Been a year for me and the Mrs and we are doing ok but I will say the Christmas season wreaked havoc on my diet. I have gained a few lbs, up to 206 but will get it off. Darn sugar is so addictive and destructive. My hand pain came back, though not as bad and is subsiding, and thankfully, no knee pain. You could literally see the swelling in my wife's hands and also on her heels. We were bad over the holidays.
One thing we have learned is eating well takes some planning and that is something neither of us is good at. I do more of it then she does though she is the primary dinner cook.
We need some easy snack suggestions. Evening is our worst time. I'll eat some organic peanut butter and that satisfies me but would like some other suggestions for low carb, low sugar snacks.
And here is a suggestion for a dinner side dish that we eat a lot of. Quinoa, its pseudo grain that is high in protein and fiber, gluten free and not hateful as far as carbs go. It is often referred to as a rice substitute. It is easy to cook but is rather bland unless doctored up a bit. When we make it, my wife will make about a cup to cup and a half at a time. She will cut up a whole onion and 1/2 to a whole green pepper and just add it to pot with the quinoa. Salt and pepper to taste, a teaspoon of chicken bouillon and some poultry seasoning. Add twice the water as the amount of quinoa, bring to a boil and let simmer for 20 minutes. when done, stir in a little olive oil. We then put that on the plate as a bed and put chicken on top of it. Darn tasty and everything cooks pretty fast. I mam sure there are lots of other ways to prepare it, we just haven't gone further yet.
Ray, thanks for starting this thread as it has been added motivation for me to eat better. I am definitely seeing the results and we haven't taken it to the extreme. We are mainly trying to avoid sugar, carbs and processed foods.
No if I could only exercise regularly,.
https://www.livescience.com/50400-quinoa-nutrition-facts.html
