HERE'S HOW TO STAY HEALTHY WHEN YOU EXPERIENCE CRAVINGS

 

The holiday season started with chilly weather and going out to buy groceries, planning, cooking and cleaning up the mess. It's understandable if you prefer to be stuck indoors and binge on snacks but at a time like this you need nutrients and vitamins for better health. Homely meals are ready to deliver delish and healthy meals without a simple step, a call. 

 

Eating healthy meals is easier said than done. At a time like this, finding a way to please the whole family and relatives, picky eaters, and getting the energy to cook wholesome meals after a long week at work may be cumbersome. It will be no wonder if you spend more at restaurants and fast food driveways than in the grocery store. 

 

To offer a susceptible solution, companies share recipes alongside a packed box of groceries to save you time and feed the family in simple steps of cooking. Other companies offer a food delivery service of home-style cooked meals that are curated by in house nutritionists. 

 

Homely Meals offer weekly and monthly meal plans for singles, couples and families to cater for their basic needs. You can choose the dishes you'd prefer, pause your subscription in case you have other plans or even alter the number of people being served. All homely meals arrive fresh and cool with environmentally friendly insulated packaging. 

Is ordered food healthy?

Yes. With an experienced nutritionist, all the nutritional information is given as you subscribe to a plan. A meal of wholesome 500 to 700 calories and 40g of protein with more fibre than sugar is quite a perfect balanced diet. Just as fast foods have a nutrition calculator, we have one that compares the level of nutrition of taking outs. With confidence, we guarantee that our meals are healthier than an average fast food meal. 

 

Homely meals include lean proteins and fresh whole grains that constitute real food, unlike processed foods. Our recipes are created from scratch to bring flavour to your table or desk with a signature spice and sauce that blends all the essential ingredients resulting in a perfect home-style cooked meal. Premarinated and pre-seasoned meat options make the cooking process easier and cooked to standard. 

How do I rest my cravings?

When a powerful body chemical gets stimulated by emotions or the environment, you can literally feel the taste of the dish you are craving on your tongue. In short, they are complex and there are ways to avoid the desire to feast on unhealthy foods;

 

a.                   Try aromatherapy. 

Some nutritionists have researched hunger and cravings and led to a conclusion that there are some scents that can suppress cravings such as jasmine or vanilla. Try this especially if your sweet tooth is calling for a sugary snack. 

 

b.      Move to a different location. 

Cravings are said to be triggered by the environment you are in. You may be taking a walk past a food truck, and it's hard to not buy yourself a treat. Once in a while, engaging in visual or physical tasks helps shift the focus to something else than munching.  

 

c.       Make spicy foods your favourite. 

Turning up the heat activates dopamine, the same chemical that tunes up your cravings by sending pleasure emitting neurotransmissions. Spices put off the hormone that stimulates hunger - ghrelin and turns on the hormone that gets rid of cravings - GLP-1. 

 

d.      Eat lots of proteins so that your body can differentiate between cravings and hunger. 

Being full automatically takes your mind off food or snacks. A healthy meal such as a protein-rich breakfast helps to starve off brunch cravings or early lunch. Home-style cooked meals have quite a good proportion of proteins that boost you to a full tummy and take you through half the day.

 

e.       'I'm on a break'.

Sometimes you are trying to watch your weight or just something that is a good reason to completely take a break from fast foods. Most people go with the motto life is short to give up all the temporary goodness, but nay. It's important to care for your health. Just don't beat yourself up about cutting them down so that you deny yourself some little pleasures. 

 

f.       Postpone your cravings. 

Tell off your cravings and tell yourself that you'll reward yourself later in case maybe you finish the project or presentation. Promising to indulge later cheats your cravings. We all know how procrastination works...

 

The above are ways in which you can be in charge of your eating habits by controlling your cravings. A path to consuming healthy meals for better functioning bodies and minds. Cross your heart that good food is a good mood. Order your dose of nutrition from Homely Meal today, and kick-start your day on a healthy note.