PROJECT | Eating Healthy LIFESTYLE INDEX

As I mentioned in an earlier post about Why I Chose a Paleo Lifestyle, I decided that I wanted to help others find their own eating healthy lifestyle by providing information in a central place. 

In this section of the blog, there will be listings of books, websites, programs, and products that will help to inform you about various healthy eating lifestyles. So, if you want to learn about eating vegetarian, vegan, pescetarian, nutritarion or flexitarian (just to name a few), you can start here for some information.

Stay tuned.

10 Tricks to Make Your Favorite Takeout Food Healthier

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We all LOVE takeout food. Around here, we have takeout food every other weekend. We have Chinese food, hoagie sandwiches, cake and ice cream. You may be thinking, how do I do this on a Paleo lifestyle. The bottom line for me is that living a healthy lifestyle doesn't mean that you have to starve yourself or give up the foods that are enjoyable from your favorite takeout restaurants. My hubbie and I are both foodies.

Although, I'm the only one who is Paleo with a sensitive digestive system, we both have become accustomed to altering our takeout food to make it more healthy and less harmful.

Here are 10 ways that we make our takeout meals more healthy:

How I Kicked My Salt Habit

I have a notorious salt habit. My brother and I grew up as latch key kids with working parents. After school, we would come home to have bologna sandwiches or salty french fries with our favorite Hi-C fruit juice or a sugary soda. It was a way of life for us. I was also a couch potato but was active enough to keep my weight stabilized. I don't blame my parents because they were just hard working folks that meant well by us. When my mother came home, she always cooked a healthy dinner for us kids. She could have served us TV dinners but as tired as she was, she slaved over a stove and made us dinners with plenty of veggies. It was just our lunches that were a total disaster.

As I got older and more health conscious I began to really detest some of the unhealthy habits I grew up on. So, I set out to change them on my own - one at a time. One of my hardest habits to kick was the salt habit. When I tried going "cold turkey", I would always go back. So, I had to develop ways to "ease" the salty foods out of my system and my diet for good.

Here are some of the successful strategies that have helped me: