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eating alot of salad

lorriejean
lorriejean
is eating to much salad not good ????
i ate for lunch 2 plates salad with stripes
of turky and shreaded cheese,,,,,just wandeing.
lorriejean
lorriejean
I FEEL LIKE SINGING,,,,YES
I PUT ON JEAN'S THAT I DID NOT
FIT 1 MONTH AGO FROM EATING SALAD'S, GRAPEFRUIT JUICE,
TO SNACK'S AND A LIGHT DINNER..
AND I'M NOT WORKING OUT AS HARD
AS I WAS ,,,,IT'S ALL ABOUT
BURNING OFF WHAT YOU EAT
AND FINDING A PLAN THAT YOU ARE HAPPY WITH...HOLD YOUR HEAD UP PEOPLE,,WE CAN DO THIS,,,
deleted_user
deleted_user
If you are watching what goes into your salads, it's not bad for you unless you have an easily irritated GI or digestive tract. I find if I eat too much fiber/raw veggies in one sitting, it can wreak havoc with my GERD. Also, if you're going to eat a lot of salad, be sure you change up the ingredients -- use broccoli-slaw (without the dressing) to add crunch and lots of nutrients. Replace half of your lettuce with spinach. Add tomatoes, peppers, shredded carrots, soy nuts, pine nuts, cheese sprinkles (or veggiecheese sprinkles) -- in small quantities, hardboiled eggwhites, a variety of mushrooms, sliced peppers, and so on...If you vary what you put in and on your salads, they will be more satisfying and you won't get sick of the same old thing. Be careful of too much/wrong kind of dressing too. When I was a teen, i thought I was being healthy by eating salads at lunch every day, but I had ham, cheese, bacon sprinkles and tons of Thousand Island dressing on them -- probably the most fattening meal of my day!!