Healthy Habits Throughout Your School Day
7am: Avoid the pastries in the lounge that leave you drained by lunchtime. Walk right on by! Instead, have a healthy green smoothie with collagen, egg and avocado toast, or eggs and sausage with some greens before you even get there so that you are not even tempted by that donut box sitting in the teacher’s lounge.
10am: Have healthy snacks on hand. This way, you are not ravenous by lunchtime or after school and don’t reach for the wrong things or eat way too much of that pasta that makes you drowsy by 2pm. Always include protein in your meals and snacks to keep that blood sugar from rising too high or dipping too low. Ideas might include nuts and seeds, string or cottage cheese, fruit with nut butter, hard boiled eggs, turkey or ham slices with avocado, etc.
11am: Ditch the soda. Slowly make the transition to water. Start with sparkling water. After a while move to water with a strawberry and lemon slice (add pink himelean salt to make it taste like lemonade and to help if you have low blood pressure or keto flu). Watch your energy levels soar as you end your soda habit!
Noon: Bring your own lunch. You know the ingredients in the food you make, and unfortunately, you do not know what the restaurant down the street uses to cook their foods (like industrial seed oils) and what fillers and preservatives they put in them. *Save lunch out for a special occasion and look for healthy options that do not derail your healthy habits or zap your energy levels. Include veggies in your lunch – cooked or in a salad – along with that protein – in order to get all of the nutrients you need to keep you healthy. Take care of yourself by choosing a spot where you have healthy choices.
Which of these steps can you take this week or this month? How can you make at least one of these a habit? Contact Health and Wellness Coach Meg Gwyn to set up a personalized plan of action to start a healthy food plan and prioritize your well-being!
