Enjoy a Healthy Labor Day Weekend!

August 30, 2013 Meredith Mitchell

Good Morning McKinley!!

Here are some tips and recipes to help you have a fun and HEALTHY Labor Day weekend!

These tips are from Hayley Pomroy’s book “The Fast Metabolism” and I think you’ll find these tips very useful 🙂

1. Don’t starv yourself before your BBQ or gathering thinking that your doing yourself a favor by saving all of your calories for 1 HUGE meal. Why? Your metabolism will be working VERY slowly and by the time you do eat you’ll be so hungry that you’ll be at risk for making bad food choices.
Solution: Eat 10-15g of protein every 2 hours before your BBQ.
Options: Greek yogurt, chicken, beef, 1/2 protein bar, hemp milk, lentils

2. DESERTS!! If you can’t avoid them eat some healthy fats before you eat them. Why? This will help to keep the sugar from turning into a permanent fat store.
Options: Raw almonds, pistachios, walnuts, hummus. If nuts or hummus aren’t available eat 1-2 tbsp of olive oil or coconut oil…raw. I know this sounds weird but just give it a try 🙂

3. If you’re going be enjoying beer, wine or a delicious cocktail you will need to replenish with some potassium rich foods the morning after. You might be thinking “Ok, I’ll eat a banana”. Good idea, but there are some other options with less sugar. These will also help prevent water retention.
Options: Cucumber, cilantro and basil. You can eat them raw on their own or in a delicious recipe.

Try one of these delicious recipes this weekend!

Summer Tomato, Onion and Cucumber Salad
~ http://www.eatingwell.com/print/17450