With Melanie Jordan
Health Coach, Food Makeover Specialist
and Author of
Have Your Cheeseburger And Keep Your Health Too!
FACT: Cheeseburgers Can Be Part Of A Healthy Diet!
Okay. Bottom line. You would eat healthier if doing so meant you
could enjoy your favorite foods like cheeseburgers whenever you liked,
right?
Uh-huh, I thought so! Well, you've come to the right place because cheeseburgers can be part of a healthy diet. What? Cheeseburgers are healthy? What's the catch? It's a small one, I promise, but what I'm telling you about cheeseburgers and other favorite comfort foods like pizza, chicken caesar salad, spaghetti and meatballs, BLTs, macaroni and cheese and chicken parmesan is absolutely true with my healthy "NMP" eating style!
Why "NMP" Works
While the food industry has certainly put out its share of unhealthy food,
some of the most ingenious food products that have come about in recent years
can make a diet that includes healthy ways to eat your favorite comfort foods
deliciously possible.
I'll personally take you by the hand and show you through my unique perspective how easy it is to make the transition to a healthier eating style I call "NMP" in a way that still allows you to eat the foods you grew up on and the foods you like to eat out. I know, because I've done it myself! And I succeeded because I did not try to force myself to eat things I didn't like. I lost nothing except 20 pounds, and I gained energy, improved health and control over my eating habits for the first time in my life.
The problem with many healthy eating styles is that they feature foods and recipes that just aren't the kinds of things most of us would normally look to eat. And when that's the case, guess what? You don't stick with them. That's why as a health coach, food makeover specialist and author, I advocate not denying yourself any of your favorite comfort foods, just learning to make them over into the healthiest versions possible. I teach you how to make "junk food", health food.
Sure Steps To Success
While I knew that I wanted to make changes, I never liked fancy food.
And while I definitely believe in eating lots of fruits and vegetables, which is an
important part of the "NMP" eating style, I didn't want to eat like a rabbit. I was a child when fast food franchising really came into its own, and today we live in a world where you can have four branches of the exact same fast food chain within six miles, and twelve different places to buy a hamburger in one mile's distance! I also had my favorites from family dinners, restaurants and clipped magazine recipes. If this was going to work, I had to find a way to eat food I'd actually heard of and wanted to eat.
Another important item that is usually left out of other books and plans on healthy eating styles, is that they only talk about the food changes. No one addresses psychologically how you make the transition as painlessly as possible. Or how to stick with this kind of lifestyle change and learn to enjoy it--especially in the face of others who think your change to healthy eating is a big joke? How do you fit in with friends and family? How do you eat out? Can you ever "cheat"? Plus, I had so many favorite foods that I wanted to keep eating. After all I'm human too, and I love food.
Well, I successfully made the transition and have stayed with it despite the obstacles. And I made that an important part of my book Have Your Cheeseburger And Keep Your Health Too! And I continue sharing these ideas monthly in my new blog The Healthy Food Review CLICK HERE and my FREE e-zine Have Your Cheeseburger And Keep Your Health Too! Update (SUBSCRIBE HERE). If I can do it, so can you!
What can "NMP" eating do for you? Check out these important topics!
Please discuss with your own health care professionals any changes you would like to make in your diet, to be sure they are right for your personal situation. Also consider consulting with a licensed nutritionist to fine-tune your diet to make sure that you are incorporating your eating choices in a way that is correct for you. Any information provided is not intended to be professional advice.
