Just in case you missed it, March has been declared “National Nutrition Month.” 
The hope is that people will start to focus on how what they eat and drink affects their health. This is especially true if you’re a mom with kids. The habits that we start our young children out with will be hard to overcome as an adult, so I’m trying to learn as fast as I can so that I can teach them healthy eating habits.
One thing that I’ve become aware of over the past year is the importance of changing over my family’s diet to one that follows as low in sugar as possible. This type of diet is called low-glycemic and isn’t just for people who have diabetes. Keeping your blood sugar level turns a fat storing body into a fat burning body.
Since I’ve had my son it’s been quite a challenge to lose the additional weight that seems so attached to me. Following a program called Fat-to-Lean was very effective in helping me lose inches and begin my journey to a healthier weight. Success with this way of eating hinges on your ability to remember to eat every 2-3 hours as well as confining your diet to foods that have little impact on your body’s blood sugar.
One of the things that sabotage my attempts at weight loss is my need to remember to snack. Having small snacks between meals can be a real boost to our metabolism. Unfortunately for me, by the time I get finished homeschooling, working from home, chasing children (furry and human) and all the other things that have to be taken care of in life I find that hours have gone by without me eating anything.
So, I had to learn what to snack on and how to make it virtually impossible for me NOT to eat something within reasonable i ntervals. The fastest (and easiest) snacks to prepare in advance are almonds, raw mixed nuts, freshly popped popcorn, carrots and celery sticks to name a few. My personal favorite is raw mixed nuts with a small amount of dried fruit. It’s very filling and satisfies my sweet tooth quite well.
I’ll be on the lookout for more helpful nutritional tidbits to share with you.
