Here's to 'a whole new way of eating'

[bananas]

http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/fitness/weight-loss-challenge/2011-01-20-WLCmarilyn20_ST_N.htm

Here's to 'a whole new way of eating'
By Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY


"My cooking has changed," says Marilyn Pearson, 67, of Rochester Hills, Mich. Here, she prepares a turkey lettuce wrap. She keeps track of her calories on her iPhone

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She read a profile in USA TODAY about a woman who trimmed down by using the Lose It application on her iPhone. Pearson figured she could do that, too, so she downloaded the program and got started. "I was really motivated, finally."

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Pearson had wanted to lose weight for years, but believed she couldn't succeed because of her age. "My biggest excuse was that my metabolism had slowed down because I was getting older."

She was trying to watch what she ate, but now realizes she was eating 2,000 calories or more a day, which was too many for her small frame and low level of physical activity.

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"My cooking has changed," she says. "We used to have steaks and hamburgers. Now we eat very little beef. We have fresh fish two or three times a week. We love fresh salmon. I have discovered a whole new way of eating."

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"I have more energy and feel better," she says.

She's healthier and reduced her environmental footprint, too.
:applause:

[Codeine]

1. This lady gets it.

Stop wailing about the evils of restaurants and HFCS and change your own behavior. You're responsible for every forkful of food you swallow.

And nice to see her eating lower on the food chain. :)

[SPedigrees]

2. Some of us take responsibility for what we eat AND

complain about restaurants and HFCS. Up until 20 years ago restaurants were safe to eat at and HFCS did not contaminate every item in the supermarket from ketchup to bread.
And for many of us eating fish and fresh produce is not "a new way of eating;" it is the norm.

[Joyce78]

3. Here in Southwest Ohio (Dayton area) fish doesn't look good at local markets.