Down 6 pounds on my heart health journey. The only real challenge I face is eating out and it is mainly due to the oil. Most better restaurants can serve you a lovely baked potato and plain steamed veggies. A big salad with a flavored vinegar or plain balsamic. Ask the chef to mix balsamic and dijon mustard together… now thats a delicious salad dressing!
Oils and fats are included in almost every prepared or packaged food. And restaurants add fat/oil salt and sugar in higher quantities then you would ever use yourself at home.
Oil, fat, lard butter, etc. is about 125 calories a tablespoon. One little teeny tablespoon adds 125 calories! Just cutting oil alone out of your diet will prove a large calorie reduction with certain weight loss.
Oil is non-nutritive which means it gives you nothing but calories.
And yes you can cook without oil or butter. I sauté vegetables all of the time in a little water or vegetable broth. And when you get used to food without that slippery grease you will really learn to love it and you will really taste the whole food.
You would not pour oil down your drain… so why do you pour it down your throat?
Onions carry their own water and will sauté and brown nicely over low heat. Vegetables grill well without added oil.
You can make your own soups and sauces without any oil. And baked potatoes taste great with homemade oil/fat free gravies. I even like to top my baked potatoes with oil free baked beans or marinara.
Make your own food… you will be hard pressed to pick up a packaged food at the grocery store and find no oils added!
Need to drop a few pounds or a lot of pounds?… you can do it… step one… give up the oil!
And as always enjoy your food and stay compassionate!
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