The ‘Simple’ Button: Your Guide to Effortless Healthy Eating

Do you ever wish you had an “easy” button?

Especially:

When it comes to improving your health?
A way to minimize energy, time, and/or money spent?

Another description to consider is “readily performed.”

- Readily performed, unlike a 900-minute Power Zone class.

- Readily performed, unlike a 5-day yoga retreat in Bali.

- Readily performed, unlike a meal that requires 17 ingredients and 6 bowls to prepare. 

According to Merriam-Webster, readily performed means “simple.” You might be looking for a “simple” button instead of an “easy” button.

Your wellness journey doesn’t have to be complicated, overwhelming, or confusing. It can be straightforward, understandable, and sustainable. So, let’s start with eating. And let’s keep it simple.

The way you eat doesn’t have to fit into one category.

A vegan who eats cottage cheese or …
A vegetarian who has the occasional piece of salmon …
or like Ruth Soukup, the author of Do It Scared, pescatarian keto with a bacon-eating exception.

No one diet defines healthy eating.

So, you may find that your eating habits spill out of one diet style and into another. And that’s ok! Your eating habits don’t have to be squeezed into one category. Educate yourself about how food builds you up.

I educate my patients about the four core nutrients to include in every meal in order to serve their body well. And I educate them about proportions: which nutrient does their body need most? Which one does it need least?

This way of eating starts as a way of thinking. There are no restrictions. There are no rules. There’s no “good” or “bad” food. There’s just education and empowerment about how to create a healthy meal.

You can have healthy eating habits without going hungry.

I’ve heard several influencers and coaches say you should always be just a little bit hungry. They teach their clients to misappropriate the hunger scale so that they avoid fullness. I’ve even heard them suggest eating your meals from bread plates instead of dinner plates in order to restrict the quantity of food you eat.

Hunger is a sign. And the sign reads “eat!” Why anyone would teach you to ignore the sign is beyond me! If you’re hungry, you may be low on energy. And you need food to make energy. And you need energy to live your life. Encouraging you to stay hungry is miserable at best and dangerous at worst.

So, don’t ignore your hunger; investigate it. When you feel hungry, you have the power to ask yourself: Am I physically hungry? And with that one simple but meaningful question, you can give your body what it truly needs. If you’re not physically hungry, maybe you’re thirsty. So, you get to drink water. But maybe you’re tired. Can you plan for rest? Or stressed. Maybe some deep breathing? Excited? Yay! How else can you celebrate your excitement? Bored? Entertain yourself!

But if you’re truly physically hungry … eat.

Healthy eating doesn’t have to be time-consuming.

Now, if you like to spend hours in the kitchen preparing meals … That’s amazing! But I want you to know it’s not necessary. That’s why all the meals I share with my patients can be made in 30 minutes or less! You can make lots of nutritious meals without taking lots of time. Doesn’t that sound simple?

Just remember:

1) You can create your own lifestyle.
2) You can satisfy your hunger.
3) And you can do it efficiently.

Now, if you’re wondering how, keep reading at morphmedspa.com.