Part of staying blissful during a huge transitional time like an engagement is to make sure we are eating healthily. For most of us, it's hard to stay balanced and eat healthily even during the less eventful times of our lives, let alone the more crazy hectic times like during our engagement. We all want to but it seems like there are more important things to think about. The dress, the flowers, guests, the itinerary... oh yeah, and regular everyday stuff too!
All of these things can become overwhelming and really stressful. But think back to before you were engaged...how did you picture the newly engaged you? You probably pictured yourself happily with your fiance feeding each other chocolate fondue, walking hand in hand,and passing the time away having picnics before the big day.
Well, maybe being engaged won't be like that (if it is for you than all I can say is what are you doing reading this? Go back to your lovely schedule of fondue eating and skipping hand in hand with your fiance!), but if you are more balanced in body, a balanced mind will follow and you will certainly be more blissful.
Good food helps us to get through our engagement (and life) with more energy, balances our bodies and minds, and helps us to feel like a calm, beautiful creature! I'm not a nutritionist, but here's what has worked for me:
1. Try to eat as many veggies as possible! You heard it, you know it, and it works!
2. Stay away from sugar. Once in a while you do need a little something sweet to make you feel better but don't go overboard. The crash and crankiness that follows isn't really worth it. Even better, find something sweet that is healthy too like fruit or granola.
3. Make sure to have all your meals. Don't skip meals! That's the sure way to be cranky, have low energy and eat unhealthy stuff later on in the day.
4. Take a multivitamin. For days that I'm too busy or I know I didn't eat as many veggies as I should have, I make sure to take my multivitamin. The ones I like are from
New Chapter Organics because they are a whole-food complex. I've tried other multivitamins in the past and they always made me feel nauseous. These never do.
5. Eat until you are full. I find I just don't feel satisfied unless I eat until I'm full. Also, if I'm still hungry, all I think about is food and I can't focus on much else. So how do you eat until you're full without gaining weight? Just eat a lot of veggies and whole grains!
6. Stay away from junky food. Everyone has a different definition of what "junk food" is, but for me it's anything that is high in things like fat, sugar, refined flour, preservatives or chemicals. Usually we don't feel very good physically or about ourselves after eating these things.
Hope that helps you on your quest to staying blissful!
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