For more than 20 years, I have been giving my best weight loss recommendations to my nutrition and coaching clients on how to change their habits, behavior and mindset for lasting weight loss.
When I first graduated with my Masters Degree in Clinical Nutrition I started to counsel my clients based on what I was taught at school. I would figure out the appropriate amount of protein, fat, carbs and calories and I would create a diet plan for my clients based on that information.
But as time went on, I recognized a few similarities in all of my clients.
I noticed that most people were eating either non-nutritious processed food and fast food, OR they were doing the complete opposite and they knew what healthy eating looked like.
What they had in common was:
- Everyone wanted to know what they could do to lose weight quickly.
- Everyone wanted the magic bullet without having to make many long-term changes.
- Everyone wanted weight loss without having to put in a realistic length of time and effort
The most popular question was, “What can I eat after dinner?”
My usual response was, “Are you hungry after you eat dinner?”
This is when the lightbulb went off for me that there was something going on with people who were trying to lose weight.
There was SO MUCH MORE to it than calories, protein, fats and carbs. There was the nutrition part but there was also the part around ingrained habits and behaviors that needed to be addressed.
What I found was that NOBODY (no nutritionists anyway) paid attention to what was going on in people’s heads. Meaning, what was their old mental programming when it came to food, weight loss and dieting.
I recognized quickly that if I only addressed the food that my clients ate and not the other parts –the rather critical part of the equation — that I would be doing them a disservice.
So shortly after I began my private nutrition practice I began to also focus on the habits, behaviors, lifestyle and mindset of my clients to help them change from the inside out.
I changed my coaching to a two-tiered approach. It’s a bit like food therapy.
If you struggle with gaining and losing weight, can you relate to any of the similarities that my clients share?
If so, here is my advice to you.
My Best Weight Loss Recommendations
If you want to lose weight and keep the weight off, spend some time looking at the BIG picture.
- What kind of food are you eating? Is it nutrient dense?
- Are you giving your body good fuel?
- How much food are you eating?
- Are you hungry when you are eating?
- Are you emotionally eating?
Examine your habits and behaviors.
- Do you have the dieters “all or nothing” mentality?
- Do you sabotage your efforts?
- Does that voice in your head bring you down the rabbit hole?
- Do you give into cravings that have nothing to do with being hungry?
- Do you believe you that you will only fail again if you try?
My goal is to help as many people as I can to lose weight and keep it off for good, and my best weight loss recommendations are not only simple, but they are the same for everyone whether you’ve been trying to lose weight your whole life or if this is the first time, and whether you have 10 pounds to lose or 100 pounds.
It’s good nutrition, a healthy mindset and recognizing that lasting weight loss is a journey, not an event.
You don’t have to be ready…you just have to be willing to change.
If you’re feeling ready, click here to schedule a call with me now.
