It’s already a great start you are ready to prepare your own meals at home, as opposed to eating out or buying pre-processed meals or takeaways. You don’t really need a cookbook with fancy recipes, unless you want to impress someone with your culinary talents. Shop for whole / minimally processed food items, like fresh veggies and fruits, raw meat, eggs, unflavoured yogurt etc. If you’re not sure how to prepare a particular item, you’ll find plenty of ways on the internet. I’ll give you one example: cauliflower rice. It’s something I recently added to my repertoire. It’s easy to prepare (if you don’t have a blender, I learned in the discussion you can find it premade and frozen at Trader’s Joe, if you are in the US). Counting calories work for a lot of people, but I personally find it tedious and I don’t log my intake with Fitbit, MyFitnessPal etc. However, I do weigh a lot of items I eat (hint: if you don’t have a kitchen scale, buy one). I find it helps with portion control for higher-calorie items. You can start with fewer items that are easy to prepare and progressively expand your horizons once you get more comfortable with the basics. Oh, and one more thing: the extra time you’ll spend shopping for grocery and meal-preping standing in the kitchen will also count towards your activity level!
Dominique | Finland
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