Need help with a better diet, looking for ideas here?

[Shyguy_1988]

I'm looking for a better diet to go along with my work out and exercise habits, I have a pretty poor diet now and I'm just looking for good idea's for things to eat, I'll try anything, weather I like it or not is another story. Let me start off by saying I'm a picker eater, very fussy at what I eat. I like things pretty plain and not overkill when it comes to taste, people always say I have boring tastebuds. Regardless I like just about any type of meat. Favorite food is steak, I love red meat, I know its not good for you but I love it! I dislike mostly all vegetables... I hate salad's after trying to get myself to enjoy them. I'm trying hard to expand my diet to newer healthier things, health is important to me and I want to stay healthy in the future and diet plays a big role there. Just looking for some foods I may like or combination's to get me to like foods I normally wouldn't. Thanks in advance!

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I was going to suggest chicken/fish/steak with a salad mix with a lemon and olive oil dressing for a plain/simple taste but you don't like salad at all? Even with a nicer dressing? What kind of veg leaves do you put into your salads? Do you put anything extra like egg or avocado?

Roast or grill some veg, pumpkin and capsicums (peppers), those are always nice, they look and taste pretty simple too.

Eat salmon? It's pretty tasteless... :D Have some yoghurt? Fruit? What types of fruit do you like?

What do you like about food? Texture? Taste? Quick? Slow? Looks?

Do you like to cook things that are quick and easy or take some time? Do you like a huge variety at once even if the taste is pretty whatever? Or do you prefer less things like "meat and 3 veg"?

[Shyguy_1988]

I really like nothing about salads! Fruit I like, grapes, apples, oranges. I do like salmon its pretty good. Maybe if I through some hot sauce in the salad with chicken? I forgot to mention I like spicy things!

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Of course, the whole point to a salad is to each as much vegetable as you can with its taste masked by any other delicious product! Put spices, gravy, sauce, whatever you like (you can put steak sauce on salad too, just sayin' ;) )! Just don't go overboard with salt, it's a taste that your body gets used to and becomse desensitised to it, thus needing more to have a similar flavour boost.

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Now the reason I mentioned salad in the first place even though you've stated your dislike to it is because it's the easiest way that I know of, where someone can consume a healthy ratio of 80% alkaline (vegetables) to 20% acidic when it comes to food.

Sure you can eat veg with other things, but that's if you will eat it at all when you can taste it's true flavour. :P Up to you.

The reason why 80% alk is so important is because when you want to switch diets, it's important to know that

[Shyguy_1988]

Hot sauce sounds like it will work, because it has a strong overpowering flavor! XP. I'll have try making my own salads and being more creative with it so I'll like the taste. Thanks for the advice! :)

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you need to have a balance, or ratio, of the types of foods you put into your body. Why? Because when people have a bad diet, they usually have a disaease or two that stems from inflammation, which of course, comes from the acidity levels within the body.

Most fruits have an alkaline-forming effect in the body and meats are acid-forming. Lemon, by the way is alkaline-forming (good!) and tomato is acid forming.

One thing to keep in mind is that the more sugar you consume, the more acidic-like it's goi

[Shyguy_1988]

Well you seem to really know a lot about good dieting and the postive effects! Thanks again, your answer and all your additional information is much appreciated! :)

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Too much salt and sugar is bad :( = inflammation > disease, most likely chronic.

So once you know the base reasons behind your choices, "indulge" your senses! What do you love about food? You've got to pick stuff that you love (in a good way :P)

By all means have spice, it's awesome.

[Shyguy_1988]

I actually don't like things too sweet when it comes to food. :P.

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I'm a savoury person myself but a sucker for sweet, sweet pumpkin. :D

[Shyguy_1988]

Salt is hard to avoid, so many foods, including meats are over salted to begin with, speaically your lunch meats!

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Yup, but it's a good thing that when we decrease it for awhile, too much salt will be repulsive. :P Just like how oversweetened juice seems to be (and you never notice this as a kid), it's like you have to dilute it more than you would cordial or something haha.

I guess that's why it's better to make yourself if you have time! Tsk tsk at lunch meats, so bad haha.. mm pepperoni :D

[Shyguy_1988]

So badddd yet so good! :D, plus quick and easy. Haha

[beastman88]

cant go wrong with veges, soups and salads if your looking to lose pds. snack on things through out the day, like a banana or an apple, or carrots, celery something like that. don't be afraid to grill up some fish or pork on the odd day either.

[Shyguy_1988]

Not really looking lose pounds, just get on a healthier diet since mine is lacking. I'm young if I continue my current diet plan I'll have issues when I'm older so I just thinking ahead.