Whenever we get too busy or stressed, we all tend to make poor food choices. Paradoxically, those poor choices actually increase stress and compound our problems.
To get the most of your healthy eating and avoid stress, follow these simple tips.
Always Eat Breakfast
Even though you may think you aren't hungry, you need to eat something. Skipping breakfast makes it harder to maintain the proper bloodsugar levels during the day that can lead to sluggishness. Any time that you might save from skipping breakfast will be lost in decrease productivity during the day.
Carry a Snack
Keeping some protein rich snacks in your car, office, or pocket book will help you avoid bloodsugar level dips, the accompanying mood swings, and the fatigue. Trail mix, granola bars, and energy bars all have the nutrients you need when you need that little boost.
Healthy Munchies
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Do you know?
You can significantly improve your diet by understanding a little about blood chemistry. According to Dr. Arthur Agatston, inventor of the South Beach Diet, a side effect of excess weight is a impairment of insulin to properly process fats and sugars. You can reverse this insulin resistance by decreasing your consumption of processed carbohydrates.
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If you like to munch when you're stressed out, you can replace potato chips or other non-healthy foods with carrot sticks, celery sticks, or even sunflower seeds. For a little special treat add some low-fat Laughing Cow cheese to your celery stick.
Pack Your Own Lunch
Although a lot of people prefer to eat fast food for lunch, you can save a lot of money and actually eat healthier if you take a few minutes and pack a lunch at home. Even if you only do this a few times a week, see how much better you'll feel.
Stock Your Home
As important as it is to get the bad food out of your house, it's even more important to get the good food in! The best way to do this is to plan a menu of healthy meals and snacks at the beginning of the week, list the ingedients you need, then go shop for them. This way, you'll have what you want when you need it and you won't have one more thing to stress out about.
Michael Saunders has completed eight marathons and credits sensible nutrition to his success on the road. He edits sites on
Nutrition and Abundance and
Building Spiritual Wealth.
