Overcoming
a Busy Schedule To Eat Right
Do you feel as though your busy schedule
keeps you from eating healthy?
Take the case of Lisa, a busy hospice nurse who works 3 days a week. While she
is able to eat healthy on her days off, her workdays are busy from 7am to 5pm
with barely any time to even use the bathroom! And to top it all off, her workplace
is full of sweets and pastries that make it hard to follow a particular diet.
Her days off consisted of foods such as bagels, peanut butter, fruit, yogurt,
sandwiches on whole whet bread, etc. — healthy, right? Well, for Lisa,
these foods were not healthy, they were completely wrong for her Diet
Type! She was experiencing all over body pain from fibromyalgia, low energy,
and excessive weight. Lisa was in need of a change. As a fast oxidizer she would
need to eat more protein and fat,
and also eat more often on her busy days. Lisa was placed on the Otter
diet.
So how would she incorporate this diet into her busy workdays? While it sounds
hard, it is completely possible! During her initial consultation we discussed
quick protein shakes she could make in the morning and sip on throughout the
day. We discussed snacks such as beef jerkey, nuts,
peanut butter and cracker sandwiches that she could quickly grab while on the
go. We talked about meals such as chicken salad
or tuna salad and cut vegetables that are easy to take a few bites of and come
back to during a quick break during work. And we also discussed keeping all of
these Otter friendly foods readily available so that she could eliminate any
temptation to snack on the sweets and pastries..
We worked with Lisa to find foods that she liked and that would work with her
schedule. If you are overwhelmed with all the diet advice out there and with
all the busyness in your life, please come see us! We believe that healthy eating
is vital to preventing sickness, disease, and living a healthy enjoyable life.
The end results of healthy eating are well worth the short time it takes to get
started. Give us a call today!
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