Top 5 Ways to a Healthy Barbeque for PCOS

Eating healthy at barbeques for PCOS means having a variety of food groups in your meal: proteins, healthy fats, vegetables and fruits, water and a limited amount of sweets.

Be sure to have a balanced meal at the barbeque to avoid any blood sugar imbalances.

Healthy eating at barbeques this summer and fall are as easy as understanding the correct portions of each food group in your meal.

For example, you may have too many of one food group and leave out the rest, resulting in unbalanced meals and an imbalance in blood sugar levels.

Healthy eating at social events requires planning and motivation to want to be healthy for PCOS. For example, don’t go to a social function famished. This will result in overeating the bad foods, such as chips, pretzels, crackers, bread, etc., that cause a blood sugar surge. Instead, try having a small protein-rich snack before going to the event.

If you are someone that tends to go to social events and overeats on all the bad foods for PCOS, then you are not following my top 5 suggestions.

Try these top 5 suggestions at your next social event and afterwards see if you noticed a difference in terms of how you felt at the event. For example, you may have felt less fatigue, fewer cravings for carbohydrates and sugar, and spent more time socializing and enjoying yourself as opposed to over indulging on bad PCOS foods, leaving you feeling lethargic and moody.

Try following these 5 simple steps at your next barbeque and see how you feel.

These are the Top 5 Ways to a Healthy Barbeque for PCOS:

1.  Vegetables are the one key ingredient that most people lack in their barbeques. It’s a shame because that’s where we get most of out fiber intake. It’s very important to load up your plate with all sorts of seasonal vegetables. Try grilling vegetables such as peppers, tomatoes, onions, zucchini, summer squash, broccoli, etc., with a little olive oil, salt and pepper.

2. Protein is equally as important as vegetables, since this is what helps to stabilize your blood sugar level. This is what people with PCOS should strive for. Try having a large portion of your plate protein. This will help you feel more satisfied from your meal, thus craving less of the bad PCOS food at the barbeque. You should feel more stable, and experience fewer mood swings and blood sugar crashes.

3.  Water is not to be missed. It’s very important that you keep your body hydrated throughout the entire time at the barbeque. Be sure to have a large glass of water with your meal. Adding sliced lemon or lime to your water gives it a little kick.

4.  Grilled Fruit. Yes, grilled fruit is absolutely delicious and such a wonderful treat to serve for dessert! Try grilled apples or pears. This could be very beneficial for you because you are not creating a blood sugar surge that you normally get from having cookies or cakes for dessert.

5.  Don’t forget your healthy fats. Most people get so scared when it comes to adding natural fats to their meal. People have become so accustomed to buying everything fat free, thus having very little natural fats in our diets. Trust me, there is no way to make something naturally fat free, so please know that it’s probably packed with ingredients that you can’t read. Healthy fat plays a very important role in helping to keep us fuller longer. Try including some great healthy fats in your meals by adding avocado, nuts and seeds, olive oil, sesame oil, etc.

Try these delicious ways of eating healthier at barbeques for PCOS. You will immediately feel a difference.

Whether you’re at someone’s barbecue or hosting it yourself, it’s very easy to follow these simple steps.    

Now, isn’t that a great way to spell “relief” for yourself?