3 Food Hacks I Use To Eat Healthy All Week

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Eating healthy all week long doesn’t have to take a lot of thought – or much at all. Especially when you make health who you are, not what you do. In all honesty, I think we put way too much focus on health, which means way too many food decisions that are unnecessary. So rather than getting bogged down in the never-ending battle of health – take the load off and use these food hacks to help you at healthy all week long. 

hack #1 – Rotate through 2-3 meal options each week

You don’t have to have a new supper idea every single night of the week, and you can certainly eat the same breakfast food more than once this week. While there is something to be said about variety, I think focusing on seasonal foods is all we need to worry about. Instead of focusing on too many meals, pick 2 or 3 options for breakfast and lunch and rotate through them over the course of the week. 

What do I mean by that? 

For instance, my breakfast options this week includes just three options:

1. Green smoothie bowl
2. Coconut milk yogurt parfait
3. Sweet Potato Pesto Hash

I can mix and match, add a leftover brat to my hash, eat a piece of avocado toast with my smoothie or whatever I feel like when the day comes. But just having three options takes the decision away and helps you sleep in peace, knowing you have healthy food you enjoy at home to eat. 

hack #2 – pick one meal to focus on

We make way too many decisions in a day, let alone all of the choices we make about our health. Like I mentioned, maybe the secret to health is focusing less on it. Instead of needing to know what you’ll eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner pick one meal to focus on. 

I like to stick with breakfast because how I start my day is how I end it {this has been proven in research}. I don’t worry about what I’ll eat for lunch or dinner – sure I have some plans – but my only focus at the start of the day is the first meal that I eat. 

Stop letting so many decisions overwhelm and prevent you from making a few right ones that set the course for your day. 

hack #3 – Have a pick me up meal

We’re all subject to make “mistakes.” If that is what you want to call them. Some may say, we’re all subject to eating foods that don’t make us feel great, junk. But that doesn’t mean you’ve failed – sure you indulged which is a necessary part of life, but rather than letting it ruin you, use your pick me up meal to get you back on track. 

This is a meal or a snack that you go-to whenever you need to get back on the health wagon. It’s something that makes you feel good and tastes good all at the same time. For me in the warm summer months its a deliciously thick smoothie. Anytime I eat something that didn’t settle well, was a little too heavy or leaves me with endless cravings, I pick back up with a smoothie. 

In the winter, it might be sweet potato toast with a fried egg, a warm thick chai latte or a bowl of sauteed gnocchi. Pick something you love, something you have on hand and is easy to grab whenever the need arises. 

my favorite summer recipes to rotate

Here are some of my favorite summer recipesI add to my breakfast, lunch, and dinner rotation. Use these for ideas and then make your own list – remember each week you only need 2-3 ideas. 

• Sweet Potato Breakfast Hash with Chunky Pesto
• Yogurt Parfait with a Homemade Fat Balls
• Easy Breakfast Hash with Plantains
• Five Ingredient Blender Protein Pancakes
• Muesli with Fruit
• Avocado Toast variations

Lunch:

• Snack Plates with chicken salad
• Salad base with leftover toppings
• 20-Minute Chicken Lettuce Wraps
• Leftovers

Dinner:

• Healthy Crispy Chicken Caesar Lettuce Wraps
• Easy 30-Minute Baked Fajitas
• Brats or Hamburgers with Sweet Potato Fries
• Taco Salads
• BLT Portobello Sliders

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