Happy Independence Day Recipes and More!
July 4, 2016Happy Independence Day Recipes: While we celebrate Independence Day in the United States, you can also use it as a day to celebrate your personal independence since having weight loss surgery!
4 Reads For Your Personal Independence
After WLS Celebrating Your Independence - Read how independence, liberty and freedom apply to anyone that has had weight loss surgery. You'll see independence in an entirely new way!
Be Happy, It's Your Right! - From the Declaration of Independence, it states that each human has “certain unalienable Rights, among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Read about your right to be happy!
Breaking Up Your Relationship With Food - Your personal independence includes breaking up your relationship with food. After having WLS, you no longer can continue to depend on food to get through life. Break up with food!
Tips to Understand and Reduce Emotional Eating - Emotional eating is a big issue for most WLS patients and anyone struggling to lose weight. You can become independent from emotional eating by using these tips!
4 Recipes for Independence Day Celebrations
Lemon and Thyme Grilled Chicken Recipe - Fire up your grill to make this fresh, light and easy chicken dish. A delicious and healthy way to eat a whopping 34 grams of protein!
Spicy and Sweet Blackened Salmon Recipe - Salmon is a great food choice for the heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids, and vitamin D, and an excellent choice for lots of protein. Delicious and healthy for WLS'ers and anyone!
Grilled Ratatouille by Val Recipe - Get your grill on and eat your veggies with this ratatouille recipe. Enjoy the veggies with the enhanced flavor from grilling them!
Orange Cream Protein Popsicles Recipe - For dessert, make these popsicles to enjoy protein as a tasty treat. Kids and adults will love these refreshing popsicles. They are so delicious, they won't realize how healthy they are!
4 Fun Facts About Independence Day
1. Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence on a "laptop," a wood writing desk that could fit on one's lap.
2. Thomas Jefferson changed the wording of the Declaration of Independence from "the pursuit of property" to "the pursuit of happiness" which is much better!
3. As of 2015, fireworks sales by wholesalers totaled $508.1 million and sales by retailers totaled $369.4.
4. The Fourth of July is the most popular holiday for grilling. On Independence Day, 76% of grill owners cook barbecue. Memorial Day and Labor Day are the second and third most popular grilling holidays.
The ObesityHelp team wishes you a happy and safe Independence Day!
