Looking into the Mirror with your Relationship with Food, Fitness, and Health

The above quote is a very interesting way to look at things, and I couldn’t agree more with what Dr. John Berardi from Precision Nutrition has to say!

I can relate – when I was most “at war” with food, exercise, and trying to lose weight, I felt overwhelmed, like a failure, anxious, and out of control with most things going on in my life, despite trying to be a “control freak” and make everything go “perfectly” my way.

As I learned to relax, find balance, enjoy the journey, and be at peace with myself and my past, suddenly, it was easy, almost effortless to find a natural rhythm with healthy eating, regular exercise, and a healthy body weight that was right for me. Not only that, but my closest relationships flourished and deepened, and from the chaos, my life transformed into something completely different as I became a calmer, more confident, happy, and joyful person.

The same is often true for many of the nutrition clients I work with. It really isn’t “about the food”, and a lot of the coaching I do in our nutrition sessions is focused around helping people to face what they see in the mirror when they take an honest look, as well as figuring out what a healthy relationship with food, exercise, and health means to them (versus a pre-conceived notion of what it “should” be).