Hack Your Lunch: Turning the midday bore into an exciting and energizing meal.
Food, in its purest form, is energy. It can be often delicious as well. But not everything is beneficial to your body. There are ways to combine whole grains, vegetables, fruits, protein and fat to create meals that you want to eat and your body is happy to have. Lunch is an optimal meal to take advantage of a perfect energy-taste balance.
Emily Hanhan of Nomnivorous.com will be leading a casual discussion about lunch today in all its facets. Learn how to hack your lunch so that you’re energized for the rest of the day AND excited to take your lunch break. It takes just a little bit of science and a whole lot of creativity to create lunches that last.
Whether you are making your lunches from scratch or buying them, try these changes and see what makes you feel the best:
Eat a “typical” lunch for you, whether homemade or commercially made.
- 2 hours after lunch, how do you feel?
hungry / full / tired / energized / distracted / focused
- 4 hours later, how do you feel?
hungry / full / tired / energized / distracted / focused
Add additional vegetables [double your normal portion] to your lunch
Observe your emotions at two and four hours as above.
Add additional protein [double your normal portion] to your lunch
Observe your emotions at two and four hours as above.
Add additional carbohydrates [double your normal portion] to your lunch
Observe your emotions at two and four hours as above.
Join us at WECREATE to learn more about your diet’s impact on your workday energy with Emily on Wednesday, July 25th 1-2pm
