Nutrition With Chloe (pt.2)

Nutrition With Chloe
Part 2: Finding The Right Approach

In today’s world, there are so many different versions of what we consider healthy and the diet plays a huge part in that. There are plant based diets, paleo, ketogenic, low carb, and many more ways that work for certain people. As I mentioned before, you get out what you put in, so the more nutritious you eat, the better, but there are many ways to go about eating nutritious foods. I want to help you find the way that works best with your body, your goals, and your lifestyle!

Whether you have struggled with weight your entire life or you’re trying to keep it tight & right, this will help you choose an efficient way of accomplishing that. But, it is very important that you pay attention to what you are putting into your body when you have these specific goals.

The 3 important factors of changing your body composition with your diet are: 

Calories In vs Calories Out (energy balance)

Macronutrients (carbs, fats, protein)

Micronutrients (vitamins & minerals)

Whatever healthy eating habits you have, for optimal performance and results you NEED to pay attention to these key factors. The following paragraphs will teach you all my ways & lead you in the direction to the body of your dreams, self-confidence , and appreciating your body on a whole other level. As well as all the boring ways to meet your dietary needs and yata yata yata. But I promise, I will keep you interested & well educated so stay tuned.

The first approach I want to talk about is intuitive eating...

Intuitive Eating: What We Already Know

Intuitive eating or mindful eating, is square one, it is the simplest form of food/hunger awareness, and yet many people struggle with it. I have struggled with it my entire life. Eating mindfully consists of eating when you’re hungry and stopping when you get full, allowing yourself to enjoy the foods you love, but ensure to eat the foods that fuel your body the best. Being more intuitive about eating is harder than it sounds. Many of us eat when we’re bored, not when we are truly hungry and many of us overeat, simply because the food is just really good or we just don’t care to listen to our bodies. 

If you struggle with any of these problems, know that they can be fixed, you just have to want to fix it.

This approach helps you to understand your body’s signals, allow you to appreciate food without obsession, and will help with self-control. I recommend this to anyone who needs that self-control when it comes to food, as well as those who aren’t as concerned with weight loss as they are being healthy. In my opinion, everyone should try to eat more mindfully before they go tracking their calories or macros because having food discipline and understanding your body’s hunger is SO important and a good trait to have.

Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat (Michelle May, M.D.) is a great book that I recommend for everyone, but specifically someone who struggles with overeating, coming to terms with certain foods, and being mindful. Basically, Intuitive eating is a non-restrictive way of life where you learn to eat only when your truly hungry, eating all different types of foods and being mindful as you eat so you don’t overdo it…aka not scarfing down your food as fast as you can.

 As someone who has struggled with over eating and binge eating “bad” foods, I understand that it’s VERY hard to break this habit but it is SO important, especially because food should not rule your life. If you struggle with this, work on strengthening this area of your life, or food will continue to take over & those eating habits will continue to get worse.

Now I know that I stressed the 3 key factors to changing body composition and this approach doesn't involve paying as close attention to energy balance or tracking macro/micro nutrients...

 BUT if you don't normally eat mindfully or put nutritious foods into your body you will definitely see a change in body composition after you do. Unfortunately, if your goal is weight loss, it is highly likely that you will plateau in fat loss by just "eating clean". 

For example:

One of my clients started eating more intuitively with cleaner foods (less processed, whole ingredients) and she saw a weight loss of 11 pounds in 3 weeks. She plateaued there and actually gained 2 pounds. Once I gave here a daily caloric intake and macro-nutrient split, she saw 9 more pounds of weight loss! 

Hope you found this helpful :-)

Respond to these questions & send them to me! I am going to hold you accountable & help you find those ways to get your shit together. I promise, I will help you as much as I can.

My email is: chloeannfitness@gmail.com 

Even if you aren't a current client, I would love to help you reach your goals.

-Chloe Ann

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