Random Thing: HEALTHY but TASTY Food

     As an athlete it is my absolute MAIN goal to treat my body like a temple. Obviously sometimes I cheat, I may have a soda here or there, or perhaps as piece of chocolate or a cookie, but for the most part I try to eat healthily. My biggest challenge in eating healthy is that I can never find foods I like, that taste good, and provide me with the balanced meal I need. The main part about eating and creating healthy meals is that you know what proportions are necessary, what abouts of carbs, sugars, wheats, etc. My goal for this year, and for this posts as well as others, is to maintain a "healthy tasty diet" of sorts. I will include foods in my diet but only foods that are good for you in some way, either mentally or physically. I will occaisonally have cheat days, perhaps once a week, but for the most part I will stick to my healthy tasty diet. I will be tracking my progress and posting pictures and recipes of foods that I create or make that are delicious and nutritious.
     One great tool I will be using to evalutate the health properties of my meals, stay strict to my diet, and track my progress is an app on my phone called "My Fitness Pal". One aspect about it I love is that you can add all the individual different components of your meal onto a list, and then the app calibrates how many calories are present in that meal. For example, If I add 1 oz of butter, 3 cherry tomatoes, and 1/2 cup of cheese to a meal, it will calculate how many calories are created by those items as well as how much exercise it will take to burn off. I have tried many different fitness apps and this one is my favorite because it doesn't tell me that I eat too much or too little or work out to little or anything that could dampen my morale, instead it helps me create and work with a fitness plan and diet that works best for me.
     While I will be posting blog posts filled with some of my healthy meals, I will be tracking my daily and weekly progress with my fitness pal. I hope to post about dishes that are both healthy and tasty. There are many ways to "cheat" and make meals taste absolutely delicious but still be healthy and have components necessary to mainting a balanced diet. I hope to post weekly about my meals or at least monthly, If I post monthly then I will include a list of various meals and their components, the outcomes, and the overall taste and benefit of the food. As for tonight, I set out on an adventure to make pasta with vegetables from my garden, butter instead of olive oil, but healthy in all other areas.