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Your energy is stuck with how you're EATING.
Congrats, friend! Now we know. According to your responses, the main area you are stuck is with your eating. Diets want us to take on a one-size fits all approach to our health and well-being. They want us to choose one way, count something, make up rules...which keeps us in all or nothing and guilt mode.There are some important starting points and components of health that can actually help you feel closer to yourself, rather than a diet plan. You have an opportunity to understand how and why you are making food choices that are beneficial or harmful.If you're the type of person who says, I know what to do I just can't seem to do it...keep reading.5 Easy tips for getting the most out of your eating...1. 6 cups of vegetablesFiber is your key to feeling full! It takes a long time to digest, and can help control your blood sugar levels, reduce cholesterol, and keep you regular. I task my clients with incorporating 6 cups of vegetables as a way to eat with abundance many colors, textures, flavors, and to use vegetables to crowd out less superior options like refined flour.2. Consciously choose your sugar and refined carbohydrates.Sugar disrupts hormones and causes depression, anxiety, restlessness, nervousness, and impulsivity. You’ve experienced the effects of these highs and lows. We can bring a conscious awareness of where It hides In the foods you eat, and choose or make alternatives using honey, maple syrup, or date syrup. It Is also helpful to begin your day with a protein-based breakfast, such as frittata, steel-cut oats, or whole-milk yogurt or coconut yogurt with grain-free granola and flax meal, sweetened only with honey or maple syrup.3. Listen to yourself through your foodWe can all benefit from truly listening in to our symptoms and paying close attention to how foods affect our bodies to make better choices. Our digestion is a massive indicator of whether or not we are on the right track. Every person has a unique set of IIF's -- Individual Inflammatory Foods. The best way to pinpoint these food issues Is to keep a daily log for the next two weeks, and be Invested in, and curious about, how foods are affecting you both positively and negatively.4. Choose healthy fatsFor over ten years, I was under the impression that fat was bad. Because of that, I relied on processed foods and fake-fat, which I blame for the majority of my psychological, food and health issues I had to unwind. Healthy fat helps you sustain high performing energy for a longer period of time. Healthy fats Include raw and dry-roasted nuts, avocados, olive oil, flax meal, chia, pastured meats and eggs, ghee, and coconut oil. Include them often. Avoid fats that are hydrogenated, as well as soybean oil, seed oils (rapeseed/canola, sunflower), and palm oil, which are found In most prepared and processed foods.5. Get plenty of proteinProtein is important for our bodies to lower hunger hormones, increase satiety, as well as increase metabolism. Both vegetarian and animal proteins have this effect, but most vegetarian proteins lack the complete essential amino acids profile that is left when the proteins are broken down in the body. Amino acids are important for the body to break down food, grow/increase muscle mass (great for metabolism), repair body tissue, and turn into energy for the body to use. When choosing animal proteins, choose pasture-raised and local when possible. Servings can vary person to person, but generally speaking, a palm-sized amount of protein Is sufficient, with the rest of your meal full of colorful vegetables.Slow your scroll, and let me introduce myself...Hey there, I'm Helen Birney 👋 I'm a certified integrative nutrition, energy, and life coach specializing in ending yo-yo dieting and health breakthroughs. I get women off the scale and into their lives by helping them understand their motivations and behavioral patterns that impact their health and well-being deep inside their consciousness.Still not sure where to start your weight loss journey? Read on, friend...1. Join my free facebook group, The Energetic Way: An Empowered Approach to Women's Health. My podcast, Off the Scale, streams into the group so we can chat together to give you the tools you need to transform your body and mind.2. Check your inbox! I'm going to send you resources to my think, eat, live approach to health and healing. 3. Book a consultation with yours truly! If you can't wait another second to get started, let's talk ASAP. On our call, we'll go over your goals and create a custom plan.P.S. Meet me in your inbox on Fridays. I will share more tips to help you!
