Eating Healthy

I am on a quest to lose some of my girth.  To that end I am trying to eat a little more healthy and a lot better.    This blog will have an occasional comment on something I have read or heard and healthy recipes that I have tried.  I will continue to post to my other recipe blog: Rick's Favorite Recipes.  The address for that blog is: http://ricksfavoriterecipes.blogspot.com/  I don't see myself giving up on cooking and baking those recipes. 

I have a couple of friends that are following different eating plans.  And they seem to working for them.

One has stopped eating sugar, wheat and dairy.  He does not stick to it religiously, but has lost over thirty pounds in the last few months.  I told him he has to stop losing weight because I keep finding the weight he is losing.

I have another friend that has tried the HCG diet and said he would lose weight but he keep picking it up after he quit using HCG.  I have not read a lot of good about HCG in the long run.  So I don't think I will be trying that one.  My buddy is now on a juice diet for the next 60 days or so.  He was told about a video on Netflix called: Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead.  After he watched it called me and told me about it.  I watched the video and decided it to was not for me.  But I wish him all the luck in the world.

Another friend of mine follows the RAVE eating plan.  It is a very strict Vegan diet.  I have done some reading about it and I have put some of the principles to practice in my life.  My wife is sticking to it faithfully.  She wants to follow it for three weeks.  I will admit the small changes have made have made me feel better.  The Rave diet is a stricter version of one a reflexologist had my daughter on last year.

All of these eating plans seem to be rehasing old eating plans.  Whatever works is the one for you and believe me I have tried them all and Vick has said making the small changes I have been making is the best I have ever done.  All of that being said I will continue to make small changes in my eating patterns and continue to exercise.  My goal is to lose about a pound a week or so.  If I can do that I will lose fifty pound in a year and I can live with that.