Dieting when poorly. Healthy chicken soup for the heart and
body.
Remember back to the days when you were feeling low with a cold
or flu and your mum or dad would wrap you up in a warm blanket
and bring you comfort foods to help you feel better and "fight
the fever". Feeling poorly was terrible but a definite upside
was all the attention, love, care and tasty filling foods.
Inevitably as we all got older the first thing we would do when
feeling down was reach for the comfort foods and especially the
creamy chicken soup.
Chicken soup is hearty and when vegetables are included contains
vitamins, minerals, nutrients, protein, calcium and many more
essentials to fight the common illness. There is probably a
grain of truth in the old wives tale of eat chicken soup when
ill to feel better, however if made with buckets of cream, its
not going to do your bums, tums or thighs any good and when
accompanied by thick buttery bread, it can only get worse. You
are not going to feel to good, when you recover from your
illness to discover that you have gained a couple of pounds.
So, how to have the benefits of lovely, tasty chicken soup, get
better quickly and maintain your weight until you are well
enough to return to your diet?
Firstly, get a low fat chicken soup packed full of fresh
vegetables. Roasted vegetables taste fantastic in soups, but if
its that really creamy taste you crave but need to cut out, try
squash, butternut squash is fantastic and make sure you avoid
cream. Check out weight loss sites for free diet receipes and
try the chicken soups when you feel well, so you know what to
have when ill and consider freezing up a batch. This way when
you get struck down by the flu you can heat your soup up
straight away, otherwise in your deflated state you might grab
the creamy chicken fattening soup. Eat healthy - feel great.
Secondly, wrap yourself up in a warm blanket or have a hot bath
and relax. Don't struggle trying to do all the things you would
do normally, you just drag out the illness and could end up
feeling bad for weeks. Take one day out of your busy life to
rest and re-cooperate. You will feel ten times better ten times
quicker and the people around you wont have to suffer from your
bad mood as you feel run down for days on end.
Finally, don't try to continue your diet when you are ill. Your
body needs all the help it can get when it is sick and depriving
it of food is not going to help you get better. You are more
likely to slip off the wagon and gain weight. Take a break and
concentrate on not gaining pounds. Increase your fluid intake,
lots of water, orange juice is a fantastic source of vitamin c
which helps to fight colds and hot drinks will help you to
relax. Eat more fruit and vegetables as they include essential
elements which help your body to fight illness. Eat plenty of
hearty, healthy chicken soup, good for the body and the way you
feel all over. If all that doesn't work consider ringing your
parents for a bit of well deserved love and sympathy. Lets face
it nothing beats a bit of love when you are down, not even the
best chicken soup receipe!