Hi, this is Anita from the Reluctant Low Carb Life
You know, one of the main things that you see that we talk about with the Reluctant Low Carb Life is about eating fresh foods
We are advocates for eating fresh foods. And if you're just starting out new to this and you've been eating multi-processed foods for a while
there's a couple things we want to talk about some tips. In fact, we have 20 tips to get started with eating fresh foods
One is to shop fresh foods. You know, when you go to the grocery store
shop around the outside of the aisle as much as possible and not in the center
because it's usually around the outside, the fruits, the vegetables, the meats, the dairy
that you will find the least multi-processed foods. Shop at farmers markets
Get to know some of the farmers there. check out their produce, support your local farmers by going to the farmer's market
You're able to start to grow some of your own food or grow some of your own herbs in your house
You know, start with just a little bit or start to grow some of your own food. Learn to preserve can or process food
You know, I grew up with a mother who did a lot of canning. She did a lot of, you know, we did a lot of freezing
You know, learn to be able to do those things and make it part of your life
learn some of those old skills. Buy in bulk and freeze. You know, buy in bulk and put it in the freezer
Learn to cook. This is a really big one. If you're going to eat fresh foods, you need to learn to cook
I love YouTube. And one of the reasons why I love YouTube is you can learn so much there
There's so many of the different programs I watch. In fact, I become quite a fan for a lot of the cooking shows, and I watch a lot of the cooking shows, and I just like to see what they're doing with the cooking shows
But you can go on YouTube and you can find somebody showing you how to
to cook a variety of things everything from the basic you know to the more complicated You can find people showing you how to make a bunch of salad dressings to you know people showing you how to make a
you know, pot roast. It just depends upon you. So, you know, go and learn to cook. Pre-cook meals to
freeze the meals. Learn to pre-cook the meals and then freeze the meals. Plan your meals. I plan my
meals every week. I try to make a plan for it. I have, you know, things that I keep in the freezer that can be
reheat it up. So learn to plan your meals. Use a meal delivery service. If you really can't cook
you don't have time to cook, you don't want to cook. There's a lot of these fresh sort of meal
delivery services you can look at. And you choose one that's not using all type of processed foods
That's using fresh foods and use them to deliver to you. Keep a well-stock pantry. You know
keep the right things in the pantry, the whole grains, nuts and seeds and have things in your pantry
so that you won't be tempted to be able to eat junk food
that you'll have the things in the pantry that are healthy. Avoid processed foods, you know
especially when we're talking about multi-processed foods here. You know, foods that are, you know, high in sugar, high in salt
foods that are highly processed. Focus as much as you can on natural foods
Read labels. Learn to read labels. You know, it's really great if you can be able to read a label
and understand exactly what is in the food. food. Make smoothies. You know, we make, we make a lot of smoothies. It's hot here. So we, you know
I make a lot of smoothies, especially in the summertime. And sometimes the smoothie becomes a
treat. Make your own smoothies. Learn to make your own smoothies. You can go on to YouTube
in a lot of places, learn to make smoothies. Incorporate fresh herbs in your cooking. Snack on
fresh foods. You'll find things that you like to snack on that are fresh foods, carrot sticks
celery sticks, you know, apple slices, things like that, which are fresh foods. Learn to snack on those
Eat seasonally You know as much as you can learn to eat during the seasons When the seasons come learn to eat I love the fall because I love pumpkin You know so learn to eat for the seasons Don be afraid to try new foods Expand your horizons Try new foods
Try new recipes. Educate yourself. Learn about the benefits of different fresh foods and I contribute
you know, to your health. I love a lot of international foods. I'm a great fan of a lot of
international foods. I, you know, specifically I love Asian foods. You know, I'm a
I love Indian food. I love Thai food. I lived in Thailand for a while. I like good Chinese food. I'm talking about good Chinese food that kind of been done more in China. And I, of course, love Vietnamese food. Vietnamese food is, you know, always very fresh. It's a lot of fresh herbs, a lot of fresh vegetables in it. You know, so you learn to try other, some new foods. Get creative in the ingredients you use. Like try different flavor combinations
find things that work for you, things that you like. You know, going back about pumpkin
I mean, one of my favorite soups is a pumpkin soup. And, you know, we make it here using coconut milk
You know, so find things that you like, that the taste that you like for specific types of soups
And make this a lifestyle. Make it a lifestyle for you. Not just something you do, you know, you do like once a week, but really make this a lifestyle
That is why you're reluctant, low-carry. of life, we believe in this trifecta of health, which basically is about eating fresh foods
And the fresh foods will help you feel full longer, so you won't eat as much
And by incorporating fitness as part of your life, it's actually a very, very simple formula
It's about, you know, cutting out all-tide processed foods. It's, you know, cooking your own foods as much as you possible as you can
It's about eating foods that are fresh because then you're going to feel full longer
you won't be tempted to snack or be on junk food so much. And then incorporating fitness is part of your everyday life If you like to be able to read more about our 20 tips we put a link into our blog post which is basically on our guide to eating fresh foods
20 tips to get you started. But I just wanted to point out that I know there's a lot of people
that are not comfortable in a kitchen. You know, maybe you weren't as lucky as me
and didn't grow up in a house where, you know, we cooked everything fresh. We, you know, my mother taught us to bake
My mother, you know, taught us fresh food. Even when my parents were old
older. You know, we made a lot of fresh soup when my mother wasn't able to swallow much. You know
we, I just grew up eating fresh food. We've always liked fresh food. If you were not that
lucky to live in that house, you lived in a house where, you know, maybe your, your mother or father
considered cooking, you open a can of chef bore or a deer or something, and they call that food
then you can, though, change. You can learn how to cook. And today, it's easier than ever. Because you
really can just go on to things like YouTube. You can watch some cooking shows. You can follow along
with it. They'll show you how to cut up vegetables or show you everything that you need to do
So I really kind of feel like today in today's world that even though fresh food is maybe more
expensive, maybe it's harder to do, it's not as convenient as the all type processed foods
but anybody can learn to cook today because there's so many resources out there that can help you to be able to
learn to cook. So, you know, don't be afraid of this. Don't be afraid to take the steps
Don't be afraid to go buy the vegetables fresh or the other things fresh or go to farmers' markets
Learn and make this become part of your life and part of your living. And you will be thankful you
did and you will feel so much better in the process. This is Anita from Reluctant Low Carb Life
where we believe in the trifecta of health, which is freshness, fullness, and fitness
and we hope that you will join with us on this journey
Thank you