Enjoy the Kitchen mindfully and with compassion

When you sit down to a meal, what do you see? Food right? Hopefully there are lots of wonderful colors and smells that make your mouth water. But what’s considered protein, carbohydrates (carbs) and fats in your food? What do they do for your body and how much should you eat of each? Paying attention to what you eat is at the core of healthy eating and understanding what your food macronutrient composition is will put you in the driver’s seat to make good food choices for health. This article will briefly discuss the macronutrients; protein, carbs and fat, in your food and how much you should eat of each.
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I don’t have time to prepare my own meals!! This is told to me all the time when I tell my clients that the best way to ensure healthy eating is to make your own meals. I get it. Life is busy and a lot of us would rather be doing other things more exciting, right?
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“If you don’t know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else.” – Laurence J. Peter

Setting goals and making a plan is one of the most important things you can do to achieve success. This is true for almost anything you’d like to accomplish and is ceratinly true for meeting your health goals.
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