Elevate Your Number Conscious Life This Year

New Years isn’t about fleeting resolutions. It’s about sustainable habits that will help you feel your best year-round—and Carbonaut wants to help! Choosing to adopt a number conscious lifestyle means taking control, getting organized, and finally hitting those health goals.

What better time to start than the beginning of a brand-new year? The holidays can be exciting, but post-holiday transformations? Now you’re speaking our number conscious language.

The best way to ensure success is to make a plan. By creating a carefully crafted and intentional blueprint, you are more likely to stay on track and elevate your number conscious hopes and dreams.

Let’s launch into what you need to do to ensure success this year…

Set <Realistic> Intentions for the Year

Think about what is important to you and how you want to achieve it. If you’re just starting out on a number conscious journey or hitting the reset button, start with small changes and build on them as they become more comfortable and realistic for you.

Here are some ideas:

• Consume one low net carb meal a day with the intention to eventually eat primarily or even exclusively number conscious.
• Try one new number conscious product a week. You’ll find your favourites in no time!
• Shop for number conscious versions of what you love. Our bread has great reviews for many reasons, one of them is taste. You won’t want to go back!
• Limit your sweets and desserts with the intention to eventually stop consuming them altogether.
• Make some simple swaps that contribute to number conscious success. (Keep reading for more ideas on this!)
• Know that slips are common, and you are human. If you indulge in something sugary, don’t be hard on yourself! Start your number conscious routine again tomorrow.

Understand Your Why

Remind yourself why do you want to make the leap to number conscious? Adopting a low net carb lifestyle is appealing for many reasons. There is an entire galaxy of benefits to reap from limiting your carbs, but here are a few big ones:

• Burn more fat: when you limit your net carbs, you also reduce your insulin and blood sugar levels. This switches your cells into fat burning mode. Fat is released from your tissues and burned as fuel to produce energy and ketones.
• Reclaim your energy: following a high carb diet is like living on a blood sugar rollercoaster. By limiting carbs, you take control of the ride, and your cells have access to more stable energy.
• Say goodbye to common cravings: low-carb diets have been shown to reduce your hunger hormone. This keeps you feeling fuller for longer.
• Maintain a healthy body weight: lowcarb eating promotes healthy weight loss by keeping you feeling full while boosting your body’s ability to burn fat more efficiently.
• Reduce chronic inflammation: high blood sugar levels cause inflammation in the body. Following a number conscious diet can help lower your blood sugar levels, which in turn, can limit inflammation.
• Boost your brain: your brain gets energy from sugar. But when you limit carbs, your brain starts using ketones for fuel, instead—and mental enhancements may follow.

Make number conscious Work for You

The thought of adopting a number conscious diet may seem daunting or difficult—but let’s reframe those hesitations!

Ask yourself how a number conscious eating plan fits into your desired lifestyle. Do you want to accomplish more in your day? Do you thrive when you follow a regular and predictable routine? Do you enjoy experimenting with new foods and different ways to make your favourite recipes?

Think of a number conscious lifestyle as a kickstart to mindful health, intentional wellness, personal organization, and increased happiness.  

Here are a few ways to think about food and its relationship to your overall health:

• Develop mindfulness around eating habits, focusing on the fibre content and quality of food. Make your food matter.
• Learn to listen. Pay attention to your body’s hunger and fullness cues to avoid overeating.
• Foster a positive relationship with your food and enjoy it with all your senses. Observe, smell, taste, chew, swallow.
• Practice over-chewing—it’s better for digestion and it lessens the likelihood of overeating.
• Feel a sense of appreciation or gratitude for the food upon your plate. What is it doing for your body? Is it contributing to energy, growth, and repair? (Hint: it should be. If it’s not, consider ditching it.)

Manage Common number conscious Hurdles

As December is often a month when anything goes when it comes to food, getting back on track can often be difficult. Here are some practical tips to get back on track post-holidays:

Meal prep: this includes making a meal plan, shopping for the necessary ingredients, and then executing your plan by making the meals. When you meal plan, you know exactly what you’ll be eating, and you can ensure weekly success. Want to go a step further? Try batch cooking!

Pantry refresh: go through your pantry and pull out everything that doesn’t serve you on your number conscious journey. Donate it to friends, family, or your local food bank. This way you’re not tempted! Instead, replace it with your favourite yummy number conscious options.

Shop new fun products: as more information is discovered about the immense health benefits of a number conscious diet, finding foods that fall into this category has never been easier. Shop Carbonaut’s delicious low net carb line of products!   

Consider shopping via Instacart: when life is busy, it sometimes becomes difficult to stay on track. By ordering your food to be delivered to your door, you can save yourself time and effort. It’s just one more idea to place in your toolbox for New Years success!

Make a better back up plan: instead of deferring to low quality snacks and drive thus when you experience fatigue and time crunches, have foods on hand that are satisfyingly number conscious and healthy. Reach for pre-chopped veggies, number conscious toast with avocado, or even a bag of Carbonaut’s number conscious granola.

Start the Year Deliciously

With Carbonaut’s plethora of number conscious recipes, you can tap into a repository of tried and true, low net carb goodness. We can help you simplify your meal planning with our delicious products, versatile recipes, and informative articles.

There are also countless ways to swap your traditional favourites for number conscious versions that are equally delicious, while boasting lower net carbs.

Here are 10 simple swaps that produce big rewards:

• Cauliflower rice instead of conventional rice
• Zucchini spirals instead of pasta
• Stevia instead of sugar
• Soda water instead of pop or soda
• Nuts and seeds instead of conventional granola
• Salsa or guacamole instead of hummus
• Pickles and olives instead of fruit
• Roasted red pepper instead of grilled tomatoes
• Carbonaut bread instead of conventional bread

Replace high-carb foods with satisfying alternatives to make the transition smoother. Carbonaut offers a whole range of number conscious delicious products that will have you radioing home their praises.

Bottom line?

Make number conscious work for you. We want to thrive in 2025—not just survive! Are you ready to take the number conscious leap and launch into the year with a new, healthier focus on life?

Keep an eye out for next month’s newsletter—it will provide another steppingstone in your path to better number conscious wellness.