I am so excited about this healthy lifestyle. It has been 5 weeks since I started to focus on eating more vegetables and I am down 10 pounds! I feel more healthy, and the exciting thing is that I know that this is just the start.
My goal is that 60% of my calories will come from vegetables alone. Right now I am at approximately 50% of my calories are coming from fruits and vegetables combined (25% each). It is a pain in the neck to put all of the veggies I eat into my calorie counter and figure this out, but there is no other way to know my percentages. It's a good thing that I am not figuring out my percentages every day. I am getting closer to my health goals.
I have been trying to figure out an easier way to measure my success with my eating. Counting calories is not it. If you have any suggestions I would love to hear them.
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| Black bean soup! Yum! |
To make this soup I sprouted my beans and then put them into the crock pot with carrots, celery, jalapeño (if you like spice), and a healthy amount of my homemade salsa. I let it cook until the beans are super soft and then I put it in the blender reserving about 1/3 of the soup. I blended until smooth and then put the 1/3 in a food processor and blended until chunky. Put it all back into the crock pot to keep warm until supper. I added sour cream, red onion, and fresh cilantro when served. It was yummy. The whole meal included 3/4 cup soup and a good size salad with salsa as our dressing.
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