Stop Eating Fast Food And Start Cooking At Home

  “How could you eat that junk? It’s so bad for you!” (nag, nag). “Don’t you know those fries will give you a heart attack?” (nag, nag). “You have to stop eating all that fast food, it’s going to make you fat!” (nag nag). “You have to eat more healthy food like fruits and vegetables – they’re good for you!” (nag, nag). Your friends nag you, your family nags you, your doctor nags you, the health newsletters, websites and magazines – they all nag you, and of course, your personal trainer nags the heck out of you, to stop eating all those BAD FAST FOODS. But does all that nagging you and bad-mouthing the fast food industry really help anyone stop?

While you may be hearing that fast food is unhealthy all the time, it still may not be enough to make you stop eating fast food. Many people choose this option because it is convenient and fast. Some do not like cooking or do not feel like cooking after working hard all day, so they go with this food choice. There are even some that believe that fast food is a cheaper option as well.

When soft drinks are concerned, we should understand that they are just water with a lot of sugar in it. And drinking too much of soft drinks does not do any good to our body, as well as our health. From the above we should understand that fast food and soft drinks are not really something good for us. Unfortunately, most of us just love this kind of junk food and eating fast food has become a kind of urban lifestyle. This will just mean that we will be taking more calories than we needed and eventually they will be stored as fat!

In fact, there are also snacks which are just like fast food. A lot of people nowadays will take things such as French fries and potato chips as snacks. Again, you will just taking too much fat and calories in this case. They are not something healthy when snacks are concerned.


Quick and Easy Chinese Stir Fry Recipe

What You will Need:

1 cup of dry brown rice, cooked
1 bag of frozen stir fry vegetables
1 pound of chicken breast, grilled
1/4 to 1/2 cup of low sodium soy sauce
Olive Oil

How to Make It:

Start the rice first. Put the cup of dry rice in a rice cooker and cooking according to directions or cook on the stove top by following the directions on the packet. Meanwhile, use a Foreman grill to grill your chicken or you can grill it on a grill. (To make this faster, buy chicken already grilled and ready to go). Add a small amount of olive oil to a wok or a large frying pan. Begin sauting frozen vegetables. Add in the cooked rice and grilled chicken breast. Add soy sauce. Cook until rice and chicken are warmed through and veggies are crisp tender. Serve immediately.