Balanced Meals

Written By Amanda Homen

The goal with nutrition is not to eat clean 100% of the time or restrict yourself. The goal of nutrition is to focus on nutritionally gratifying foods while building healthy habits that are easy to maintain.

After eating a meal, you should feel energized and satisfied! However, most of us are walking around feeling sluggish, and anxious. We have yet to learn that we possess the ability to feel much more vibrant, energetic, and focused.

The way we achieve this is by prioritizing our blood sugar. Maintaining stable blood sugar can be nothing short of life-changing!

Blood sugar refers to how much sugar travels in our bloodstream and to our cells. Much like the Goldie Locks theory, we don’t want too much sugar and we don’t want too little. We want just enough to give our body the energy it needs to thrive!

Here are some common symptoms of blood sugar imbalances to look out for…

  • dramatic shifts in energy/energy crashes (ups and downs)

  • afternoon slumps

  • sudden or irrational mood shifts, mood irregularity, irritability

  • sugar cravings

  • trouble focusing/unclear thinking

  • lightheadedness, headaches, and/or migraines

  • strong reliance on coffee

  • anxiety/jitters

 If these symptoms sound familiar, a trick to stabilize blood sugar levels is to add protein, healthy fats, and fibre (aka vegetables) to your carbohydrates.

Where better to start than the first meal of the day?


Balanced Breakfast
Refined carbohydrates are an especially common go-to for breakfast—for example, cereal, quick oats, muffins, baked goods, toast, pancakes, etc. However, a morning meal that’s high in refined carbohydrates and low in protein/fat can throw blood sugar off for the whole day. Most people don’t realize that their afternoon sugar cravings are usually caused by their choices in the morning.


Balanced Breakfast Ideas:

  • 2-3 eggs with veggies, whole grain or sourdough, avocado

  • veggies and breakfast sausages or sardines

  • chia pudding

  • plain, grass-fed yogurt, or a nut/coconut yogurt with berries and nuts

  • smoothies with fat and/or protein, including sources such as coconut cream, hemp hearts, flaxseeds, nut butter, avocado, shredded coconut, or collagen powder

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Amanda Homen