When I was 40 years old, I quit smoking, drinking alcohol, and eating red meat...Bold statement - hard to believe I really did this.
- Yes, I quit smoking cold turkey.
- My alcoholic consumption went to 1-2 glasses of wine per month then down to per year, then down to zero.
- My red meat intake was no steak but once a year, a hamburger once a month, a pizza quarterly. Now it is no steak, no hamburgers, but pizza quarterly.
My total cholesterol (bad/good) has been 84 but recently it went up to 91.
I eat fish (salmon, tuna, cod), chicken, turkey, turkey burgers, turkey hot dogs, all sorts of beans and vegetables, nuts, and some fruits but not like I should.
My weakness is rice and what I use now is BASMATI - long grain. I use (Amish) French onion soup starter to flavor the rice.
In previous years, I used to count my daily intake of fat grams but now I have changed to calories... My goal is to not exceed 2,000 calories per day which is not as bad as it sounds once you get used to the routine.
When we eat out at a restaurant and the calories are higher than what I would normally have for that meal, then I eat half at the restaurant and the other half the next day.
In addition to the 2,000 calories, I try and focus on smaller meals five times a day. This is a lot easier said than done.
Obesity is a problem and if it is not controlled it gets out of control and becomes very difficult to reduce one's weight - when that happens, it might take 18 months to get back to your correct weight if my 2,000 calories/day is consistently followed.
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