Need recipes

I'm 66 female with high blood pressure and high cholesterol, arthritis, take meds for it, pantrosol for reflux and over weight. Have copd and an appointment for test to join rehab for it. Mainly need recipes to help loose weight, cause of arthritis have problem with exercise, but I try.

[Rimmy]

Hello

It sounds like a challenge if exercise is difficult for you. Because I had to take medication for an autoimmune disorder - which encourages weight gain I switched to a low carb and low sugar style of eating which has worked well for me. I am sure if you reduce your intake of bread, pasta, rice, potatoes etc and replace with bigger helpings of greens and coloured veg - salads and stir-fries are great - and add smallish amounts of lean protein like chicken and fish - that you will certainly find the weight will melt off. I found I could have slice of toast with a boiled egg for breakfast - and this still happened - but I was generally firm about cakes, biscuits, pastries, bread, etc and this helped. I found it easier not to get too bogged down with recipes - just stick to simple food prep as there is quite a lot of slicing and cutting if you eat lots more fresh veg - I usually make a nice 'asian- oriented' coleslaw with lemon and oil dressing to last two-three days: finely sliced capsicum, cabbage, red onion, kaffir lime leaves, coriander, carrot - and or whatever else with a dressing of lemon or lime juice, a splosh of peanut or olive oil, chilli (if you wish) and some minced garlic is good. Just one idea...

Good luck

Rimmy

[benwl]

Join the "weight loss nhs" forum here, you'll find lots of support and lots of recipes there

[Zest]

Hi Hidden ,

Here is a link to the NHS weight loss forum (also on HU) if you would like to have a look - they have lots of recipes in the 'Topics' area and they also discuss their 'daily eating diaries' too:

healthunlocked.com/nhsweigh...

Zest