Does the Diet Book Have Recipes?

What is the first thing you do when you pick up a new diet book? If you are like most people I have talked to, you check out the recipes. Does the diet book have a lot of recipes? Are they easy to follow? Are the ingredients familiar, inexpensive, easy to find, and items you like? Are your favorite types of dishes represented? If the answers are “no,” then you move on.

Recipes are a common reason why a diet book is rejected. Another way to say this is that recipes are really just a common excuse for not starting or staying on a new diet. Everyone seems to want recipes even though few use them in their day to day meal preparation. Aside from baking and special occasions, most of us can throw together a salad, sandwich, soup, or even a complete meal without a recipe. You may have a few recipes you pull out from time to time, but we usually just search the kitchen to determine what we can quickly make. The average person has a limited number of different meals they rotate on a regular basis and they don’t typically pull out recipes to make them.

Why do most think they need to use recipes when they start eating healthy? Why is it commonly assumed that lack of recipes is the problem that has caused weight gain? Or, that cooking with new recipes will fix the problem? With The Full Plate Diet™, you can throw the recipe excuse out the window. No special recipes are required in order to start getting results – today!

For long term successful change, you need to do what fits best into your lifestyle. If you cook with recipes all the time and are an avid cookbook collector, you can easily power-up your favorite recipes with more fiber foods. All whole plant foods contain fiber. If you don’t use recipes, you don’t have to start. Simply stock your kitchen with more fruits, vegetables, beans, and whole grains, and then add them to your typical meals. Put some berries on your cold cereal, canned beans in your chili, frozen vegetables in your tomato soup, whole wheat bread on your sandwich. Ever try kidney beans in spaghetti sauce or on a salad?

Start by eating more fiber foods you like and have readily available. For great ideas, check out the The Full Plate Diet™, or go to www.fullplatediet.org. You will be surprised how fast you can increase your fiber amounts and decrease your hunger.

Less hunger means you eat less…and you know what that will mean in your future.

 
The author submits this blog posting as a health educator and not in any other capacity. You should seek the advice of your physician regarding a personal health condition or before undertaking any diet, exercise, or other health program.