Eat Savory to Increase your Happiness & your Money

Good Morning!  Well its morning at the time of me writing.  I just did a podcast interview with Kat at The Simplified Life, and our topic was 3 simple steps to increase your happiness. I said nothing about food, because it wasn't on my mind in the moment.  But today I decided to cook a keto licisou meal, and felt inspired to share!

SO many different things contribute to our happiness levels.  I am on constant analysis of how I can increase my own "normal" happiness level to even higher.  

I have been very open with having had depression in the past, and what I ate affected my mood.  As I cleaned up my diet more and more, I noticed it was just easier to be happy more often.  NOTE: I used to believe happiness was not natural to who I am as a person, and that I had to work hard to be happy.  It was very frustrating to always feel like I was battling uphill.

Over time what I learned is that toxins in our body literally create a worse mood.  I can feel the difference.  When I drink a lot or eat too much sugar, its a struggle for me to be happy, and I cry very easily. COMPARED to when I eat really well, most likely drank a lot of celery juice or other fresh squeezed juices, and spent a good amount of time out doors...  Lots of water is detoxing, lots of celery juice is detoxing (make sure you are home if you are not used to drinking lots of celery juice), and exercise is detoxing.  Whereas drinking is putting toxins into your body, and sugar is also putting toxins into  your body... 

SO as I was preparing to make breakfast, I asked myself "what will nourish me the most today?"  I meant energetically, emotionally, as well as for my physical health.  Then I ended up feeling inspired to cook salmon, eggs, sunny side up, the rest of the leek I had, and make a parsley sauce.  Its delicious, and VERY filling. Usually when I eat this big of a keto meal I don't feel hungry again until dinner - simply because I don't feel like eating.

This does a ton of things that I love: its easier to feel productive and relaxed, and typically my happiness level is higher.  On top of that, there is something about being full, that makes me spend less money.

SO experiment for yourself: what meals lend you to enjoying higher happiness levels?  What meals lend you to sleeping better?  What meals help you to spend less money?

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What's in this Keto Licious Meal?
Salmon, cooked in garlic powder and olive oil
almost a whole stalk of Leeks
an egg sunny side up
a few mushrooms
parsley sauce blended with olive oil and a tiny big of lemon water
all cooked on the stove top, season to taste
More than half of this meal is green
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I also want to add, that since I have cut lectins out of my diet, I almost never have headaches, and no more joint pain.  I used to take very high doses of turmeric to make my joint pain go away for the day, and could always tell when I forgot to take my vitamins.  Although eating lectin free makes it hard to eat together with other people, I really love that these chronic things that I just though were part of how my body worked, are gone.  I am used to this way of eating now, and manage just fine when hanging out with others :)

So try it out! See what meals raise you up the most, beyond that delicious moment!
​Sending love, Jessica

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