your meal. Then, when you eat the other half at home, add a bunch of greens or other fresh veggies to it, heat, mix, and eat. You won't even notice the added health content probably, because the original sauce had so much salt, seasoning, and fat content. It actually tastes better to me this way, then I don't get sodiumed out. Also, your tasty meal goes further. I first got this idea at Scopa, where they often put a handful of fresh rocket on top of their pizzas. And when I buy kebabs or sandwiches for lunch now, I make sure I have a bag of mixed greens, a fresh avocado, etc that I supplement the food with. More and better bang for your buck!

The same philosophy can apply to desserts. If you supplement that brownie with an apple and some nuts, you'll probably eat half the amount of brownie you normally would have eaten, while getting the same chocolate joy. And the added joy of a less sickly heavy tummy. Experiment with increasing the time between mains and desserts to decrease the linkage between a full tummy and a sweet craving. Sweets are fun, but not when you HAVE to eat them at the end of any big meal. I notice I actually eat smaller quantities of dessert when I eat them by themselves, because my body is better at detecting sugar levels when I don't have a stomach cushioned by meat, fats and slower carbs.

That's all for now! I love not working!