Food Life Balance
The thing about balance is that it’s never about getting perfectly centered and staying there. It’s about continually recalibrating.
The thing about balance is that it’s never about getting perfectly centered and staying there. It’s about continually recalibrating.
Eating a balanced breakfast (one that includes protein, carbohydrates, and perhaps some fruit or healthy fat) can help you stay satisfied longer, support your energy and concentration, and, for many people, reduce the urge to overeat later in the day.
I reached out to another YouTuber. Not only did she agree to let me interview her, she also interviewed me on a slightly different topic and posted that video on her channel. It was a whole nutrition collaboration!
If healthy eating feels like a rigid set of rules you’re supposed to follow, and vacations become your chance to break those rules, it can be very difficult to make peace with the natural ebb and flow of life.
We all have seasons where survival mode is all we can manage. But if you are in nutrition survival mode EVERY DAY and want to feel a little better, a little more energized, maybe a little less overwhelmed… something needs to shift.
If you haven’t sought out your seasonal strawberries yet, let this post serve as a reminder, the time is short, and you may regret missing out!
The problem isn’t always that the advice is wrong. Sometimes, it’s that the advice is so vague that is gets interpreted in ways that were never intended.
Being capable of a DIY meal also usually means spending less on food overall – in money that is.
The hard truth, is that cooking your own food from scratch will cost you in time.
Why on earth are we making desserts out of this red/green stalk? From a culinary perspective, that distinctive tartness is likely the reason rhubarb finds itself treated with sugar rather than salt.
If we do want to start making choices that are more aligned with our values, we will have a better time of it if we don’t beat ourselves up every time we have to make a compromise.