Joyful Glimmer

12 ways to make small changes to eat healthier:

I have seen a lot of posts from people who are eating like crazy during the shelter in place time. I totally get it. I'm on a super sucky diet right now and I'm trying to eat healthy. Here are a few things I do:

1. Egg beaters!!! These things are AWESOME! There is no cholesterol and each "egg" portion has only 25 calories. Most mornings I eat an Egg beaters (Kroger brand) "omelet". 1 egg equivalent portion or 2, its just 50 calories or less. Then I throw in 1 tablespoon of shredded cheddar or parmesan cheese and some sesame seeds. It's a delicious little breakfast for under 100 calories.

2. Flax. Oh man this is like so freaking healthy. I grind mine up in the coffee grinder. I store them in a Ziploc bag in the fridge and I throw them in everything. They are super healthy for you!! Lots of healthy fats as well as vitamins and minerals.

3. Oat flour. There is a flour shortage so to extend my flour supply I use oat flour in lots of recipes. You just grind quick oats in a coffee grinder. Use them in recipes asking for flour, but also anything else like meatloaf, sauces, French toast. They lower your cholesterol and have other health benefits too.

4. Sesame seeds are THE BOMB!! nuff said.

5. Skim milk. Oh honey its just so healthy. No saturated fat or cholesterol.

6. No sugar in the coffee. Sad face. Sad face. I know... sugar in coffee is so good but this is one way to reduce your sugar consumption.

7. Sugar free spaghetti sauce. This is a thing now so why not!? I add chopped garlic because it lowers your cholesterol.

8. I switched from beer to wine because there is less carbs. This is probably bad nutritional advice but there it is.

9. I try not to eat carbs for breakfast and dinner. I know. ...sad face.... I love carbs but since I cut back and started exercising I have lost weight.

10. A very depressing but healthy snack is plain (I know it sucks) Greek yogurt with 1 teaspoon of honey or some chopped almonds. Sorry. It sucks but there is hardly any added sugar.

11. Almonds. Every day I eat 4 almonds and 1 Brazil nut. Almonds lower your blood sugar. 1 Brazil nut has 100% of your day's supply of selenium and chromium. These are essential nutrients and your body uses chromium to regulate blood sugar. It's a easy way to get lots of nutrition just don't eat like a big pile of them because they have a bunch of calories.

12. Bryers carb smart fudge bars are really good and only 60 calories. I love these suckers!

Thanks for reading my list. I am kind of weird about stuff I eat but I hope this helps if you want to make tiny changes.