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My Top 5 Tips for Starting Your Health Journey

Kayla Castle • May 15, 2023

"Your health and wellbeing should be your #1 priority, nothing else is more important" ~ Robert Cheeke

  1. Forget calories, focus on portion sizes & nutrition- yup, you heard that right!

Counting calories becomes an endless calculation game, bypassing your inner hunger cues. So instead, portion out your food per serving size. Visually seeing what one serving portion of your food looks like, is very helpful in building up those inner hunger cues. 


   2. Get active, every day

If you’re just starting out, go for a 20-minute walk every day. Get the blood flowing, and the body moving, to reap in all the positive benefits of exercise. 


   3. Load up on those leafy greens for one meal, every day

Fill your bowl to the brim with leafy greens, topped with healthy fat, lean protein, and whole-grain carbohydrate. Ensuring you have one healthy nutritious meal a day, starts to create a habit. Habits over time become your routine, easy and sustainable. 


   4. Start your day with a fiber-filled breakfast

 Some great suggestions include oats with fresh fruit, eggs with whole grain toast, or a smoothie 


   5. Get rid of the all-or-nothing approach immediately

There is no such thing as failure unless you give up trying. You had fried fast food for lunch? Okay, then for dinner have a well-balanced meal that has some veggies in it. Just because you had a not-so-healthy meal does not mean the day, week, month, or year is ruined. Each time you eat is a chance to incorporate some nutritious food. Everything in moderation and no more negative self-talk. How you talk to yourself matters the most, remember that always. 

How to Read a Nutrition Label and What To Look Out For

By Kayla Castle • 16 Sep, 2023
Do you find looking at nutrition labels to be confusing and overwhelming? There is a lot of information there, with lots of numbers that add to the confusion. Let’s break down the top things to look out for on a nutrition label:

Balancing Blood Sugar Levels

By Kayla Castle • 19 Jun, 2023
You know when you eat something sweet and then later in the day you start feeling sluggish and tired? That sugar crash feeling is from a sharp rise in blood sugar levels followed by a decline. Having consistent blood sugar levels provides us with a consistent energy boost. By structuring our meals in a balanced pattern, you will be less likely to experience a “sugar crash”.

Spooky Banana Bars

By Kayla Castle • 21 Oct, 2022
T-minus 10 days to Halloween…..I’ve got the perfect treat to use up those ripe bananas on your countertop! These bars are gluten-free and easily vegan just swap the eggs for flax-eggs. Get the full recipe linked below
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