The Absolute Right Diet For You

So we really over complicate this diet situation. We’re out their thinking that there is ONE single correct diet we should be on be it: Keto, veganism, vegetarianism, no carb, paleo etc. And if we do happen to land on one of those types of diet that works for us we feel we must follow it to a T. But it turns out that’s simply not the case.  The single ‘Right Diet’ for you is the one that you create for yourself. One that you’ve crafted through time and experimentation. Through finding what’s true for YOU instead of boxing yourself to someone else’s protocol. 

Years ago I embarked on an extreme weight loss journey. I had a quite successful outcome in the losing weight department, but gained a little more than I bargained for as an old eating disorder was unearthed and became paralyzed by diet brain. I put losing weight over being healthy, and I wouldn’t recommend that to anybody. The cost is far too high. I became incredibly overwhelmed with all the diet confusion out there, prompting me to leave my job and become a Functional Nutritionist. Yes, I changed careers to help people like YOU cut through the noise and live in your truth. 

I lost weight through a combination of diet phasing, fasting, food elimination, keto, veganism, carb cycling, and working out. While I enjoyed many parts of the journey, my entire purpose was weight loss. The part I enjoyed was educating myself and understanding more about the food going into my body. The part that wasn’t so good was when your goal is weight loss, you may bypass what’s good for you and your overall health in the name of “skinny”. This can lead to food restriction, food fear, and bulimia. At my skinniest, I felt my absolute worst. I wasn’t sleeping, I wasn’t having regular bowel movements, I wasn’t keeping my food down, I was moody, constantly anxious, and living in a state of stress and fear over my food choices. I was doing things that fascinated weight loss, not things that fascinated LIVING WELL.

And something tells me many of you out there resonate. 

All of the information and knowledge out there stops being empowering  when your drowning in it. Especially when all this knowledge is full of conflicting thoughts and opinions.  All of these voices out there each saying something different made me feel that no food or style of eating was safe.

And that’s a sad day when we don’t feel safe nourishing our bodies. When we stop listening to ourselves and let external voices tear us apart from the inside.

I’m here to help people get straight on how to eat. For wellness, not weightloss. (Although weight loss is a pleasant side effect for many)

And here’s the secret: there’s no one diet that’s right for everyone. There are no good foods or bad foods. Food is neutral. What isn’t neutral is how that food suits YOU.

We all have such beautifully unique bodies, and that means each of our bodies needs unique fuel. If I’m putting butter in my coffee because the Keto lords told me to, but it doesn’t feel good in my body, then I’m doing something very dangerous. I’m bypassing my internal intelligence, trusting someone else’s reality more than my own. That butter that works for them isn’t working for me. Sometimes we don’t want to admit things like this because we think we’re the problem. We think that if this way doesn’t work, nothing will. Or we’re tantalized by the allure of quick weight loss or overstated health claims.

We need to start honoring the uniqueness that is us. If you’re looking to change something about your physical appearance or how you’re feeling, food is an absolutely GREAT entry point. It’s medicine. But it’s not prescriptive. It’s way more empowering than that! Different eating styles can definitely be used therapeutically as tools or as a starting point for exploration. But at the end of the day, you must embark on the journey of finding what’s right for you, your unique body, and your life. The goal for each and every one of us should be to eat as diverse of a diet that works for us at a given point. And to do that, we can’t be stuffed into diet boxes.

Ditch the standard diets and start creating the diet that works for you!

P.S. The word “diet” is definitely a loaded one. But I believe people don’t GO on Diets, we HAVE diets. Diets are the way we eat. Not some dreaded eating style we have to go on.”