The Best Part of CARBS, CAKE & COMMUNITY

May 14

Every year when May comes around I celebrate with a coconut cake. It’s usually homemade. Over the last 15 years, most have been made by loving friends, Jen & Lindsey. I don’t just love coconut cake, I LOVE coconut cake. And though nutrition has changed quite a bit for me over the past decade, there is always room for the sweet treat to be savored.

Savoring was NOT a word in my vocabulary years ago.

When you choose food for the right reason more often, and then eat it at the right time, you learn quickly how GOOD it feels to feel good. And you crave more of this.

When you choose the coconut cake, you SAVOR each bite, each slice (even if you have 2 or 3 slices) because you UNDERSTAND how that food is working with you, for you, not against you.

This is why I am hosting a Coconut Cake Breakfast Party for my special day this year.

Carbohydrates (aka coconut cakes) are best for us in our first meal of the day.

We need carbs for energy. Of course it matters what kinds of carbs. And sure, these are not the healthiest carbs (white sugar is like crack; and white flour is enriched, processed and glutinous bloat to our stomach lining) SO…

WHEN I eat, this matters. As we age, we digest carbs best (body is generally more efficient at digesting) first meal of the day.

Why?

We MOVE during the day. Even brain activity is movement. When we move, we digest food better, AND we keep spikes to the blood sugar lower; which makes our hormones happy.

Do you know how good coconut cake tastes with a cup of warm coffee?

I am a health coach, nutrition coach and work with clients every day on food freedom through behavior and habits.

I love my work. I work to inform and educate clients on how to find balance. Nutrition is a great place to start and should always include how we can:
ADD WHAT WE LOVE ABOUT FOOD, not deprive.

Eating mostly whole foods, 80% of the day, 5 days a week, is a general place to start.

And on special occasions, treating food like a SAVORING EXPERIENCE that includes:

your environment: taking the time to make the cake
your social: experiencing the cake with all the right people around you
your nutrition: holding that TASTE and flavor in your mouth a little longer to fully enjoy and wrap up the entire experience.

Food is more than nutrition.

Food is nourishment and sustenance. And equilibrium and happiness. Food brings pleasure and joy. Food helps us create experiences with and for others. Food helps our brains, hearts and bodies feel better. Food helps us laugh, learn and love one another better. It can be all those things. And it can be one of those things, especially on special occasions.

In the season of special events, gatherings, parties, graduations: choose the one thing that will keep it special.

The fun drink? The appetizer with cheese from europe? The sweet dessert? Whatever it is, pick that one thing and ENJOY IT! Embrace it. Love on every bite. The more you savor, the better you relinquish that dopamine and draw on the very best of our midlife hormones.

Macro up those midlife hormones and SAVOR.

Today is the last day to join my small group so that you can eat the cake and feel good this summer!

Yours in Health,

Jenny