Books for Healthy Living (Coach Bess' Top Recommendations)

Sometimes digging into a good book resource on healthy living can be exactly what the doctor ordered!

Looking for natural answers to a chronic illness or condition? Open up ANY of Dr Mark Hyman's books, like The UltraSimple Diet or Ultraprevention or Ultrametabolism!

Need meal planning help to get the whole family on board with your healthy eating? Pick up a copy of Amy Hendel's book, The 4 Habits of Healthy Families.

Trying to break out of an eating disorder, food addiction, or shame around your weight? Grab a copy of Lose It For Life by Dr Linda Mintle & Stephen Arterburn or pick up Lysa Terkeurst's Made to Crave or Lisa Bevere's You Are Not Your Weight.

With all there is to learn on this healthy living journey, ONE book is not enough! 

Choose from the multiple books out there and available to help you add healthy living tools and strategies to your toolbox! Or to help you overcome a mental block that may be holding you back from transformation.

Some more of my personal favorites are:

NUTRITION

ANY books by Joy Bauer - like...

Idiot's Guide to Total Nutrition
Food Cures

Food Bible by Judith Wills

Get the Sugar Out by Ann Louise Gittleman

FAITH/HEALTH CONNECTION

Your Whole Life by Carole Showalter

What the Bible Says About Healthy Living
by Rex Russel

And of course, our book, the FRESH Start for Health Workbook, by yours truly, Bess Blanco, is a fabulous combination of lifestyle change help on faith, beginning fitness, food and our mindset! You can find it here on this website or by clicking HERE.

Now, remember you can add these resources to your personal library little by little or even with a visit to your local library! I've found MANY of my awesome books (and this is only the smallest sampling) at yard sales, thrift stores and on discount websites online, gently used! 

What are YOUR favorite books on healthy living? We'd love to hear your recommendations in the comments below, or share them with us in our FRESH Start Online Community on Facebook! 

Every other Tuesday, we have a LIVE chat called #LetsTalkAboutitTuesday in our free healthy living support group on Facebook, and this video above was today's chat! You should join us to catch the next one!

Enjoy this helpful video, and be sure to subscribe to the FRESH Start for Health channel on Youtube to continue getting our healthy living tips and encouragement! 

Healthy hugs and belief in YOU ~ Coach Bess

How to Make Steel Cut Oats {Cook Once and Eat All Week Long!}

Looking to eat a healthier breakfast and save time in the mornings? Steel Cut Oats are a great option  for a quick and satisfying weekday morning meal. Whip up enough at one time before your week gets busy and you can warm them up or eat them cold all week long.

(Be sure to pin this recipe to your favorite Pinterest board so you can easily find it later!)

How to make Steel Cut Oats

Breakfast can be one of those tough meals to get into our day - we're going, going from the minute we get up most days - and breakfast can sometimes be an afterthought. But our bodies and brains need a good breakfast, daily! We need to be eating healthy fats, proteins, and whole grains (for brain power!) - but how to get all that into our diet when we're in a rush, as mornings often are? 

PRE-COOKING and meal prep are the answer to this dilemma! Taking a few minutes on the weekend to pre-cook a few servings of Steel Cut Oats and enjoy all week long! 

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Here's how...

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Steel Cut Oats

• 4 cups water

• Topping of choice (nuts, seeds, raisins, maple syrup, cinnamon, FRESH berries etc)
   

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 Instructions:

1.     Bring water to boiling over high heat in a medium saucepan.

2.     Add oats to boiling water, and immediately lower heat to LOW.

3.     Cover pan, simmer oats in water for 20 minutes, stirring gently every 4-5 minutes or so.

4.     Turn the heat off, remove pan, cover and let it sit for about 20 minutes.

5.     Scoop pre-measured amounts (ie 1/2 cup) into small storage containers to refrigerate to use and re heat later.

...then, later in the week, for easy go-to breakfasts that will fill you, keep you feeling full and are no trouble to fix...

 

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Reheating Instructions:

1.     Place refrigerated oats in a bowl, add ½ cup or so unsweetened almond milk or water.

2.     Microwave on high for about 1 minute or so.

3.     Stir, blending oats and milk or water, add toppings of choice.

4.     Enjoy!

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