rock wellness holistic health coaching & disease prevention
We’ve all heard the old saying if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Though I don’t necessarily think that we should plan every last detail of our lives because that would be boring, I am a huge believer in meal planning.
The world of diet and nutrition advice is vast, and for most people confusing, frustrating and sometimes down-right ridiculous (maple syrup diet anyone?). We are constantly being bombarded with magazine articles, infomercials, books, blogs and celebrity spokespeople promising super fast, easy and lasting results, yet for some reason we still find ourselves wanting to stuff down Oreos while watching episodes of Biggest Loser. Just me? Oh.
By now, most people are at least vaguely aware of the diabetes epidemic that has been sweeping the globe. We hear it on the news, read about it in magazine articles, suffer through countless pharmaceutical advertisements and most of us know at least one person struggling with the constant finger pricks and insulin shots.
Among the most common reasons I hear for why people are hesitant to make healthy changes to their diet is that eating healthy is too expensive. While it is true that fresh, quality products are more expensive item for item than processed, low-quality, “fast” foods, most people would be surprised how many ways there are to save money and still eat a healthy, whole and clean diet.
Let’s face it; more than a few people just flat out hate exercising.
I can’t tell you how many people I’ve worked with that would rather swallow a pail of nails than jump on a treadmill for a sweat session. And honestly, I get it.
It’s very easy to get discouraged when you finally wake up one morning and realize that you have gained a significant amount of weight, your health is circling the drain and you desperately need to make some lifestyle changes. For some people this is a very frightening and dreaded realization.