Excuse: Not enough time Reality: If I’ve heard it a hundred times, “I always said that if I had someone to prepare my meals I would eat healthy.” Okay, then what’s holding you up now? This is even easier than swinging through a fast food drive thru or eating out Excuse: Picky Reality: You have a feature to choose your own with over 60 choices of fresh, healthy food Excuse: Travel a lot Reality: If you are traveling a lot you’re not going to have time to prep your meals so this would be ideal. Your prepped meals can be taken with you. Excuse: Dr. wants me on a strict diet Reality: There are strict diets...
You can consume too much sodium and too little. I will explain. Sodium is a mineral that contributes to various functions in the body such as regulating the balance of water in the body, maintaining normal heart rhythm, muscle contraction, brain function. Sodium also has an important role in absorption of chloride, amino acids, glucose and water. On the flip side, excess sodium can also cause water retention leading to hypertension (high blood pressure), increased risk for stroke, heart failure, osteoporosis, and stomach cancer and kidney disease. At one point, the medical industry suggested reducing sodium intake would reduce risk of heart problems, but they are rethinking this approach. Not that reducing salt intake for some individuals...
If you’re going to do it, DO ITIf we don’t do something with intention then we probably aren’t going to succeed. It runs parallel to anything we aspire to do whether it is our education, career, or become more financially fit. For most of the things we accomplish in life we can’t quit we must keep moving forward taking one step at a time. When we get through to the other side we’ll be happy we did. Like they say, “nothing worth having is easy.” Stay focused on what you want and see it until the end.Money is NOT the issueIt’s a proven fact that purchasing meals from Just Right eating is economical. When we opened JRE we deeply researched...
Carbohydrates get a bad rap, but carbohydrates provide our main energy source; they are essential to brain function, heart function, and muscle movement. Carbohydrates are metabolized and stored as energy(glycogen) in the muscles and liver, used as instant energy, or stored as fat. When we consume carbohydrates, they enter the blood stream causing a release of the hormone insulin, which regulates blood sugar by using it as instant energy, directing it into your muscles for stored energy, or storing it in the body as fat. All too often I hear that someone isn't doing carbs which sends up a red flag. I'm not sure that some individuals understand that there are implications with not consuming enough carbs for...
