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Resolution To Lose Weight? - Healthy Recipes For A Healthier Lifestyle

By Sharon Tara

Home Stager with Sharon Tara Transformations

January 17, 2011 10:01 AM

Losing weight is typically the number one New Years resolution and getting fit and eating healthier are usually in the top ten. This year, instead of torturing yourself on some deprivation diet for a short period of time and then feeling guilty when you fail, opt for a lifestyle change.

Make better choices and you will change your life.

Eating healthier simply means cutting out processed foods. I know it's not really "simple" but it will change your life. You don't have to give up everything at once...BABY STEPS!

Whenever possible buy fresh instead of packaged. (extra credit for Organic)

Choose water or unsweetened iced tea instead of soda.

Choose fresh fruit or nuts for snacking.

Eating healthier will make you feel healthier...not only will you lose weight, you will sleep better and have more energy.

Here are some of my favorite "healthy" recipes to get you started:

Breakfast Smoothie

Oatmeal Apple Muffins

Homemade Pizza

Turkey Meatball Soup

Ginger Turkey Stir Fry

Chicken and Olives

Baked Haddock with Almonds

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Roger D. Mucci

Shaken...with a Twist 216.633.2092 - Euclid, OH

Lets shake things up at your home today!

Yum, thanks for the suggestions and recipes.................I'm Featuring this in the group "Take It Off In The Rain"................we can all benefit.

Jan 17, 2011 11:31 AM

Marchel Peterson

Results Realty - Spring, TX

Spring TX Real Estate E-Pro

I enjoyed your recipes as you will notice on the comments from them.

Jan 17, 2011 11:40 AM

Laura S. Baker

First Weber Inc - Lake Mills, WI

Realtor (920) 728-4118, First Weber Inc

Thank you so much Sharon! I am working hard on getting back into the take it off mode. Got a little lazy this past month and it is time to change that. Great advice and wonderful recipes! I am printing each of them to try this week. :P yum, yum!

Jan 17, 2011 11:50 AM

Lydie Ouellet Dickinson

Realty Executives Tri County, Bellingham MA - Bellingham, MA

Realtor

That chicken and olives sure looks good! I think I know what's for dinner, tomorrow at my house! Thank you for sharing your recipes! (love the pics too)

Jan 17, 2011 12:28 PM

Sharon Tara

Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH

Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

Dagny: I hope you enjoy them. Let me know if you have any questions.

Tammy: Don't try to quit all your favorites at once. As you learned when you tried to quit smoking and diet, you will set yourself up to fail if you try to give up everything at once. Best of luck. I hope the recipes are helpful.

Alexandra: You have a way with words! You are so right, fresh food tastes so much better!

Lou: Hope you found it helpful.

Scott: We have gotten so used to covering our food with sauces and spices that we have forgotten just how fabulous they actually taste on their own.

Roger: Glad you found it "feature" worthy. Hope the group likes the recipes.

Richard: Sugar is very destructive to the body and extremely hard to give up. It's an addiction just like any drug. Your body will usually fight your attempts to give it up with headaches and moodiness.

Marchel: Thanks for commenting on the other posts. I hope you enjoy the recipes.

Laura: Great! Let me know how they work out for you.

Jan 17, 2011 12:31 PM

Ellen Caruso

Daniel Gale Sotheby's International Realty - Glen Head, NY

Sharon, since my husbands heart attack I've cracked down on him and my kids too, and don't allow junk around. I've been eating right and now its time for them to follow! My husband has lost necessary weight off too

Jan 17, 2011 12:35 PM

Anna Dovger

Add Value Home Staging LLC, 281-704-6607 - The Woodlands, TX

Home Staging -The Woodlands, TX

Sharon, sounds so good. Thank you, now I don't have to think what should I make for dinners this week.

BTW I loved your blueberry muffins that you posted last summer. Yummy and easy to make.

Jan 17, 2011 12:35 PM

Sharon Tara

Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH

Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

Ellen: A terrible scare like you experienced with your husband will certainly make people change their ways. Even better is to make the changes and avoid the scare altogether. I'm happy to hear your husband (talented man that he is) is doing well.

Anna: My pleasure! I hope you enjoy these recipes as much as you did the muffins.

Jan 17, 2011 12:42 PM

Kathy Streib

Cypress, TX

Home Stager/Redesign

Sharon -thank goodness I'm reading this late at night or I'd be raiding my pantry. I'm definitely trying the muffins and chicken with olives!!! We have been making our own pizza and love it. I agree with you about all of the processed foods that we put into our bodies. Can't be good.

Jan 17, 2011 02:41 PM

John McCarthy

North Hampton, NH

Realtor - Seacoast NH

Sharon,

You make every one of these dishes look irresistible! Healthy food can actually taste great. Wow...who knew?

Jan 17, 2011 09:32 PM

Roger D. Mucci

Shaken...with a Twist 216.633.2092 - Euclid, OH

Lets shake things up at your home today!

Feature worthy indeed.....................I think the group will love some of the recipes..........thanks again.

Jan 17, 2011 10:26 PM

Anonymous

jaime

i read a "healthy eating" tip once that is so true: when grocery shopping focus on buying from the perimeter of the store - produce, meat and dairy (yes i know the healthiness of the dairy section is debatable). nearly everything in the aisles is pre-packaged processed junk.

Jan 18, 2011 12:42 AM

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Sharon Tara

Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH

Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

Kathy: Sorry about that! Hope you enjoy the muffins. The chicken and olives is a Tara favorite. Let me know what you think.

John: Healthy food is not limited to tofu. A lot of it is just common sense. The more ingredients on the label, the greater the chance that the item is not good for you...especially when the ingredients have 10 letters!

Roger: I hope so!

Jaime: True...all the processed stuff is in the middle, in cans and boxes. The fresh, healthy stuff is the outer perimeter of the store.

Jan 18, 2011 01:25 AM

Valerie Sagheddu

Apostle Art Home Staging & Design - Stroudsburg, PA

~Home Staging Professional, Poconos, PA

MMMM....the oatmeal apple muffins sound delicious! Today is a good day to bake as we are snowed and iced in!!

Jan 18, 2011 05:26 AM

Sharon Tara

Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH

Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

Valerie: We are snowed in too. That is a great time to bake. I hope you enjoy the muffins!

Jan 18, 2011 09:04 AM

John Meussner

Mortgages in AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, IN, MD, MN, MT, NC, NJ, NV, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI - Fair Oaks, CA

#MortgageMadeEasy Fair Oaks, CA 484-680-4852

Wonderful post, Sharon. Sometimes it's the little things (like cutting the soda) that make the biggest impact. I've recently discovered my local farmers market and it's changed the way I eat completely! That turkey stir fry recipe looks great, thanks for sharing!

Jan 19, 2011 10:29 AM

Sharon Tara

Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH

Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

John: Just giving up soda will make a big difference...for some "soda addicts" it can be life changing. I hope you get a chance to make the stir fry...enjoy!

Jan 19, 2011 11:49 AM

Pat Haddad, ABR, CRS, ePRO, GRI

Keller Williams Indianapolis Metro NE - Carmel, IN

Carmel, Fishers, Westfield IN Real Estate Expert

Sharon--Can't wait to try thes recipes---I love recipes that are not too involved and have 'normal' everyday ingredients. I am guessing this is how you live everyday? You sure look like you do!!

Jan 20, 2011 07:38 AM

Kristine Ginsberg

Elite Staging and Redesign, LLC - Short Hills, NJ

NJ Home Stager

Thanks for the recipes Sharon - I will be sure to try some of them. I'm just getting "back on track" from the holidays. The more refined sugar I eat, the more I want so I'm cutting them out for now.

Jan 21, 2011 12:43 AM

Sharon Tara

Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH

Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

Pat: Most of the time I eat healthy. Compared to mainstream, I eat very healthy. Thank you!

Kristine: Sugar is so addictive...it is really hard to give it up. It's great that you are doing it though...it's so bad for you.

Jan 21, 2011 08:26 AM