Lately I’ve been trying to get rid of some of the excess fat from my diet.  And it’s really made a difference in my energy and weight loss. I’m being mindful of the sources of fat I take in and concentrating on trying to get most of my fat right from food sources (I.e. nuts, avocados, flax seeds, etc…).

When you get your fat from food sources you are getting many other nutrients with that healthy source of fat.  When you get your fat from oils (canola, olive, coconut, etc…) you get nothing but pure fat.  No fiber, no protein, no vitamins.  So it makes sense that your body would prefer these natural sources of fat to a processed source (nothing wrong with olives, but think about if it’s really good to extract the fat from the olive and throw away all the other healthy stuff that an olive gives you and then just eat the fat…).

Tips for taking some fat out of your diet…

• sauté your veggies in vegetable stock instead of olive oil.  Yes this really works!!  And I have to tell you it tastes much better than sautéing them in oil.  The vegetable stock really gives them a lot of extra flavor and no extra greasiness!
• You don’t really need butter/margarine on your toast if you’re also going to use jelly/jam/preserves as well.  I took it off and just did the preserves and I did not miss it at all!  I really truly didn’t notice a taste difference.
• hold the (vegan) mayo!  Either leave it off or reduce the amount that you’re using.   I used a little in a potato salad I made earlier this week, but I cut the amount I put in there by half.  The potato salad tasted the same but had much less fat in it!
• why not use salsa or pico de gallo on your baked potato instead of butter, sour cream and cheese?  Pico is one of my absolute favorite toppings on a baked potato!
• Use my super cheesy awesome sauce instead of cheese or cheese sauce.  It has NO FAT and tastes a whole lot like queso!

These are just a few easy things you can do to cut some fat.  Feel free to add to my list!

Have a great day!