nutrition, fitness Megan Hanna nutrition, fitness Megan Hanna

lemme get a snack

I’m coming off a fun girls weekend with my friends from home . . . . and it got me thinking about something very important - snacks! 😛

Over the years I’ve noticed that oftentimes when ladies gather, they eat food suited for rabbits. Veggie trays, chips and dips, and other cute treats are nibbled on throughout the day.

And while I love a good charcuterie board just as much as the next gal, a snack is not a meal.

Even if you choose “clean,” protein-rich, low calorie snacks . . . . they’re still not fueling you properly. Yogurt is not a meal, a protein bar is not a meal, fruit is certainly not a meal.

I’m not saying there’s anything inherently wrong with snacking, and sometimes a meat stick in your purse can really save you! But if you’re snacking all day every day, it could be negatively impacting your fitness.

If your constant snacking is:

  • leading you to binge later in the day because you’re SO HUNGRY

  • putting you in a caloric surplus because you’re going overboard on the nibblers

  • making you a hangry, miserable human at the end of the day because you’re malnourished

You need to eat more MEALS.

Again, snacks have a time and place and I’m not discouraging them completely. But if snacks make up the bulk of your diet, I highly encourage you to start eating well-balanced, nutrient-dense meals throughout the day. Your energy, mood, and social circle will thank you.

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YOU ARE THE SUM OF YOUR DECISIONS

In the grand scheme of life, it’s the small, seemingly inconsequential decisions that often hold the greatest power. Every choice we make, from the mundane to the monumental, contributes to the way our life plays out. We are the sum of our decisions.

I think most of us realize the power of the big decisions we make - our jobs, where we live, who we attach ourselves to, etc. But what about the small ones? Every day we make hundreds of decisions that affect our trajectory.

Every day most of us have the choice to:

  • eat nutritious, nourishing foods or eat junk that makes us feel like crap

  • sit on our butts or move our bodies

  • order takeout or cook at home

  • scroll IG or get to the gym

. . . . . . these are just a few that are specific to fitness! There are so many more choices we’re faced with on a daily basis.

If you want to change anything about your life - how you feel, look, perform, etc. - you have to change your ways. You can’t expect to continue making the same decisions you always have and suddenly get different results.

Is it easy to make healthy choices all the time? Absolutely not. And am I saying you have to make the healthy choice 100% of the time? No! I don’t even think that’s possible. Just remember that you are a culmination of the choices you make. So if you’re ALWAYS letting yourself off the hook or making excuses for yourself, you’ll continue down the same path. And maybe you’re ok with that. . . but if not, start paying attention to the decisions you make every day.

It’s the little things that add up.

Small changes = big results!

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