I Need Some Healthy Recipes Iam Not Eating Well and Have Headaches

Focus your diet on your FAVORITE variety of fruits & veges, baked or broiled lean meat and fish, and just a little bit of whole grains only like brown rice, whole wheat bread. Use something like Benecol instead of butter. Stay away from most all the grocery isles in between the meat, dairy and the produce, drink a lot of water while you are eating (& in between snacks)and a glass of wine should be the most alcohol you have in a day. Start your day with a good sized healthy breakfast, and then just snack on the above for the rest of the day, rather than 3 large meals. (Be sure to use only the smaller salad plates) Other good snacks are nuts and yogurt. You can still treat yourself with a Skinny Cow ice cream sandwich (careful they are addictive)and do NOT eat past 7 or 8pm. Find a friend who will commit to an hourlong brisk walk with you at least one day a week. Or, if you have a treadmill, put a tv in front of it if possible and only allow yourself to watch your favorite show if you are also on the treadmill. Also, watch Dr. Oz whenever he is on Oprah, he's very inspiring and informative. Good luck!

Headaches may be due to dehydration. You should be drinking a gallon of water a day.
here is a great link for you.
http://allrecipes.com/Info/Healthy-Eating/Main.aspx

If you're having headaches regardless of what you're eating or not eating and they start in your neck, go see a chiropractor and a massage therapist. If those don't help after a while try acupuncture. I do all three and they're the only things that have helped my chronic headaches!

Those were all great ideas from the other moms. They were all things that Weight Watchers teaches you (water, high fiber, exercise). I highly recommend going to the support classes every week. You learn a lot about nutrition, recipes, tricks to help you stay on track. And the comraderie! All your sisters out there struggling with the same thing! I was afraid to step into the class in 1992, but will always be glad I did. It was EXACTLY what worked to switch gears in my brain and think like a healthy eater. I had gotten up to a size 16 (too much for a 5'3" person) and in 6 months was back to a size 8. The best part is that I've stayed that size ever since! I just go to the meetings once a month- for free as a life time member.
I have to confess that in those first 6 months, I didn't exercise because my knees still hurt from carrying all that weight. But now, I walk every day. I wish you luck and happiness!
WW has cookbooks and online recipes....

I agree with Dana M. You should really increase your water consumption, if you haven't already. If you're a soda drinker, drop it. (If you happen to be cutting sugars or caffeine dramatically you can actually have withdrawls, including headaches.)

Find something aerobic you love to do (or can tolerate) and sweat, sweat, sweat. Follow it up with good stretching and weight lifting. If you're exercising right (good form) then you'll feel stronger, more energetic, and more likely to make good food choices. When in doubt: Grab an apple!

Good luck.

I believe diets are worthless. Eating healthy and making a permanent change is much better. I am still in the process, but I have already gotten so far. I used to eat a lot of fast food and sweets. I started small by switching to 1% milk and whole grain breads. Then I started adding more vegetables to my meals and then I switched my noodles and rice to wheat. It doesn't taste any different and it costs the same, but it's so much healthier. A couple quick really easy recipes I like are 1. Turkey sandwiches. I get whole wheat english muffins, a small tomatoe, barbeque sauce and italian turkey meatballs. Cut the meatballs in half, two full meatballs per sandwich. If you buy the meatballs by the bag, they are pre-cooked, you just have to warm them in the microwave and coat them with a little bbq sauce. Put 1 slice of tomatoe on each sandwich under the meatballs. Serve it with some sweet potatoe fries or maybe some steamed and seasoned veggies on the side. Its actually very filling. The other quick meal I really like is chicken stirfry. for your family size, I would use two chicken breasts. I like to cook several breasts at one time and wrap some up and put it in the fridge for quick meals later in the week. Cut up the two cooked breasts into cubes and toss into a frying pan. Add chopped up veggies, I prefer to buy frozen already chopped veggies, it saves a lot of time and its cheaper then buying fresh, but still healthy. Add some stir-fry sauce and whole wheat rice (or noodles, depending on your preference) Good luck

Adding to all of the wonderful advice below - Eat a lot of Vegetables & Fruit with out any Dipping/Dressing or anything.. I did it and feel great plus after time you do not even like the dressing and dipping! Also not even buying things that are bad for us helped tremendously! If you do not have it - you will not eat it. I am 135lbs. and 5'7' I am average. I am still trying to fit in excercise to get more muscle from the fat. There is a show on Regular TV that has I can make you thin - one tip was to think about something good and press your forefinger and thumb together.. that works good for me too! There are many options to help eating healthy for good health. Hope you feel better soon! Know that you are beautiful and you do not need to have fast food or whatever - you deserve the best food for your body! Congrats on your pursuit for healthy eating and path to amazing health!

Any luck in the last 2 months? Water is one of the most valuable things you can feed yourself, especially while dieting. You can diet nutritionally with Vital-18 (www.vital18.com) and keep your energy up, since there is ginseng added. It comes in a liquid form and you mix it with milk, juices, fruit smoothies. It's great and it works!
Good luck - fill up that water bottle!
D. K

Dear J.,
I have been drinking Sxinney water,it will hydrate you all day and I use Crave that has your daily fiber in it and works to curb your cravings. I eat every 3 hours,smaller portions. My body now craves fruit and veggie,due to the Sxinney water it is putting whole food into my body all day,so no sugar lows and I don't have those hungry times when I could eat a horse. My mind is getting use to smaller portions as well. I have lost 12 pounds in 3 weeks. I sleep better and have more consistent energy all day. It is all very healthy and simple.Once I get down I will stay with the Sxinney water so I can keep my body hydrated I use to be a HUGE diet soda drinker and I m off the soda and don't want to go back to it.It is really bad for the body. You can find it in the biz section under Get fit liv sxinney.
Good Luck

The headaches are probably from being dehydrated. Drink more more more. Our thirst response is so weak that we often mistake it for hunger, and eat when all we need is water. I saw on the news recently that drinking one diet soda a day can cause weight gain as well, so those should be a rare treat (I don't know if you drink them at all). Also, simple carbs raise our blood glucose (blood sugar) which raises our insulin, which then lowers our blood glucose to the point that we are hungry/tired/sleepy, and maybe even have headaches. So avoiding simple carbs (sugar, white flour, white rice, etc) helps to maintain an even keel and keep us from getting hungry all the time. Even if things say "made with whole grain" or "with multi grain", look at the ingredient list and if the first item is "enriched wheat flour", it's mostly NOT whole grain.

If chocolate is a must, make it as dark as possible. That satisfies the craving with less chocolate, and dark chocolate has less sugar, and the flavonols (or whatever they are) in it are good for us (but not all the sugar and fat). Keep a bag of mini sizes around if needed so you don't feel deprived (don't eat the whole bag, though, just one when you've got a craving :)

Also, if you pick a few marinades or cooking sauces that you like (Thai peanut sauce, Lemmon Pepper Marinade, Bbq Sauce), you can use them on whatever meats you like (chicken, fish, pork, beef), with a side of vegies and a salad, and you've got a healthy meal and no guilt. I use a frying pan with ridges on the inside which kind of makes for the grilling effect, and can "grill" any of those meats. If the sauce has much sugar in it at all, you might need to add it toward the end of cooking, or it will carmelize (burn) in the frying pan. Or, dice up the meat and stir fry with your favorite vegies and sauce. Costco carries great frozen vegetable mixes in 5lb bags for like $6. Avocadoes are really healthy and have the healthy fats that actually help us shed the bad fats off our body. A good rule of thumb is to try to eat one a week (diced up in salad, spread on sandwiches...)

Also, healthy snacks are a must in order to keep the blood sugars optimal and to keep us from starving and bingeing. Including protein helps them to satisfy us longer. So, string cheese (mozzarella - tasty and fairly low in fat) and fruit, or whole grain crackers, or nuts are good choices. Nuts have the good fats as well, but should be eaten in moderation.

Good luck!