Won't eat Tuna, prefer Salmon (especially smoked with paprika & lemon juice when it's affordable for a sandwich)
OK. We use a 4-500g piece of fresh salmon (between us), cooked in the oven with herbs and spices such as parsley, black pepper, etc., wrapped in foil and baked at 180C for 25 minutes - served with either Caesar salad or a portion of small parmentier potato cooked in the oven at the same time as the salmon, and eaten in wraps (2 each). Very tasty and filling, fairly low fat, and it's high in omega (good) fat too.
Friday is Fish & Chip day even though I'm not religious, normally battered from Iceland, think it is Findus at the moment & McCains crinkle cut chips 5% fat (the lower fat one) and only just over a handful out of the bag at a time.
Fine - we do similar, but use Tesco breaded chunky cod, or plain cod cooked in whatever way you prefer (baked or grilled is better than fried).
I have also been looking at mashed sweet potato as an alternative, but not sure if that is healthier than normal mash, you can get it frozen and zap it in the microwave.
Not a lot to choose between, but you need to watch the information ..sometimes it gives the whole pack details, sometimes details for half a pack, as is the case with the following. Between Tesco and Sainsbury, there are some slight variations in the fat/salt/sugar content:
Request Rejected that was simple Tesco Mashed potato 400g and Tesco mashed Sweet Potato
I get a couple of the ready meals, like cottage pie and toad in the hole, but most of them are not to my liking
We get the Tesco Shepherds pie and that's not bad served with your favourite vegetables ..and you can eat as much as you like with standard vegetables.
Tesco do a few decent ones - all a case of trial and error as to what you like best, but looking through them online can save time if you jot down which ones you like the sound of.
We also get a couple from Sainsbury.
There's plenty of them on both sites, may take a little time initially, but once you get to know which are high and which aren't, it can be quite easy.
We even buy the Sainsbury low fat cheddar ..not as strong as standard cheese, but we soon got used to it. Same with Sausages - we get Tesco Healthy Living ...a look at normal sausages shows that they're much higher in fat.
You do need to re-educate your palette somewhat, but it doesn't take long. We tried a pizza a few months ago for a treat, and didn't like it! (We used to though!) Same went for a cream cake we had - not as nice as we remembered.
Depends which way you think best, but we attacked the fat content first, then as we got used to things, dealt with sugar and salt content.
Mr Pipeman has a different approach to it, and it works just as well by cutting out carbs. like I did when in hospital for a month many years ago - This time though, our priority was fat content, so that's why we went for that first. We regard it as a way of eating, not a diet.
Exercise helps your metabolism and keeps muscles toned - the object is not to build muscles, just keep them toned.
Things like pastry, biscuits, cake, puddings, batter, can be high in fat content and best avoided - as are takeaways. Potatoes and other starch in moderation - we sometimes replace potato with either plain or vegetable rice.
