065: Eating Close to Nature and Balancing Blood Sugar on a Budget with Chandis RDN

Moms take care of everyone…but sometimes we forget ourselves.

If you’ve had those moments when you blow up at a kid or spouse and then realize, “Oh, I haven’t eaten in 4 hours,” you know what it’s like to feel ‘hangry.’

My guest today draws upon personal and professional experience with nutrition and blood sugar to give us a masterclass on how to think about the contents of our food and fueling ourselves (and our families) for the day.

You’ll learn:

• 2 goals for daily eating
• how to anchor your food to feel better all-day
• the real cause of mood swings, anxiety, and tiredness
• why grocery shopping and trying new recipes may sometimes seem like a fun challenge and other times be a drag
• how to teach our kids about healthy fuel and choosing balanced meals
• whether calorie counting makes sense for moms in the thick of it
• how to stay motivated to feed our families when it starts to get us down
• some excellent grocery shopping tips to keep you on a budget

Chandis created a Christian-based series of nutrition and food classes for the whole family to watch, and you’ll get a taste of how important they are in this interview.

Resources We Mention for Balancing Blood Sugar

• Read more about "hangry" symptoms
• If food is causing burnout, it's probably time to pass some cooking skills on to the kids
• I now have 3 kids who make dinner one night a week!
• Listeners can use the coupon code “handbook” for 20% off the “Eating Close to Nature” series

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