Exhausted. Spent. At the end of my Jimmy Choo tether. I, like so many moms, feel like I am in a permanent state of fatigue. So, I turned to my friend Lauren Slayton, nutrition guru and owner of  FOOD TRAINERS for some advice on how to raise my energy level

“I don’t think Mom’s know how poorly they are feeling until they tweak their diet and feel better: sleep better and don’t crash in afternoon”, Lauren told me. She then issued this challenge: skip all added sugar (even agave/evaporated cane juice counts) for 3 days.. She added, “ You may hate me for first day but on 3rd you will be contemplating a load of laundry at 9pm”. Umm. Laundry? I can think of better things to do with extra energy!

When I told her that, after making my kids’ breakfasts and lunch, I ran out to my office often forgetting to eat myself, she tsk-tsked me and supplied easy solutions that all take under three minutes and will prevent me from making poor food choices later in the day.

Here are her tips:

• Smoothies: put it all in the blender before you go to bed (or in fridge in a bowl)
  Protein (sunwarrior or socalcleanse are my favorites)
  1 c frozen fruit (cascadian farms frozen fruit) or fresh fruit and a handful of ice
  1 c greens (baby spinach, kale or romaine)
  1 cup liquid (coconut water, almond milk OR ice water)
  Optional stevia

  

• Egg- try microwave poaching
  Fill mug 1/3 up with water
  Crack egg in
  Place in Microwave
  Cover with salad plate (to avoid egg explosion)
  Cook 60 seconds and transfer egg from mug to plate
  Have with berries or cut melon (washed and cut night before)
  
  Know the importance of a good purse snack, place 1 in all purses in your current rotation
• Bars: Pure, Zing, Kookie Karma
  Seeds: 1/4 cup sunflower or pumpkin seeds (in many ways nutritionally superior to nuts)

  FOR MORE INFORMATION:

FoodTrainers
Lauren Slayton
212.769.4300