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There are many reasons you might hire a nutrition coach. Do you want to lose weight? Feel better and have more energy? Improve your athletic performance? Maybe learn to eat a bit healthier? What does "healthy" even mean these days? Everyone has a different opinion!!
There are a lot of diets and rules telling you what you should or should not eat, when to eat, and how to eat. Ugh!! It's easy to get overwhelmed and not know how or where to begin! Or, maybe you have tried some (or all) of the diets, and for one reason or another they didn't work for you. That's because diets don't work! They focus on the short term quick fix, and this does not lead to lasting results. As a nutrition coach, I can help you navigate all the confusion, and provide you with the information, tools, and accountability you need to finally meet your nutrition and training goals. Here are 10 benefits of hiring a nutrition coach.
1-Accountability
A coach will provide you with accountability. Having someone to check in with on a regular basis, and knowing they will ask if you are staying on track will keep you more focused, and more consistent. We all know consistency is key to reaching any goal!
2-Take the Thinking Out of It
A coach will educate you and equip you with the tools to take out the guesswork and overthinking. What do you do when you go on vacation, have a birthday party, someone in your family gets sick, or you travel for work? These are usually the times when we struggle the most. A coach will guide you through the ups and downs so you stay on track when life happens-and it will!
3-First Step
It can be hard to know where and how to begin your health journey. A coach will help you understand all the diets and fads, and eliminate the confusion.
4-Personalized Plan
A coach will work with you to personalize a plan with your goals, preferences, and lifestyle in mind. What works for one person does not work for all!
5-Help You Create Healthy Habits
A good coach will teach you how to take baby steps towards creating healthy habits. When you work on one habit for a couple of weeks and add more healthy habits over time, it is more manageable and you are more likely to have lasting results.
6-Sounding Board
Even when we're working hard and doing our best, we all have good days and not so good days. A coach is there to be a listening ear, to be with you through your highs and lows, successes and struggles!
7-Support and Encouragement
A coach will be your biggest cheer leader and encourage! When the scale isn't moving in the direction you want, you have unexpected cravings, you feel sluggish, or when your emotions get the best of you, a coach will be objective. They will help you navigate your feelings and let you know that you are still moving forward and making progress.
8-Healthy Recipes
A coach can provide you with new recipes, or help you tweak your favorites to make them healthier.
9-Greater Chance of Success
People who work with a nutrition coach are more likely to succeed than those who go it alone!!
10-Big Picture
A good coach will help you see the big picture. Food is just one part of the big picture. It's really about behavior change and understanding your "why". It's about how you feel physically, emotionally, and mentally. It isn't just about what we eat, but how and why, and about our relationship with food. With all the rules out there, sometimes our view of food, and what's healthy or unhealthy, can be skewed. A coach will help you see that there are no "bad" or "good" foods. There are more nutritious foods or less nutritious foods. Proper nutrition isn't about extremes, elimination, deprivation, or fads. Food is meant to be enjoyed with friends and family, and to celebrate life!
If you think working with a nutrition coach would benefit your progress towards setting a reaching nutrition or fitness goals, I would be happy to talk with you and answer any questions you may have.
~Charity