Back when I was beginning my weight loss journey, I would stumble upon health articles spewing “nonsense” like, once you start eating a healthy diet, you’ll no longer crave junk food.
Really? My thoughts at the time were something like…
“You’re a wacky health nut, nobody actually craves that stuff.”
or
“Seriously, you must have some mutant health food loving gene or something.”
Well, I’m going to share some news with you. Once you get used to eating REAL food and eliminate the processed crap for long enough, you really DO stop craving the junk. Seriously!
Now, I am not a girl who was raised on health food. Most of the veggies I consumed as a kid came from a can, usually green beans or creamed corn. In my teens and 20’s my diet looked something like: pizza, pasta, ice cream, french fries, nachos, those cheese filled pretzel things and beer.
Yesterday, after cooking up a batch of Roasted Root Veggies, the following words came out of my mouth:
“These parsnips are delicious!”
My hubby immediately started laughing and said, “those are four words you just don’t hear very often.” He’s right. But they WERE delicious.
So here’s the deal Chickadees, healthy food CAN be delicious! One of the assignments I do with my Weight Loss Coaching clients is to have them identify 10 healthy meals that they would enjoy eating. Guess what? They come up with 10 and usually keep on going.
I’ll be posting a video of me whipping up a batch of roasted veggies in the coming weeks, but until then, check out this recipe from nutiva.com and give veggies a chance.