Integrating nutrition into your lifestyle
There are three key areas of my VIP Nutrition Program that give clients the fastest results, and without all three integrating, it’s almost impossible to attain and sustain a nutrition plan that is the best for you.
I want to share these with you, so that you can implement them to better support your health goals. These three areas are: Nutrition. Psychology. Lifestyle.
I’ve covered both nutrition and psychology in some depth, however lifestyle is just as important to ensure that you are reaching your health goals and maintaining them.
When you have worked through your nutrition plan, and your behaviour towards food (psychology), so that you are not sabotaging yourself (and your goals), then you are ready to integrate this with your lifestyle.
Here are 3 stages that move through how to integrate lifestyle into your nutrition plan:
Create and environment for success:
Elite Athlete versus Corporate Athletes have a coach, dedicated time to train/exercise, great sleep, and nutrition practices, an ‘off season’ to recover, and do not work for as long as you do! This is why they succeed! Have a look at your environment. Is it set up for both your short-term and longer-term success?
2. Adjusting your nutrition plan to your lifestyle:
Do any of the following resonate? Then a personalised nutrition plan is something to look in to:
Caught in the dieting cycle (repeating old habits and not getting any positive results).
Exercising/overtraining and not cutting down body fat.
Fasting/restrictive eating and not cutting down body fat, instead feeling drained/fatigued.
Overeating/binging and increasing body fat.
Working long hours and not feeling like you take care of yourself.
Emotional/Stress eating has led to cumulative weight gain and low energy.
Dieting has created a feeling of disconnection form social events and loved ones.
Work and/or family commitments have taken precedence and left you feeling unhappy with yourself (and how you look and feel).
Low confidence and/or low self-esteem.
Sugar cravings in the afternoon make you feel fatigued and like you have let yourself down.
3. Movement/training:
It may seem obvious that movement is necessary to support you in achieving your health goals. But sporadic training is not going to get you far. Having structure and consistency with your training will reduce over-training. And because it’s specific to you and your health goal, you will achieve what you want faster.
Where do you feel you can improve? Is it 1, 2 or 3?
Further reading:
https://www.execfuel.com.au/blog/corporate-athlete-next-level
https://www.execfuel.com.au/blog/what-busy-professionals-worry-about-and-what-to-do-about-it
https://www.execfuel.com.au/blog/how-i-structure-a-meal-plan-as-a-busy-professional
