We are creatures of habit.
We like routine and do well by following guidelines and advice. On the flip side most of us do not do as well with strict rules. These usually mean restriction and limitation.
When it comes to nutrition, exactly the same thing applies. Give someone a set of guidelines to follow, they do it; set strict rules and the chances are they will break the rules and just give up.
As the saying goes, rules are made to be broken.
For many people who are starting out on improving their nutrition, counting and tracking daily calories is a difficult task.
You may also not know what a calorie is, nor have any understanding of ‘how much of what’ is in the foods you eat. This can be a big learning curve, and one that can instantly put you off.
As a nutrition coach, I know calories matter in relation to your goals, so I might have certain food/nutrient requirements in mind for you. And here’s the thing – someone new to good nutrition does not need this amount of detail to see results.
We therefore need a different approach, and this is about providing guidelines and principles to follow, not rules.
Many people have acquired bad nutritional habits, and they practice these every single day, such as:
- Skipping breakfast
- Snacking between meals
- Drinking too much coffee instead of eating
- Adding sugar to drinks or snacks
- Buying takeaways rather than home cooking
- Drinking too much alcohol
- Staying up late and late night binge eating
- Many, many more bad habits
As you can see it’s not just a case of counting calories or tracking numbers for everyone, it’s about breaking and improving habits. By changing your daily bad habits for improved and healthy habits, the ‘numbers’ usually take care of themselves and impressive results can be achieved from this alone.
Download instantly after checkout.
We like routine and do well by following guidelines and advice. On the flip side most of us do not do as well with strict rules. These usually mean restriction and limitation.
When it comes to nutrition, exactly the same thing applies. Give someone a set of guidelines to follow, they do it; set strict rules and the chances are they will break the rules and just give up.
As the saying goes, rules are made to be broken.
For many people who are starting out on improving their nutrition, counting and tracking daily calories is a difficult task.
You may also not know what a calorie is, nor have any understanding of ‘how much of what’ is in the foods you eat. This can be a big learning curve, and one that can instantly put you off.
As a nutrition coach, I know calories matter in relation to your goals, so I might have certain food/nutrient requirements in mind for you. And here’s the thing – someone new to good nutrition does not need this amount of detail to see results.
We therefore need a different approach, and this is about providing guidelines and principles to follow, not rules.
Many people have acquired bad nutritional habits, and they practice these every single day, such as:
- Skipping breakfast
- Snacking between meals
- Drinking too much coffee instead of eating
- Adding sugar to drinks or snacks
- Buying takeaways rather than home cooking
- Drinking too much alcohol
- Staying up late and late night binge eating
- Many, many more bad habits
As you can see it’s not just a case of counting calories or tracking numbers for everyone, it’s about breaking and improving habits. By changing your daily bad habits for improved and healthy habits, the ‘numbers’ usually take care of themselves and impressive results can be achieved from this alone.
Download instantly after checkout.
