Do you feel yourself moving in slow motion, always drifting into sleep, or even falling asleep at work or school? I’ve been there and I know how you’re feeling. The problem is that you aren’t fueling your body with the necessary nutrients throughout your day. Think of your body as your car and food as gas. Obviously, if you don’t have gas in your tank your car won’t move, but here’s something if you have a car that takes premium gas would you put regular unleaded gas? Of course not! That could damage your engine and definitely hinder your car’s performance! So long story short. you don’t eat, you won’t have energy. You eat junk, the energy you have will be junk.
What you will need:
- 2 whole eggs
- 3 egg whites
- Baby Spinach
- Old fashioned Quaker Oats
- Water
- Almond Milk
- Cinnamon
- Any herbs such as basil, oregano, and Lawry’s red seasoning salt
Step 1: Put about half a cup of oatmeal in a microwavable bowl and fill that bowl with water up until it covers the oats
Step 2: Place the bowl of oats in your microwave and cook for 2 minutes and 45 seconds
Step 3: Crack open your eggs into a bowl. 2 whole eggs (with yolk) and 3 egg whites (no yolk) Stir the eggs with a fork for about 30 seconds.
Step 4: Put a pan on the stove and set it to medium heat. Once warm pour your eggs onto the pan. Continuously stir the eggs to scrabble them. To make sure your scrambled eggs are fluffy use the 30 second on and off method (keep pan on heat for 30 seconds keep pan off heat for 30 seconds while continuously stirring your eggs
Step 4: Once the eggs have started to clump grab a generous handful of baby spinach and toss it into the pan with the eggs and keep stirring for about a minute until the spinach has gotten drained
Step 5: Add-ons for oatmeal. Take your oatmeal and pour your desired almond milk in it. Stir the milk in then take your cinnamon and generously shake your desired amount onto the oatmeal, and finally maple syrup or brown sugar (stay on the light side for the sweetener)
Step 6: Add-ons for your eggs. Once you have plated your eggs shake basil, parsley, oregano, and Lawry’s Seasoned Salt on them.
Step 7: Voila, enjoy!
The 5 Best Sources for Sustainable Energy
Feeling groggy is no fun especially when you have tons of work to do! I was always tired and falling asleep in class and I didn’t know why until I did my research. I found out that food is the fuel that keeps our body moving. So if all you eat is junk food than the energy you are going to have will be junk. You need to be able to three actual meals with 2 snacks, one in between breakfast and lunch, another in between lunch and dinner. I’ve come up with a list of 5 of the best foods that give you energy that will last you well through your next meal, check it out!
1: Salmon or Tuna – Salmon and Tuna have a few things in common. They both are strong sources of omega-3 that will supply you with your daily recommended amount of Omega-3 Fatty Acids. They also will supply you with Vitamin B12 which essentially helps iron work better in your body.
2: Sweet Potatoes – A single, average sized sweet potato has about 23 gram of carbs on it’s own. This is an excellent side dish to whatever you are eating for lunch and dinner or it can even be a snack if you want to be the person who eats sweet potatoes at 11am or 3pm.
3: Quinoa – Quinoa is pretty much a super food. It has almost 40 grams of carbs in one cup! It also has a low Glycemic Index which basically means it takes longer to digest so the energy you get from quinoa is going to last longer than other foods
4: Bananas – Excellent source of carbs and natural sugars and will give you a quick boost when your body needs one; makes a quick, delicious snack
5: Popcorn – This is my favorite on the list. I pop my own air-popped popcorn and it absolutely delicious. It is a low calorie yet very energizing snack
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