| Eating right can be difficult unless you pay a lot of | | | | as I sometimes do. |
| attention. It is so easy to slip into bad habits, even | | | | 5) A salad. Most salads are healthy, but avoid lots |
| with the best of attention. Also, since few if any | | | | of dressing or other fatty stuff. That can make |
| of us have enough time, we sometimes fall into | | | | them worse for you than a burger and fries! |
| eating fast food, which normally is anything but | | | | Taco salads can be particularly bad (hint: skip the |
| healthy. Here are 10 quick, simple, and fast meals | | | | tortilla shell and maybe the guacamole and sour |
| I often have myself. We'll start with breakfast. | | | | cream too). Most restaurants including fast food |
| 1) Instant oatmeal. I hated oatmeal as a kid but I | | | | restaurants have decent salads. |
| love it as an adult. I like the instant in individual | | | | 6) A sandwich you make yourself for lunch or |
| pouches, and all it requires is a microwave or | | | | dinner. I often make a delicious turkey with |
| boiling water and a few minutes. I usually add | | | | lettuce, onion, pickle, and sometimes tomato on |
| boiling water as I typically am making coffee in | | | | whole grain bread sandwich for lunch. I use a little |
| the morning and have boiling water handy. | | | | light mayonnaise or even regular if that's all I |
| 2) Low fat yogurt, my daughter's favorite, is | | | | have, and it's a filling, nutritious, and low fat meal. |
| great and fast for breakfast. It also makes a | | | | 7) Baked or broiled chicken. I'll often grab one of |
| wonderful and healthy snack or accompaniment | | | | these for lunch or dinner precooked from the |
| to other meals. | | | | grocery store. I avoid most, but not all, of the |
| 3) An Egg McMuffin, yes, from McDonalds, is | | | | skin as it's full of flavor but fatty. This is much |
| about as healthy as you can do with fast food. It | | | | better for you than a burger and fries! |
| is about 300 calories which is not bad. Don't go for | | | | I'm always short on time it seems, but usually |
| the Egg McMuffin with sausage as that has many | | | | hungry. It's so simple to just start eating junk all |
| more calories. | | | | the time if you let yourself, so don't! I often have |
| 4) An egg white omelet. Egg whites are super | | | | the foods listen above to help me eat healthily. |
| healthy, egg yolks are not. You might even | | | | Why I just bought number seven, a precooked |
| consider using one egg yolk in a multi-egg omelet | | | | chicken, and brought it home for dinner tonight. |