Monday, August 13, 2012

My New-Found Hope

I hope people interested in a healthy lifestyle and losing weight will read this blog.  This may not be for everyone, but it is for me.  I have been scearching for a sensible way to improve my health and to lose weight.  I am no spring chicken, but I'm not dead yet.  I started reading Eat to Live by Joel Fuhrman and I think I have found the answer.  I quit eating meat about 6 weeks ago and started on the Eat to Live diet 2 weeks ago.  I am very happy with it.  I have lost 5 1/2 pounds and I am never really hungry.  I don't miss meat at all, although I do miss cheese and chocolate some.  I eat loads of salads, lots of fruit and some beans.  I like to make soup with the beans. 

I had almost competely removed beans from my diet due to gas until I read how to help eliminate the gas problem.  Instead of soaking your beans in cold water over night, put the beans in water, bring to a boil, turn off the burner and let the beans set in the boiling water from 2 to 4 hours, pour off the water, rinse the beans, add fresh water and cook.  Add seasonings but do not add salt when cooking your beans.

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