TheMasterSherpa
Assistant Cook
- Joined
- Jul 26, 2012
- Messages
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Hello all. New to the community, and I'm just gonna spill my guts a little bit here.
So I'm a 25 year old guy. To just put everything out there initially - I was abused sexually by a teacher/coach in high school for 3 years. I lived with this not telling anyone for about a decade. The recent news stories (Penn State, etc) brought back a lot of old problems, and I have finally started to get help in dealing with stuff from the past for the past 4 or 5 months.
So what does this have to do with cooking? Well, you have to understand, I was always the jock/weightlifting/running type (ran 3 half-marathons in high school). However, after the abuse that took place, well, I just kind of stopped, and have been out of shape for years. I'm not in terrible shape, but I'm about 5'11, 220, and I want to get back down to like 175 or so eventually, in running shape.
I have NEVER really cooked much. As for food preferences, I gotta admit, I like junk food. Pizza, tacos, chili, etc etc. I typically don't meet a meal I don't like. But in my therapy, we have really talked about how a healthy diet can go a long way. In the meantime, I have started to cook (like REALLY simple stuff - easy pasta dishes, sauteeing veggies, chicken, a few things on the grill, etc) and I have been REALLY loving it. So I wanna try to really take advantage of this, and start to learn how to cook well while also helping myself get back in shape.
So with all that in mind (and sorry for the LONG post!), I was hoping for someone to recommend a cookbook for me! Ideally the cookbook will be:
- Pretty healthy, able to lose weight with the recipes
- Good for beginners, not TOO complicated, but also requires some work
- Tasty!
- Good for a guy in his 20's
Thanks y'all!
So I'm a 25 year old guy. To just put everything out there initially - I was abused sexually by a teacher/coach in high school for 3 years. I lived with this not telling anyone for about a decade. The recent news stories (Penn State, etc) brought back a lot of old problems, and I have finally started to get help in dealing with stuff from the past for the past 4 or 5 months.
So what does this have to do with cooking? Well, you have to understand, I was always the jock/weightlifting/running type (ran 3 half-marathons in high school). However, after the abuse that took place, well, I just kind of stopped, and have been out of shape for years. I'm not in terrible shape, but I'm about 5'11, 220, and I want to get back down to like 175 or so eventually, in running shape.
I have NEVER really cooked much. As for food preferences, I gotta admit, I like junk food. Pizza, tacos, chili, etc etc. I typically don't meet a meal I don't like. But in my therapy, we have really talked about how a healthy diet can go a long way. In the meantime, I have started to cook (like REALLY simple stuff - easy pasta dishes, sauteeing veggies, chicken, a few things on the grill, etc) and I have been REALLY loving it. So I wanna try to really take advantage of this, and start to learn how to cook well while also helping myself get back in shape.
So with all that in mind (and sorry for the LONG post!), I was hoping for someone to recommend a cookbook for me! Ideally the cookbook will be:
- Pretty healthy, able to lose weight with the recipes
- Good for beginners, not TOO complicated, but also requires some work
- Tasty!
- Good for a guy in his 20's
Thanks y'all!