26 Feb Can a Healthy Relationship with Food and Weight Loss Co Exist?
We are sold instant gratification and easy fixes in every aspect of our lives. Fast food use to mean getting in our car, driving to the establishment, parking the car, walking inside to order food and eating in the restaurant. Then drive thrus made it so we didn’t need to get out of the car to save time. Now, we can click our phone at home and have fast food delivered to us with zero effort.
It’s not your fault that you don’t understand food and nutrition. We are not inherently taught this unless your established habits of cooking and preparing meals together when you were younger, you did your own research or you took classes in college. Even still, EVERYONE is different in what a healthy diet looks like for them while enjoying your life too.
You are not alone if you feel totally lost and confused about what foods you should eat and why. This is exactly what I am teaching my clients to learn for their individual needs.
Nutrition is SIMPLE but it is not always EASY.
It’s EASIER to order pizza or Chinese food and check out in front of the TV.
It absolutely takes more effort and thought to plan ahead meals, shop for groceries, cook and prepare meals – while accommodating family preferences.
Remember in those moments, that any truly successful thing you have done in your life took effort, thought, planning and prioritizing. It will require trial and error. But learn from the error and adjust next time. Over time you will create better systems and routines that work for you and make this process more fluid.
Start small – choose a habit you know you can be successful with NOW. Then start building momentum.
Creating a healthy relationship with food is not about eating perfect and being perfect all the time. This mentality is only keeping you stuck in the binge restrict cycle. It’s not about doing a program for 30 days and expecting your problems to be solved.
It IS about making eating more thoughtful day to day and less automatic. When I say thoughtful, I don’t mean obsessive. I mean taking a minute to actually think about what is going to help you feel your best ultimately and nourish your body.
It means taking the time to stop and eat during the day.
It’s about HOW and WHY you are eating, not just what you are eating.
Change your language around food
Stop labeling foods as good or bad
Stop referencing cheating on your diet
Stop associating what you ate to who you are as a person
Stop attaching words like guilt around food choices
(it’s not your fault you do this, it’s what is marketed to us EVERYWHERE)
I was looking up Chili’s menu online with a client and there is a “Guiltless” Grill category *eye roll* … again it’s not your fault, but you can change your language around food because this is a HUGE part of the damage.
Recognize how you want to Feel
Before you reach for the foods you that are not going to make you feel your best, pause. Recognize what you are REALLY needing in that moment?
Is food going to solve the problem or make you feel better?
If yes – make a balanced meal or snack.
If n0 – have a list of other non food ways to nourish your body.
How are you going to feel later if you choose to over eat?
How is this going to affect your digestion?
How is this going to affect your sleep quality?
How does this make you feel about yourself when your partner wants to be intimate with you?
How is this going to make you feel mentally?
The more you start making better choices with your nutrition, the more you Want To continue to make choices to that allow you to show up as your best Nourished self!
It is not only possible but Necessary to create a healthy relationship with food to achieve lasting fat loss. Yes it takes time and LOTS of self reflection, but totally possible and exactly what I am working with women to do everyday.
This is my mission and my passion! I want this for you too <3