The truth is, most diets don't work. So how can you know which diet is best for you?
Why am I talking about finding the perfect diet for you?
You’ve probably heard the statistic that 95% of dieters can’t keep the weight off, and when they gain it back they often gain MORE than they weighed before.
Research has proven that dieting can backfire AND mess up your metabolism.
And if you're dieting to lose weight, then STOP! Most diets aimed at weight loss are extremely restrictive. You cannot restrict your way to health.
Many of my clients who have tried this route have developed massive anxiety around food. I promise this will only make your health worse!
What’s important about this dieting statistic?
I can vouch for myself that diets lead me down a path of eating disorders and massive anxiety around food. I was actually part of the 5% of people whom dieting worked for. Except it worked too well for me and I developed anorexia and bulimia. Once I ditched diets (which was terrifying at the time), and started listening to my body, I finally felt healthy. I finally felt satisfied with where my health was. And it wasn't based off what society deemed as healthy. It was solely based off how I felt in my body. I feel at peace in my skin now, which is something I don't remember ever feeling before.
It’s likely that you want to drop a few pounds so you can feel sexy in your clothes, wear the latest styles, look great on the beach, feel confident in your skin, healthy in your body, and like you're finally doing something right for your health!
And you deserve to have those results!
But if diets don’t work, then what does?
You won’t find the perfect diet in any diet book.
I’ve compiled these 10 “paradigms” on discovering your perfect diet from working with clients in my health coaching practice.
Many of my clients have had great success using these paradigms!
Chances are these paradigms will work for you too!
10 Paradigms To Help You Discover The Perfect "Diet" For You:
1. There are as many “right” diets as there are people on the planet!
2. What’s healthy for one person might not be healthy for YOU.
3. The body has an innate wisdom beyond any book or authority.
4. Diets are not useful as dogma, but they ARE useful as a reference.
5. Your body is the ultimate dietary authority for every phase of your life.
6. Your diet changes as YOU change.
7. Your body is the most powerful, least expensive, and BEST dietary experimentation lab.
8. Your RELATIONSHIP with food and your body impacts your health more than the food you eat.
9. Symptoms, cravings and behaviors are not the problem, they are your only solutions until now.
10. Nourishment is about much more than just food.
It might be scary at first to think that YOU actually have more control of your health experience than a “diet” does.
Most of my clients (once they really open up to this possibility) find it totally liberating and start to feel empowered instead of fearful. YES!
What do I do now?
I get that this is a whole new way of looking at your food and your life—it’s in essence, a huge paradigm shift. How great is that? Now you get to look at the things that weren’t working before through a whole new lens! One that puts YOU at the center of your life. Now that’s empowering!
If you are tired of the false promises of the latest diet fads and sick of following health and wellness trends that don’t work for you, then schedule a time to talk to me about diving deeper into these revelations and what it really means to be living in YOUR body.
I guarantee you that you will walk away feeling empowered to choose the way forward for you that feels right in your whole body + you will strengthen your relationship with the one person that matters most in your life—YOU!
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