"Cheryl" > wrote in message
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>I read about foods that are healthy but most don't appeal to me. How do
>you change what tastes good? How do you adjust? Serious question.

Start small, don't go gung ho, even if it's just one meal a week you try to
make healthier. One meal becomes two. One bite of vegetable is better than
no bites of vegetables. Start by incorporating healthy foods that you know
you already like. Make a list if you have to -- out of sight, out of mind.
If it's the same vegetable for every meal, so be it. Fresh fruits and
veggies taste the best and look the best (I find I have more food
"reverence" for them), but I don't shun canned. Learn to love your spice
and herb cupboard -- they make all the difference in the world! Experiment
to your heart's content. Think about putting lots of color in your meals,
generally through the addition of vegetables (use colored peppers instead of
just green, etc). Visually appealing foods tend to taste better. Don't be
afraid to add fruit into cooked dishes, either. Try the old fashioned sneak
approach: think about vegetables you can sneak into a dish or casserole to
healthify it up a little. I focus more on portion control than content, and
I don't use food substitutes (fake butter, fake sugars) or "low fat/low cal"
products. I've lost 100 pounds and kept it off for several years now.
Eventually, you'll find that the healthier you get, the more your body will
crave these healthy foods over less healthy ones. And now that you've quit
smoking, you'll be amazed at how much better healthy foods taste as well (or
so I've been told).

Jinx