Ukuvuma Kwe-Snack-a-Holic: Ngiwuyeke Kanjani Umkhuba Wami

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Siyizwe elijabule ngokudla okulula: Amaphesenti angama-91 aphelele amaMelika anokudla okulula noma amabili ngosuku ngalunye, ngokusho kocwaningo lwakamuva oluvela enkampanini yolwazi nomhlaba wokulinganisa, iNielsen. Futhi asihlali njalo sidla izithelo namantongomane. Abesifazane abakulolu cwaningo maningi amathuba okuba badle uswidi noma amakhukhi, kuyilapho amadoda ethanda izibiliboco ezinosawoti. Ngaphezu kwalokho: Abesifazane babike ukudla okulula ukuze banciphise ingcindezi, isithukuthezi, noma njengokuzitika—izizathu ezintathu ezingahlangene nokudla noma indlala.
Lapho ngifunda lezi zibalo, angimangalanga. Njengomhleli wezokudla lapha ku Umumo, ngizwa ngokudla okulula okunempilo okusha nsuku zonke. Ngiyanambitha futhi ngibahlole-kakhulu wabo! Lokho kungachaza ukuthi kungani ngisanda kuthola ukuthi ngiyingxenye yezibalo ebengifunda ngazo: ingxenye yesihlanu yabesifazane abadla amahlandla amathathu noma amane ngosuku. Yize ngazi ukuthi ukudla okulula kungasiza ekudleni okunempilo (kukugcina ungalambi kakhulu futhi ungakusebenzisela ukuthola izakhamzimba ongahle uziphuthe ekudleni kwakho), bengingacabangi ngomkhiqizo noma amaprotheni. Bengidla kakhulu noma yini eyayisekhabetheni le-office snack-okuyinto (kancane futhi) etholakala kalula ngemuva kwedeski lami.
Ngakho ngaphambi kokuba inkathi yamaholide iqale kumodi yekhukhi egcwele ngokugcwele, nganquma ukuthola isibambo semikhuba yami ngase ngishayela isazi sezokudla u-Samantha Cassetty, R.D., iphini likamongameli wezokudla okunempilo enkampanini yokudla okunempilo iLuvo. Nansi indlela angisiza ngayo ukuba ngilawule ukuthambekela kwami.
Ukudla okulula ngokwesu
Ngangidla kakhulu kangangokuba ngangihlala ngingakulambeli ukudla kwakusihlwa! Iseluleko sakhe? "Isnack ngamasu." Yize ethi ukudla okupakishwe okunempilo kuyizinketho ezihlakaniphile kunezindleko ezijwayelekile zomshini wokuthengisa, ngeke kuthathe indawo yokudla okuphelele. Isixazululo: Rdla amalebula esithako, futhi ubheke okusanhlamvu okuphelele noma amaships asekelwe kubhontshisi, futhi ubheke amabha anamagremu angaphansi kuka-7 ushukela owengeziwe. (Zama lawa ma-9 Smart Snack Swaps woMzimba Onempilo.)
Ukuvuselelwa Kwasekuseni
UCassetty wangitshela ukuthi isidingo sami sansuku zonke sokudla okulula ekuseni (noma amabili!) Kusho ukuthi bengingalandeli ukuzivocavoca kwami ekuseni ngokudla okwanele. "Kufanele ukwazi ukuhamba amahora ambalwa phakathi kokudla kwasekuseni nokudla kwasemini ngaphandle kokuqeda ukulamba," esho. Unginike amaphuzu esithelo ku-oatmeal yami yansuku zonke, kodwa wathi ngidinga amaprotheni engeziwe ukuze asenze sihlale. Ukulungiswa: ukuyipheka ngobisi lwe-nonfat noma i-soy (ama-8 amagremu amaprotheni ngenkomishi) bese uyigcoba ngamantongomane athile. Kulula ngokwanele. (Bengingase ngizame enye yalezi zindlela zokupheka eziyi-16 ze-Savory Oatmeal.)
Ukupakisha isidlo sasemini akwanele
Ngithole "izinsiza ezinkulu" zokudla kwami kwasemini ngezizathu ezimbili: Ngizipakisha ngisuka ekhaya futhi ngifaka imifino eminingi kanye namaprotheni ezitshalo. Kepha ngilahle amaphuzu ngokucabanga ukuthi ngingathola kusuka kwasemini kuze kube kusihlwa ngaphandle kwanoma yini enye. "Asivume, ulambile ntambama futhi akumangazi kangako ngoba kungenzeka ukuthi sekuphele amahora ambalwa ungadlile," kubhala uCassetty nge-imeyili. "Uhlobo lokulamba oludlakudla, olukhathele nolungenamikhono yilokho esizama ukukugwema." (Amen.) Ukulungiswa: ukuphonsa induku kashizi nabanye abaqhekezi bezinhlamvu eziphelele noma iyogathi yamaGrikhi nezinye izithelo esikhwameni sami sasemini lapho ngiziqoqa.
Imiphumela
Ngihlome ngeseluleko sikaCassetty, ngahamba ngayothenga igrosa, ngathenga ubisi lwesoya, isikhwama soshizi engangivame ukukuthola emabhokisini ami esidlo sasemini esikoleni samabanga aphansi, kanye nephekhi elibukeka liphilile lama-crackers e-Ryvita. Ngabe sengibeka iseluleko sakhe esivivinyweni. Icebo le-oatmeal (ikakhulu) lisebenzile. Isisu sami besingabhodli emini, kepha kwesinye isikhathi bengikade ngibacuphe ngaphambi kokudla kwasemini. Ngicabange ukuthi lokho kulungile-bekusho nje ukuthi ngiyobe ngidla kancane isidlo sami santambama. Kodwa ukuba nokuthile esandleni lapho idrowa lokudla okulula liqala ukubiza igama lami kwabonakala kubalulekile. Esikhundleni sokulwa nalesi sidingo sokwengeza ntambama, ngavuma kimi ukuthi ngangilambile nje-nokuthi ngidinga ukondla leyo ndlala. Kuzwakala kulula ngokwanele, kodwa ngemva kosuku lokuzitika kakhulu, kulula kakhulu ukuzithembisa ukuthi uzoba "muhle" ngosuku olulandelayo. Kwakungekho sizathu sokuzincisha ukudla phakathi kwesidlo sasemini nesasebusuku, noma, nezizathu eziningi zokudla isidlo esinomsoco, esihleliwe.
Ngokuqondene nesikhathi sokudla kwakusihlwa, bengingakahluphi ngemuva komsebenzi-futhi lokho bekukuhle. "Kungcono ukulalela izimpawu zomzimba wakho kunokuba udle ngokusemthethweni ngoba ihora lesi-7 ebusuku," kusho uCassetty. Ngakho-ke nganamathela kumasaladi ami amakhulu emini nasezidlweni zokudla ezilula, ngabiza ukuhlolwa kwaba yimpumelelo.
Ngisangena nginyonyoba ekhabetheni lokudla okulula? Impela-kepha hhayi kabili ngosuku futhi hhayi ngoba ngidla kancane ngesikhathi sasekuseni nasemini.