Nourishment

What snack would you eat right now?

My go to snack lately is cottage cheese mixed with yogurt, berries, Elizabeth brand granola, pecans, chocolate chips etc. It’s my high protein, nourishing pick me up. A lot of people don’t like cottage cheese, but luckily I do. Protien is important to me. Greek yogurt gives it a little zing. I choose full fat on both.

I have used an emersion blender to smooth out the cottage cheese before, but the texture doesn’t bother me, so I skip this extra step. I feel satiated and treated when I eat this parfait like snack. It’s a win win for me.

Where I used to think of Clif bars or cookies or chips or popcorn as my go to snack, those things never made me feel nourished. Sometimes, they left me with a stomach ache. Often, I would go back for cookie after cookie and feel more hungry and start craving more sugary carbs, which left me feeling terrible. It turned out, I had some insulin issues. My blood sugar would drop randomly and so severely I would lose brain function at times or get shaky or fatigued. ( kind of like that bonking feeling I’d get in long races). It was a weird phenomenon. I actually had to quit sugar because it was causing other problems as well. I later learned that I could balance out my protein/fat to carb ratios and be fine. I eat with the intention of feeling good now. It’s made all the difference.